International Law Expert

Vor 7 Tagen


Genf, Genf, Schweiz OCHA Vollzeit

About OCHA

OCHA is the United Nations agency responsible for coordinating humanitarian response and relief efforts worldwide.

Job Overview

This position is located in the Programme Support and Management Service at OCHA, Geneva. The successful candidate will be working under the general supervision of the Chief, Programme Support and Management Services, and the direct supervision of the Chief, Legal Support Section.

Duties and Responsibilities

The incumbent will be responsible for providing legal advice on diverse matters and procedural questions of considerable complexity relating to staff administration, policy frameworks, legal contracts, administration of justice, and liaising with parties involved.

The successful candidate will conduct extensive legal research and analysis, prepare studies, comparative studies, briefs, reports, and correspondence. They will also undertake basic or extensive review of legal documents, instruments, or other material, identify important issues, similarities, and inconsistencies, and prepare drafts of background papers, studies, reports, legislative texts, and commentaries on those texts.

The incumbent will provide legal advice on human resources and administrative law matters, facilitating early resolution of disputes, including where necessary, providing analysis and recommendations on next steps as part of overall case management strategies and tactics.

Requirements

The successful candidate will have a minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in law, including legal analysis, research, and writing. Two years of experience at the international level, preferably in an international public organization, is desirable.

Working Arrangements

This position is available for an initial period of one year and is subject to availability of funding. Pursuant to section 7.11 of ST/AI/2012/2/Rev.1, candidates recruited through the young professionals programme who have not served for a minimum of two years in the position of their initial assignment are not eligible to apply to this position.

Salary Information

The estimated annual salary for this position is $85,359 - $116,704.



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