Legal Counsellor

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Description

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• Draft or comment on, and provide legal opinions and advice to Member States with respect to legal texts, draft bills, draft rules and regulations, policy documents, and other documents as requested by interested countries on copyright and related rights, or other related areas of the law.  This includes providing assistance in adhering to and implementing WIPO copyright and related rights treaties at the national level.
• Undertake and supervise fundamental research and analysis of the needs of countries, or groups of countries, on copyright and related rights, or other related areas of the law as requested.
• Develop and lead studies or other projects, as requested, related to strategies in new areas of the law related to copyright and related rights.
• Draft and provide input to guides, legal opinions, publications and other documents pertaining to the functions and activities of the Division or the Sector.
• Supervise and guide more junior staff and external consultants, as requested, in producing high quality and timely legislative, regulatory, and policy advice for Member States.
• Maintain contacts with authorities of countries or groups of countries in all regions as well as with the United Nations agencies and other partner institutions with respect to legislative and regulatory advice activities.
• Coordinate activity, as appropriate, with other WIPO Sectors involved in providing legislative and regulatory advice to Member States.
• Coordinate and participate in internal and external training and awareness-raising activities, seminars and workshops; this includes organizing those meetings and delivering training and presentations.
• Coordinate and participate in training activities and meetings organized internally or by Member States, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations; this includes provision of legislative and policy advice and assistance with respect to the law of copyright and related rights.
• Prepare work plans, reports, evaluations, and other administrative documents.
• Perform other related duties, as required and assigned.

• Advanced university degree in law. A first-level university degree in law or related disciplines that would quality the incumbent to practice law at the national level, plus two years of relevant experience in addition to the years of experience requested below may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

• Postgraduate specialization in intellectual property law including copyright and related rights.

• At least seven years of relevant professional legal experience including in the field of intellectual property in the public or private sector, with specific experience in the field of copyright and related rights.
• Experience in drafting legislative, regulatory and policy advice in the area of intellectual property.

• Experience with the copyright and related rights legal systems in developing countries.  
• Experience in drafting legislative, regulatory and policy advice in the area of copyright and related rights.
• Experience in a multilateral intergovernmental organization providing legislative, regulatory and policy advice related to international normative instruments.
• Project management training and experience.

• Excellent written and spoken knowledge of English and one other official United Nations language, 

• Good knowledge of another official United Nations language.

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