UN Habitat Legal Officer Jobs 2022 – Kenya NGO Jobs. UN Habitat Kenya looking for “Legal Officer”. Applicants with a degree in University Degree may apply on or before 24th July 2022.
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development. It was established in 1978 as an outcome of the first United Nations Conference on Human Settlements and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat I) held in Vancouver, Canada, in 1976. UN-Habitat maintains its headquarters at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya. It is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group. The mandate of UN-Habitat derives from the Habitat Agenda, adopted by the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1996.
UN Habitat Legal Officer Jobs 2022
The UN Habitat has published a job vacancy announcement on 11th June 2022 for qualified Kenyans to fill in the vacant post of Legal Officer to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
| Recruiter | United Nations Human Settlement Programme |
| Position | Legal Officer |
| Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Country | Kenya |
| Total Vacant Post | 22 |
| Qualification | University Degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Five years |
| Application Deadline | 24th July 2022 |
UN Habitat Job Vacancy 2022
Job Responsibilities: Within delegated authority and depending on location, the Legal Officer may be responsible for the following duties:
- Handles a range of issues related to constitutional, international, public, private, administrative, and, for Tribunals, criminal (substantive, procedural and comparative) law, including the interpretation and application of constitutive, legislative and other instruments governing United Nations activities and operations, in consultation with senior Legal Officers or Prosecuting Trial Attorneys.
- Conducts extensive legal research and analysis and prepare studies, comparative studies, briefs, reports and correspondence.
- Undertakes basic or extensive review of legal documents, instruments, or other material; identifies important issues, similarities, and inconsistencies, etc.
- Prepares or assists in the preparation of drafts of background papers, studies, reports, legislative texts and commentaries on those texts, teaching materials in the field of international trade law and private international law, etc.
- Prepares or assists in the preparation of legal opinions/advice on a wide range of international public or private law issues, including the United Nations Charter, General Assembly resolutions and decisions involving, inter alia, issues relating to privileges and immunities, peace and security, criminal prosecutions, institutional questions, treaty law and practice, procedural issues arising during meetings of United Nations organs, constitutional and administrative law of the Organization.
- Prepares or assists in the preparation of agreements and contracts with governments, NGOs and other public and private entities, as well as in the negotiation and settlement of claims and disputes and in handling private international law and international trade law matters.
- Reviews, advises on and drafts indictments or legal motions/submissions.
- Assesses evidence for relevance and admissibility.
- Prepares and assesses briefs of evidence.
- Services or assists senior colleagues in servicing diplomatic conferences, commissions, committees, task forces, expert groups and other bodies, including preparation of background materials, summaries of issues and views of delegations, meeting reports, etc.
- Assists in representing the Organization before arbitral and other tribunals or administrative proceedings, including disciplinary cases; in Tribunals, acts on behalf of the Prosecutor as junior co-counsel in proceedings before Trial or Appeal Chambers.
- Provides legal advice on human resources matters; reviews administrative matters.
- Administers programmes of legal technical assistance.
- Prepares or assists with the preparation of international trade law seminars and symposia, lecture on various legal issues at such events.
- Provides guidance to more junior staff.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Position in Organization:
- Posting Title: LEGAL OFFICER, P3
- Job Code Title: LEGAL OFFICER
- Department/Office: United Nations Human Settlements Programme
- Duty Station: NAIROBI
- Posting Period: 10 June 2022 – 24 July 2022
- Job Opening Number: 22-Legal Affairs-UN-HABITAT-181653-R-Nairobi (R)
- Staffing Exercise: N/A
Qualification:
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in international law is required. A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Experience:
- A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in law, including legal analysis, research and writing is required.
- Experience working in a legal/judicial environment in an international organization is desirable.
- Experience in the development and review of legal instruments is desirable.
- Experience in drafting legal opinions and providing advice to superiors is desirable.
- Experience in preparing written legal submissions for a court or tribunal is desirable.
How to Apply UN Habitat Legal Officer Jobs 2022
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail.aspx?id=181653
The Closing Date: 24th July 2022.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
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| Official Website | unhabitat.org |
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