To strengthen the operational capacity and effectiveness of the Legal Unit by providing quality legal and administrative support, contributing to timely legal reviews, knowledge management initiatives, and improved agreement tracking, document management systems. and functional backup to administrative coordination during critical periods

Nairobi

6 months

The Consultant will: 1.Support the development, refinement, and organization of legal templates, standard operating procedures, and internal guidance materials. 2.Maintain and update legal databases, case management systems and document repositories, ensuring proper version control and tagging. 3.Support the development of knowledge management initiatives and products, including legal resources for internal and external use 4.Provide administrative support, including organizing legal meetings and workshops, assist with legal training, preparing agendas, and drafting meeting minutes. 5.Provide administrative support including preparing meeting summaries, assisting with legal correspondence, and coordinating follow-up actions from legal meetings. 6.Conduct legal and policy research relevant to UNEP’s mandate, including administrative law, and institutional legal frameworks and present findings in short memos 7.Assist Legal Officers in reviewing agreements and legal documents, preparing summaries, and tracking key legal issues. 8.Draft background notes, legal memos, and templates under the guidance of Legal Officers.

First level university degree in law. A practicing certificate is desirable. Minimum of 1–3 years of relevant experience in legal research, practice, or advisory services is required. Experience in database management and drafting legal advice is required Experience in an international context is desirable.

Fluency in English (oral and written) is required. Knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage.

Not available.

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