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JOB TITLE: Legal Counsel – Ukraine Refugee Crisis Response
JOB LOCATION: Globally flexible, Flexible
Type of Role: Fixed Term
Duration: 3 months
Reports to: Ukraine Response Operations Manager
JOB DETAILS:
- The post holder provides advice and guidance to Plan International on the organisation’s response to the Ukraine Crisis.
- Manages and conducts specific projects and activities in relation to legal, compliance or regulatory issues, working flexibly within multidisciplinary teams.
- Supervision/management – instructs and manages external lawyers on specific projects related to establishing a response to the Ukraine crisis and working with partner organisations.
Technical Expertise, Skills And Knowledge
Knowledge:
- Qualified as a lawyer in the UK and/or the US. Specific experience with Poland, Romania and Moldova are advantageous.
- Experienced at providing legal advice internationally on a diverse range of issues.
- Significant experience on International Humanitarian Law, Geneva conventions, Convention on the Rights of the Child and other legal frameworks related to refugees, conflicts, and children.
- Knowledge and understanding of the legal and compliance issues affecting international not for profit organisations.
- Knowledge and understanding of corporate governance issues, including as they affect international organisations and the not for profit sector.
Skills:
- Highly effective at using legal skills to solve problems and identify and implement pragmatic solutions in line with the humanitarian principles, and Plan international’s Global Risk Policy.
- Able to develop efficient, effective legal, compliance or governance systems and processes that are user-friendly and fit for purpose, and to identify ways to streamline systems and processes to minimise effort and maximise value
- Strong legal drafting skills and powers of analysis with excellent attention to detail including when under pressure.
- Able to apply legal expertise to develop and implement legal or governance systems, processes and policies.
- Ability to think and advise strategically.
- Able to influence and build strong relationships with different types of people at all levels.
- Self-motivated, efficient and highly organised.
- Creative problem solver
- Highly effective prioritisation of competing requests
- Ability to influence those over whom the post holder has no direct responsibility
- Strong on delivery and effective completer-finisher
Behaviours:
- Flexible and proactive, resilient, comfortable with and adapts well to change
- Team player, highly collaborative, able to work effectively in a matrix management structure
- Diplomatic, culturally and politically sensitive
- Committed to the values, aims and objectives of Plan International
Desirable:
- Ukrainian, Polish, Romanian, or Moldovan language skills are an advantage.
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Note
- Location: Flexible where Plan International has a legal entity and you have the pre-existing right to work. Some travel to Poland, Moldova and/or Romania will be required.
Deadline: April 13, 2022
Job Features
Job Category | Legal / Law |