Overview
The Legal Consultant will provide legal research and advice on matters relating to external party relations, WFP governance, and public international law. The role involves preparing legal opinions and reviewing various legal documents.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out research and provide advice on a variety of legal issues.
- Prepare legal opinions, reports, memoranda and correspondence.
- Review the legal aspects of various legal documents, including agreements, memoranda of understanding, commercial contracts and other such texts.
- Draft a variety of legal documents, including policies, agreements and contracts.
- Study legal questions arising out of the interpretation or application of relevant rules, policies, conventions and agreements.
- Review, advise on and draft complex contracts, agreements, institutional and operational modalities, or legal motions/submissions and other legal documents.
- Develop new legal modalities to meet unique needs/circumstances.
- Provide legal interpretations on a full range of issues regarding WFP's various internal Regulations, Rules and Policies.
- Identify potential liabilities and assist in the management of risks in the Programme's activities.
- Handle a wide range of multi-disciplinary, complex, and often sensitive and/or conflicting legal matters.
- Represent WFP in dispute resolution proceedings.
- Negotiate commercial and operational contracts.
- Draft, negotiate, review and/or interpret basic agreements and cooperation agreements with governments.
- Perform other related duties as required.
- Undertake up to 50% of work on matters pertaining to other branches of the Legal Office.
Required Experience
Three to five years of relevant progressively responsible experience as a lawyer in a law firm or in an in-house legal department. Experience in an international organization is an asset.
Qualifications
Advanced University degree in Law or First University degree in Law with additional relevant experience and training.
