Main Purpose

Under the guidance of the Section Head, the Legal Officer, Corporate Law Lead conducts research, prepares legal opinions and analysis, legal instruments and documents and provides legal advice, including to senior management, on the drafting, application and interpretation of such documents, primarily in connection with commercial and non-commercial matters relating to:
– Contract law, including commercial and non-commercial agreements;
– Procurement and Financial matters including budget and finance, the IAEA Financial Regulations and Rules;
– Resource mobilization, partnerships, and voluntary contributions;
– Banking, audit, insurance and tax related matters and data privacy.

In consultation with the Section Head, the Legal Officer, Corporate Law Lead coordinates and supervises the Corporate Law work of the Section, prioritizes and assigns tasks to Legal Officers and other colleagues in the Section, and provides inputs and guidance to other Legal Officers to improve their work, to ensure quality and consistency and to support the timely delivery of work products.

The Legal Officer, Corporate Law Lead liaises with external and internal stakeholders, including consultations and negotiations with representatives of Member States or other organizations on matters of common concern.

The Legal Officer, Corporate Law Lead represents the Section and provides legal advice at specialized meetings and participates on inter-departmental committees and working groups, providing expertise on relevant policy issues.

The Legal Officer, Corporate Law Lead also conducts research and provides inputs with respect to agreements with Member States, the United Nations, cooperating institutions and other international organizations.

The Legal Officer, Corporate Law Lead may, as required, provide professional advice and draft documents regarding administrative and policy matters relating to, inter alia, human resources issues, privileges and immunities, confidentiality, intellectual property rights, administrative litigation and internal appeals.

Role

The incumbent is a member of the General Legal Section and provides professional inputs to, inter alia, the Director General’s Office, the Division of Finance, the Division of Human Resources, the Division of General Services, the Office of Procurement Services and other Divisions and Offices in the IAEA.

Functions / Key Results Expected

• Act as focal point for Corporate Law issues, including managing the workflow, supervising the workload of and coordinating the work of the Legal Officers in the Section; as requested by the Section Head, also performs initial review of the work of other Legal Officers to ensure quality and consistency in work product;

• Act as Section focal point for procurement and financial matters;

• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with critical stakeholders both within and outside the IAEA;

• Advise and draft advice for senior management on the legal aspects of contractual and financial matters, including concerning the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules of the IAEA, budget issues and all aspects of resource mobilization mechanism and activities, partnerships and voluntary contributions from traditional and non-traditional donors;

• Provide advice on the drafting and interpretation of the IAEA’s procurement policies and guidelines concerning contractual instruments;

• Draft contracts, agreements and other legal instruments and provide advice on general matters of corporate law;

• Advise and draft advice on the legal aspects of human resources matters including as concerns the IAEAs Staff Regulations and Staff Rules and personnel policies, including advice and drafting of submissions with respect to internal appeals, disciplinary cases, and appeals submitted to the ILO Administrative Tribunal, draft advice on the legal aspects of the IAEA’s Headquarters Agreement and applicable agreements on privileges and immunities and on other matters of administrative law.

Competencies and Expertise

Core Competencies(Competency Framework)

Functional Competencies

Required Expertise

Qualifications, Experience and Language skills

• Higher Degree (e.g. Juris Doctor) or Advanced Law Degree required.
• Minimum of seven years of relevant experience, including several years at the international level.
• Proven ability to prepare legal drafts.
• Excellent oral and written command of English. Knowledge of other official IAEA languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) is an asset.

Remuneration

The IAEA offers an attractive remuneration package including a tax-free annual net base salary starting at US $84672 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance), a variable post adjustment which currently amounts to US $ 31498*, dependency benefits, rental subsidy, education grant, relocation and repatriation expenses; Other benefits include 6 weeks’ annual leave, home leave travel, pension plan and health insurance. More information on the conditions of employment can be found at: https://www.iaea.org/about/employment/professional-staff/conditions

General Information

• The IAEA’s paramount consideration in the recruitment of staff member is to secure employees of the highest standards of efficiency, technical competence and integrity.
• Staff Members shall be selected without any unfair treatment or arbitrary distinction based on a person’s race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, age, language, social origin or other similar shared characteristic or trait.
• The IAEA is committed to gender equality and to promoting a diverse workforce. Applications from qualified women and candidates from developing countries are strongly encouraged.
• Applicants should be aware that IAEA staff members are international civil servants and may not accept instructions from any other authority. The IAEA is committed to applying the highest ethical standards in carrying out its mandate. As part of the United Nations common system, the IAEA subscribes to the following core ethical standards (or values): Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for diversity.
• The IAEA has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and the IAEA, including sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination.

Evaluation process

• The evaluation of applicants will be conducted on the basis of the information submitted in the application according to the selection criteria stated in the vacancy announcement. Applicants must provide complete and accurate information. Evaluation of qualified candidates may include an assessment exercise, which may be followed by a competency-based interview.
• Candidates under serious consideration for selection may be subject to reference and background checks as part of the recruitment process.

Appointment information

• Appointment is subject to a satisfactory medical report.
• Staff members may be assigned to any location.
• Candidates appointed to posts in the Professional and higher categories are subject to IAEA rotation policy and their maximum tour of service shall normally be seven years.
• The IAEA retains the discretion not to make any appointment to this vacancy, to make an appointment at a lower grade or with a different contract type, or to make an appointment with a modified job description or for shorter duration than indicated above.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements