فرصة عمل لدى متطوعو الأمم المتحدة في لبنان: مطلوب محلل قانوني (UNV Legal Analyst)

UN Entity: UNDP

Remotely from the Country of Residence

Assignment Context:
The Office of Legal Services in the Bureau for Management Services (BMS/OLS) in New York provides strategic legal services of the highest standard to UNDP, UNCDF and UN Volunteers, giving pragmatic and timely legal advice that enables the right people to make good decisions.

BMS/OLS is seeking outstanding, proactive UN Volunteer lawyers with a strong public service background, and the capacity and commitment needed to deliver transformative impact. This assignment will be performed remotely (from candidate's country of residence).

The Corporate and Institutional Team (C+I) within BMS/OLS advises on:
• Legal aspects of UNDP’s mandate, legal framework and matters related to its corporate and institutional structure.
• Legal aspects of commercial contracts, including procurement contracts, agreements with non-staff personnel and other vendors/services providers, leases and other real estate matters, and contracts for banking services.
• Legal aspects and issues arising from partnerships, including financing arrangements with donors.
• Legal arrangements for and issues arising from inter-agency collaboration.
Under the overall supervision of the General Counsel and Director of BMS/OLS, and reporting directly to the Senior Legal Advisor and Head of C+I, the UN Volunteer Legal Analyst assists in the provision of support to UNDP senior management, headquarters, Regional Bureaux and Country Offices as well as to the other Funds and Agencies, as appropriate, in the C+I practice area.

Task description:
Under the guidance of the Senior Legal Adviser, the Legal Analyst performs (remotely) the following primary functions:
1. Legal advice, guidance and counsel on commercial matters, including:
• Assists in the review and negotiation of complex contracts, and assisting in the drafting, review and negotiation of contracts for goods and services, civil works, leases and premises agreements, banking and other agreement with vendors, in close consultation with senior lawyers in the team and, when requested, the respective internal client(s).

2. Legal advice, guidance and counsel on contractual claims, including:
• Assists in the review, negotiation, settlement, and where appropriate arbitration, of claims and disputes arising from agreements, contracts and other arrangements, including commercial claims and disputes involving the Organization.
• Conducts research as required/requested.

3. Legal advice, guidance and counsel on partnership arrangements and donor financing agreements between various partners and donors, and UNDP, including:
• Assists in the drafting, review and negotiations of standard, donor financing agreements and partnership instruments;
• Assists in the review and, as required, negotiation and revision of corporate agreements with partners, including donors, which govern their overall relationship with UNDP in close consultation with the senior lawyers in the team and, when requested, respective internal client;
• Conducts research as required/requested.

4. Legal advice, guidance and counsel on corporate and institutional issues, and matters arising from the Organization’s status, mandate and legal structure:
• Assists in preparing legal advice on the interpretation and application of the Organization’s mandate and legal framework including with respect to the financial regulations, and rules, prescriptive content (policies and procedures) and questions and matters involving privileges and immunities of the Organization (the latter in coordination with UN/OLA).
• Assists in preparing legal advice and assistance with respect to the Organization’s interagency arrangements, common issues and provision of services, including related to multi-partner trust funds and other arrangements.
• Conducts research and drafts memoranda as required/requested.

5. Support to the creation and maintenance of a robust institutional and corporate legal system, and knowledge management, and conducts research to support C&I activities:
• Assists in the development and updating of agreements and templates, review of non-standard agreements and supporting the preparation of advice on the creation and interpretation of policies and procedures that BMS/OLS is responsible for.
• Conducts research and drafts memoranda as required/requested, related to any of the work of the C&I team.
• Regularly updates the Senior Legal Adviser on legal issues in the matters assigned, and identifies recurring issues based on experience gained from addressing issues related to any of the above-mentioned functions.
• Identifies and reports to Senior Legal Adviser on areas where systemic or policy changes may be warranted in order to strengthen UNDP’s accountability and/or allow operational units to carry out their functions more effectively and efficiently, including review of standard texts, policies and procedures, in consultation with the concerned substantive units.

Required education/experience:
•Master degree or equivalent in Law or an area related.
•3 years of experience in the practice of law with a law firm, a government and/or international organization's legal office is required.
• Understanding of and experience with the United Nations system, including its Legal Framework and the legal institutional arrangements of United Nations organizations including, the privileges and immunities of international organizations, is an asset.
• Experience in relevant legal areas such as contract, commercial, corporate, partnership, and/or institutional law.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English is required. Fluency in French and/or Spanish is an asset.
• Excellent project management skills, the ability to monitor and follow up on many activities concurrently under time constraints and the ability to understand and manage priorities.
• Excellent research, legal writing and drafting skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and client focus.
• An impeccable record for integrity and professional ethical standards.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is Required,Fluency in French and Spanish (written and spoken) is Desirable.

Inclusivity statement:
United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

Living conditions and remarks:
The selected UN Volunteer will serve remotely from their place of residence.

Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements:
Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy.

To learn more about the full benefits packages offered for this assignment, you may access the entitlements calculator
https://app.unv.org/calculator and fill in the below fields as indicated:
– Country/Territory: Your current country of residence since it is a remote assignment.
– Duty Station: Your current duty station you are residing in.
– UN Volunteer category: International UN Volunteer Specialist
– Dependents: click on Yes if you have dependents (spouse or children under 21 years of age).