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Genf, Schweiz TN Switzerland Vollzeit

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New York Headquarters

Job Category:

Legal Affairs

Job Reference:

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Posted:

21.01.2025

Expiry Date:

07.03.2025

Job Description:

UNICEF's Legal Office supports the organization's business units around the world by delivering strategic legal solutions through collaboration. We provide legal advice that is risk-informed, timely, responsive, and pragmatic. We empower clients and build their capacity to self-help. We proactively engage with clients to anticipate trends and challenges and develop systemic solutions; and we protect UNICEF by identifying legal, reputational and other risks, and helping to mitigate those risks. Our lawyers are based in several UNICEF locations, including New York Headquarters, Geneva, Copenhagen, and Brussels.

We seek to hire an experienced lawyer to join the Legal Office team in New York Headquarters and to create a Talent Group for all our other locations.

Key Responsibilities:

The Lead, Legal Affairs Specialist will independently, working closely with other team members and under the supervision of the Chief:

  1. Manage a large portfolio of legal projects and files, including partnerships, financial transactions, commercial transactions, policy development, and human resources matters.
  2. Collaborate closely with teams across the organization in varying development and humanitarian contexts.
  3. Lead and advise on structuring and negotiations involving key partnership, commercial, and financial arrangements.
  4. Advise on the legal interpretation of decisions, regulations, rules, and procedures.
  5. Develop and provide training and capacity building to teams across the organization.
  6. Participate in projects managed by the Office throughout their lifecycle.
  7. Take on other tasks and duties as required.
Minimum Requirements:
  • A minimum of a post-graduate university law degree (e.g., LL.B, LL.M, J.D.) in a relevant field of law.
  • A minimum of eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in the practice of law in a relevant field.
  • Fluency in English and proficiency in one of the other official languages of the United Nations is highly desirable.
  • Excellent research, legal writing, and drafting skills are required.
  • Excellent verbal communication and negotiation skills.
  • Knowledge of international legal procedures and instruments is desirable.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates to apply.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

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