[International Legal Jobs] Senior Legal Officer

Job Code Title: SENIOR LEGAL OFFICER

Duty Station: GENEVA

Job Opening Number: 22-Legal Affairs-IIMM-194298-R-Geneva (X)

Education

An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent degree) in law is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Job – Specific Qualification

Certification or training in criminal investigations is desirable.

Work Experience

A minimum of ten years of progressively responsible professional legal experience, with a minimum of seven years working on international criminal law cases at either the national or international level, is required.

Experience in conducting complex criminal investigations is required.At least five years of experience investigating, prosecuting or providing legal advice on sexual and gender-based crimes is required.

At least two years of experience investigating, prosecuting or providing legal advice on crimes against and affecting children is required. Experience interviewing witnesses for criminal investigations or litigation, including interviewing children and victims, is required.

Experience working within common law and civil law systems is desirable.Experience working with information technology used in litigation with large volumes of evidentiary material is desirable.Experience working on issues relevant to Myanmar is desirable.

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