LEGAL OFFICER (Temporary Job Opening)

Org. Setting and Reporting

This position is located in the General Legal Division in the Office of Legal Affairs. The Legal Officer reports to the Senior Legal Officer, Principal Legal Officer and the Director of the General Legal Division.

Responsibilities

Within delegated authority, the Legal Officer will be responsible for the following duties:

• Serves as a lead officer in one or more areas of concentration, and independently handles a wide range of multi-discipline and complex legal matters involving issues of international commercial law, international public, private and administrative law, to include interpretation and application of instruments in that area of concentration.
• Provides legal advice on diverse substantive and procedural questions of considerable complexity, which may include those related to administration and management, institutions support, procurement and contracts, peacekeeping and other operational matters, separately administered programmes and funds, criminal investigations and prosecutions, etc.
• Performs extensive legal research and analysis and prepares legal opinions, studies, briefs, reports and correspondence; provides legal advice to the unit/division.
• Prepares, or provides substantive input into submissions/motions, as necessary, in the course of arbitral proceedings.
• Services committees, task forces, expert groups and other bodies, including preparation of background materials, summaries of issues and views of members, meeting reports, etc.
• Reviews, advises on, drafts and negotiates complex contracts, agreements, institutional and operational modalities, or legal motions/submissions and other legal documents; develops new legal modalities to meet unique needs/circumstances.
• Provides advice and support in resolving (i) disputes arising out of contracts with commercial vendors, consultants, individual contractors, and other personnel, and (ii) third- party claims of a private law character involving the operations and activities of the Organizations, its organs or its separately administered funds and programmes.
• Advises on and participates in negotiations and settlements of claims and disputes, to include establishing strategy and approach, terms and conditions of settlements, and recommendations on the merit of claims, and the Organization's risk exposure in arbitration, etc.
• Provides advice and support on the Organization's procurement activities, both at Headquarters and Offices away from Headquarters and the field, including on procurement relating to logistical support requirements for United Nations peacekeeping and other missions
• Provides legal advice on the interpretation and application of financial regulations and rules, and staff regulations and rules, including the review of administrative decisions; prepares draft amendments to the financial regulations and rules and staff regul...