Legal Analyst

Under the direct supervision of the Corporate Legal Advisor, the Legal Analyst assists the Legal Group in drafting and reviewing legal documents, in providing legal advice and supporting the implementation of UNOPS standards. A major part of this role is to provide support ensuring that UNOPS implementation activities are provided with enabling and solution-oriented support on a daily basis, and that these challenges are registered and made to contribute towards longer-term policy change. The incumbent of this position would need to be able to analyze policies and processes to meet practice needs and recommend change.

The Legal Analyst works in close collaboration with the operations, programme and project teams in the Regional Office, UNOPS HQ staff, UN agencies and Government officials to successfully deliver legal services.

Summary of Key Functions  

1.     Provides legal advice to UNOPS personnel, focusing on the achievement of the following results:

• Provide support to the Corporate Legal Advisor for the review and preparation of project agreements with various funding sources;
• Contribution to the drafting of contracts and other agreements to mitigate commercial risks, ensuring that organizational legal requirements and standards are met;
• Under the guidance of the Corporate Legal Advisor, provision of legal advice on the application of UNOPS Financial Rules and Regulations;
• Analysis of disputes and claims related to procurement and service contracts;
• Assist in the review of bid challenges;
• Provision of legal and procurement-related advice on institutional and commercial matters;
• Provision of analysis on institutionalization of new approaches and standards relevant to the legal practice;
• Assist with the preparation and negotiation of host country agreements;
• Assist with the establishment and negotiation of framework agreements with funding sources;
• Draft policy documents applicable to legal;
• Carry out due diligence on prospective partners;
• Assist with the conceptualization of grant/loan schemes;
• Development and maintenance of a system for keeping records of decisions made and actions taken;
• Perform other duties as required.

2.   Provides support to knowledge building and knowledge sharing, focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Support in the organization of training for UNOPS personnel on legal-related topics;
• Sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practices;
• Prepare summaries of lessons learnt and best practices.

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time.
• A cover letter is required.
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.