Détails de l'annonce
Organisation : Médecins Sans Frontières - Artsen Zonder Grenzen
Site web : https://www.msf.be
Lieu de l'emploi : Bruxelles /
Type d'emploi : Contrat à durée indéterminée
Type de contrat : Temps plein
Fonction : Direction
Date de publication : 24/08/2023
Date limite : 17/09/2023
Profil
REQUIREMENTS
Education & Experience
- Master's degree in law preferably with a focus on private law.
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience as a lawyer or legal counsel.
- Operational experience as a legal advisor in the field in a humanitarian organization is an asset.
Competencies
- Rigor, clarity, and ability to adapt to different legal systems, sense of priorities and organization.
- Ability to translate an operational negotiation into legal language.
- Ability to translate complex legal concepts and analysis into simple operational language.
- Strong ability to work in a team and to work/navigate multi stakeholder environment
- Adaptation to changing circumstances and contexts.
- Strong cross-cultural awareness
- Strong communication skills: active listener, communicates clearly and effectively and sense of diplomacy.
IT skills.
Languages
- Written and spoken knowledge of English and French is mandatory.
- Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese would be an asset.
Description
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organization that provides assistance in more than 70 countries to populations in distress, to victims of natural or manmade disasters and to victims of armed conflicts, without discrimination and irrespective of origin, religion, creed or political affiliation.
Legal Advisor (m/f/x) – Brussels – MSF Belgium
CONTEXT
In the context of a replacement, the General Direction Department is looking for a LEGAL ADVISOR.
Under the hierarchical supervision of the General Director Deputy and the functional supervision of the Administrative and Legal framework (Unit 4) Manager of the Intersectional Legal Department (ILD), the Legal Advisor provides direct legal support to operational teams regarding Administrative and Legal framework of OCB (Operational Center Brussels) missions and projects.
Acting as a legal advisor, you work in an integrated way with OCB and other OCs (Operational Centers) legal advisors and with the legal Unit manager of the Intersectional Legal Department:
to ensure that OCB receives coherent and best quality support,
to support operational teams with regard to legal and administrative framework of the operations, and even more closely with the other legal advisor in charge of the same topic in OCB, sharing topics and responsibilities (country dispatch)
Within the scope of your direct and delegated activities, as a legal advisor, you are responsible for the identification and assessment of the missions’ overall legal risks and definition of strategies and mitigation measures. You ensure the coordination and coherence of the legal framework of all the different areas of activity of the Legal Unit, and participate in the development of legal policies related to these areas, in order to understand and manage the risk on the areas of the Legal Unit, including:
Registration of structures and individuals, and governance of MSF operational entities.
Negotiations with national authorities: MOUs (Memorandum of Understanding), Agreements and various exemptions (member of the SHIELD project: Sustainable and Humanitarian Intervention through Exemption and Legal Derogation)
Field contracts and commercial relationship management.
Support to the supply chain.
Follow-up of various tax and administrative obligations, and management of various audits.
Financial risk management and insurance coverage.
The position involves close collaboration with other lawyers in the Intersection Legal Department (whether in the OC or in other sections), but also with the various departments of the MSF-Belgium, as well as with the teams in the field and the international working groups.
This position is based in Brussels and involves regular travel to the field and occasionally to the various MSF sections.
RESPONSIBILITIES
In collaboration with the ILD team members, as legal advisor you will oversee the following responsibilities:
Participate in the definition of legal policies within the ILD:
Implement the strategy and participate with your hierarchy in the definition of legal policies by providing knowledge in your field of expertise.
Ensure the proper application of the strategy, policies and objectives defined.
Provide advice and support to the operation teams at field level and to the network of legal advisors, and on exceptional basis at HQ level:
Advise and manage issues related to the administrative and legal framework of missions with managers at headquarters and field levels.
Ensure the application of legal procedures.
Manage litigation by providing appropriate solutions.
Ensure the implementation of ILD tools to support the teams of the cells and projects: templates, guidelines, standard agreements, contracts, MOUs, etc.
Review legal documents.
Support and advise other legal advisors within your scope.
Participate in legal projects:
Participate and be a force of proposal in the implementation of legal projects within the MSF international movement.
Set up monitoring and reporting tools.
Supervise interns, lawyers or field legal advisors involved in the files for which he/she is responsible.
Transfer your legal skills:
Development and updating of training content related to the administrative and legal framework of the missions.
Conducting training modules for operational teams (cell and field)
Implementation, adaptation and dissemination of practical guides, legal notes and memo on all topics related to its activities, with the aim of empowering operational teams (MSF section and MSF International) on legal risk management.
Carry out legal monitoring on its specialties / priority subjects:
Capitalization, management of the legal watch and drafting of summary notes, memos, guides on priority topics under your specific responsibility.
CONDITIONS
Expected starting date: 16 October 2023
Location: Brussels (Belgium)
Mobility: 4 to 5 field visits of 2 weeks on a year basis
Contract type: Open-ended contract – full-time
Salary according to MSF-OCB HQ grid
Meal Vouchers - Hospital Insurance (DKV) – Pension Plan – 100% reimbursement for public transportation costs - 50% homeworking possible per week
Adhere to the MSF principles and to our managerial values: Respect, Transparency, Integrity, Accountability, Trust and Empowerment
Adhere to the MSF Behavioral Commitments
Deadline for applications: 17 September 2023
How to apply?
Please, send your CV and cover letter to Recruit-HQ-DG@brussels.msf.org with “Legal Advisor” in the subject of your email.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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