Vacancy of Legal Officer at United Nations Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance Office of the Under-Secretary-General in New York, United States. This position is located in the Management Evaluation Unit (MEU), Office of the Under-Secretary-General (OUSG) in the Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance (DMSPC). The incumbent reports to the Chief of the Unit.

Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Chief, MEU/OUSG/DMAPC, the Legal Officer will be responsible for conducting management evaluations of decisions taken by the management of the Organization, Secretariat-wide, including in peacekeeping and special political missions. Duties will include but are not limited to:

• Undertakes extensive review and interpretation of legal documents, instruments, or other material; identifies important issues, similarities, and inconsistencies, etc.
• Conducts extensive legal research and analysis.
• Prepares or assists in the preparation of drafts of management evaluations and related documents, studies, reports, briefing materials, based on a range of legal documents including the United Nations Charter, General
• Assembly resolutions and the internal laws of the organization, as well as on prior Management Evaluation Unit recommendations.
• Liaises with staff members and administrations in order to obtain information and explore options for the resolution of management evaluation requests.
• Assists in the negotiation and settlement of claims and disputes.
• Services or assists senior colleagues in servicing committees, task forces, expert groups and other bodies, including preparation of background materials, summaries of issues, meeting reports, etc.
• Prepares advice and recommendations on human resources matters.
• Assists in the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of evaluations or other research activities and studies.
• Undertakes survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyzes and interprets responses, identifies problems/issues and prepares conclusions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

In order to be eligible for this Vacancy of Legal Officer at United Nations, candidates must have the following qualifications

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent degree) in international or administrative law or related area is mandatory. A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree) in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in law, including legal analysis, research, and writing, with a focus on administrative law or law of international organizations, are necessary.
• Experience in the application of regulations and rules, policies and procedures, and decision-making processes in an international organization is required.
• Experience in human resources policy is desirable. Similarly, experience in building consensus and negotiation and informal settlement of claims and resolution of disputes is desirable.
• For the position advertised, fluency in both English and French is necessary. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.

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