The Legal Contractor provides substantive, technical and administrative support for the adjudication of cases by UNDT judges, including legal research, drafting legal documents, and assisting in the preparation of judgments. The role supports the United Nations Dispute Tribunal at its Geneva seat and undertakes assignments as mandated by the Office of Administration of Justice.
Responsibilities
- Provide substantive, technical and administrative support for the adjudication of cases by UNDT Judges.
- Review submissions to the UNDT.
- Draft, review and advise on legal documents and correspondence.
- Support Judges by preparing background materials and summaries of issues, as required.
- Attend meetings, and give advice on emerging issues and questions, as required.
- Identify issues, draft legal texts and handle a wide range of complex legal matters involving interpretation and application of administrative/employment law.
- Conduct extensive legal research and provide detailed analysis of cases and jurisprudence.
- Provide legal advice on diverse substantive and procedural questions.
- Assist in the preparation of referrals to the Mediation Division of the Office of the Ombudsman.
- Support the Judges in producing accurate, comprehensive judgments, including review of draft judgments for any inconsistencies or inaccuracies, and ensuring editorial uniformity prior to dissemination.
- Respond to correspondence/queries from the parties.
- Assist in maintaining the registers of the UNDT (electronic and paper), the publication and dissemination of the decisions, rulings and judgments rendered by the UNDT, in the required official languages, through the agreed media.
- Assist in maintaining the case law digest and jurisprudence databank of OAJ.
- Perform other duties as required.
Requirements
- Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent degree) in international law.
- A first-level university 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 is required.
- At least one year of experience working as a lawyer in administrative or employment/ labor law preferably in an international organization or tribunal is required.
- Experience as a judicial/legal clerk is desirable.
- Experience in litigation in an international or domestic judicial system is desirable.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Knowledge of French is desirable.
- Knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable.
Skills
- International Law
- Legal Analysis
- Legal Research
- Legal Writing
- Administrative Law
- Employment Law
- Labour Law
- Litigation
- Judicial Procedures
- Legal Drafting
- Case Adjudication
- Legal Document Drafting
Languages
English, French
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