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Associate Legal Officer

International Atomic Energy Agency

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The Office of Legal Affairs, which reports directly to the Director General, provides legal services of the highest possible standards to the Director General, the Secretariat and to the organs and bodies of the IAEA, as well as to Member States, regarding the implementation of the IAEA’s activities.
The General Legal Section is primarily responsible for providing legal advice and support to all areas of the Secretariat to ensure that the IAEA’s activities (particularly administrative and corporate matters relating to, inter alia, human resources; audits; contracts and other commercial agreements; financial regulations and rules; procurements; and relationship agreements with Member States, the United Nations, cooperating institutions and other international organizations) are in line with applicable agreements, regulations, rules, policies and relevant jurisprudence.
Under the close supervision of the Section Head and with guidance from more senior Legal Officers, the Associate Legal Officer carries out research and drafts general legal briefs on a range of assignments covering all areas of OLA.
The Associate Legal Officer is: a team member, working collaboratively with the members of the General Legal Section and, as required, all staff of the Office, and an analyst carrying out benchmarking and drafting summaries.
Functions / Key Results Expected:
  • Carry out research and benchmarking to review and provide input to legal studies and reports.
  • Provide initial drafts of legal opinions and contribute ideas and analysis to larger studies or opinions.
  • Research and prepare drafts on legal issues relating to IAEA functions, structures and activities. Issues may be general or related to specialized aspects of constitutional, international, public, private and administrative law.
  • Select and analyse international and national legal materials for the preparation of reports or studies.
  • Provide preliminary interpretation of legal instruments, such as constitutions, statutes, treaties, agreements, regulations and rules, resolutions or other legal materials.
  • Give legal advice on issues of limited scope, such as the application of laws or administrative rules and regulations.
  • Provide secretariat services to committees and bodies by: preparing background materials, reports, papers and other documents; synthesizing views and practices on particular issues.
  • Prepare preliminary drafts of contracts and agreements, internal regulations and rules; carrying out a preliminary review of legal aspects of draft letters, agreements and other texts.
Qualifications, Experience and Language skills:
  • University degree in law with good academic record; admitted to practice in a national bar or equivalent. Advanced degree in law is an asset.
  • At least two years of relevant experience in any field of law.
  • Excellent oral and written command of English. Knowledge of other official IAEA languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) is an asset

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