Legal Officer, Office of Legal Affairs, UN

Job Title: Legal Officer, Office of Legal Affairs, UN

Last Date: 15th June, 2023

Education

Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in public international law is required. A first level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Work Experience

A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible professional legal experience in the area of public international law is required.

Experience in legal analysis, research and drafting on substantive topics of public international law is required.

Experience with the progressive development and codification of public international law, is desirable.

Experience working as a legal officer in an international organization is desirable.

Experience in applying administrative policies of the United Nations or of a similar international organization is desirable.

Experience in coordinating capacity building events on topics of public international law is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of French is desirable. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.

Responsibilities

Within delegated authority, the Legal Officer:

•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 public, private and administrative law, to include interpretation and application of instruments in that area of concentration, (both substantive and procedural).
•Provides legal advice on diverse substantive and procedural questions of considerable complexity.
•Performs extensive legal research and analysis and prepares memoranda, studies, briefs, and reports on various legal documents in international law as requested by the General Assembly, the International Law Commission and other bodies.
•Services diplomatic conferences, commissions, committees, task forces, expert groups and other bodies including the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly and the International Law Commission including preparation of background materials, summaries of issues and views of delegations, meeting reports etc.

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