Legal Officer

Vor 4 Tagen

Wien, Österreich United Nations Vollzeit

This position is located within the International Trade Law Division (ITLD), Office of Legal Affairs (OLA), which serves as a substantive Secretariat to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and is based in Vienna, Austria. The Legal Officer reports to the Principal Legal Officer heading the Legislative unit, which provides substantive secretariat services to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and its subsidiary bodies, as first reporting officer, and to the Director of the Division as second reporting officer.

**Responsibilities**:
Within assigned authority, the Legal Officer will be responsible for the following duties:

- Conduct research on questions of international trade law by critically examining national legislation, judicial and arbitral decisions, commercial practice, government views and scholarly writings, with a view to devising solutions to issues arising in international trade law that are acceptable to countries with different legal, social and economic systems.
- Prepare or coordinate the preparation of background papers, studies, reports, for the Commission and its working groups on issues of international trade law on, or being considered for inclusion on, the work programme of the Commission.
- Draft legal instruments, such as draft conventions, model laws, model agreements, legislative guides, legal guides and various other legal texts and prepare commentaries on such texts.
- Prepare, conduct or participate in expert group meetings, judicial colloquia and other meetings for the purpose of informing the deliberations of the Commission or its subsidiary bodies regarding trade law issues on, or being considered for inclusion on, the Commission’s work programme.
- Provide services to UNCITRAL sessions and act as secretary or assistant secretary of UNCITRAL’s subsidiary bodies or of committees of a diplomatic conference; draw up draft reports or portions thereof, for adoption at conclusion of Commission and working group sessions.
- Promote the adoption and use of UNCITRAL legal texts by lecturing at seminars and symposia on international trade law, organized either by UNCITRAL or by other organizations in different countries, and explaining texts to government officials, legal practitioners, chambers of commerce and other users; prepare and coordinate regional or national international trade law symposia and seminars.
- As requested, provide legislative assistance to Member States, in particular developing States, with respect to the enactment in domestic legislation of the texts that emanate from the work of UNCITRAL; provide any other legislative drafting assistance that may be requested by Member States in the context of law reform projects aimed at modernizing commercial law in that country.
- Contribute to the substantive coordination of the work of various agencies that, both inside and outside of the United Nations system, engage in the preparation of legal texts governing international trade law; keep abreast of any developments in those regional and specialized international organizations regarding harmonization of international trade law; maintain a close link with those bodies to ensure consistency with the texts prepared by the Commission.
- Perform other work-related duties as assigned.

Competencies
Professionalism:
Planning & Organizing:
Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently.

Client orientation:
Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep informed and anticipate problems; keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects; meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client.

Education
An advanced university degree in law (Master’s degree or equivalent), with specialization in commercial, comparative, public or private international law is required. A first-level university degree in similar fields like commercial, comparative, public or private international law in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Work Experience
A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in commercial law, comparative law, international trade law or a related field, including several years at the international level, is required.

Work experience in providing substantive

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