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About:
Ministry of External Affairs is responsible for all aspects of India’s relations with the world. It formulates, implements & presents the foreign policy of the Government of India.
The main objective is to advance India’s national security & developmental priorities in a globalized and independent world.
The Ministry of External Affairs is presently headed by Dr. S. Jaishankar.
Role:
Consultants
Location:
Ministry of External Affairs (South Block/Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan/Sushma Swaraj Bhawan/Patiala House/ISIL Building/Akbar Bhawan/CCS Building), New Delhi.
Qualification:
- The applicant should only be an Indian national.
- The applicant should possess Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Law.
- The applicant should possess work experience of at least two years in litigation or as a Researcher/Consultant in the field.
- Good English and Hindi speaking and writing skills.
- Good knowledge of computers for preparing documents, presentations, data-sheets.
- The applicant should not be more than 40 years of age as on the last date of submission of application and should be in good health.
- For retired Government of India servant, applicant should have retired at a pay level of 11 or 12 and should not be more than 63 years of age as on last date of submission of application
Desirable Qualifications:
- Work experience in Government of India/State Governments will be preferred.
- Understanding of rules and procedures on personnel and service matters in Government of India.
- The applicant should be willing to travel to other geographies, if needed for functional reasons.
Responsibilities:
- Providing legal advice to the Division on all legal matters pertaining to Administration Division.
- Liaising with lawyers and arbitrators, and assisting in preparation of legal replies in court matters.
- Attending court hearings with Ministry and preparing records of the hearing.
- Monitoring all ongoing Court cases and maintaining status report.
- Legal vetting of documents and examination of cases.
- Analyzing legal issues and recommending course of action.
- Any other tasks assigned by the Head of the Division.
How to Apply:
The applicants who fulfil the eligibility criteria may submit application indicating their interest in working for the Ministry of External Affairs as per proforma at Annexure I.
Interested candidates can send their application with the subject clearly mentioning the name of the candidate and the position against which the application is being submitted to aopfsec@mea.gov.in.
OR
By registered post in an envelope labelled as “Application for the position of Consultant (Legal) in Administration Division of Ministry of External Affairs”. This is to be sent to the following address. Under Secretary (PF&PG) Ministry of External Affairs, Room No. 4071, Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan, 23-D, Janpath, New Delhi-110011
The last date for receiving applications is 16th September, 2025 (17.30 Hrs).
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