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About:
The United Nations Secretary-General is responsible for the investment of the assets of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF). The Secretary-General has delegated this responsibility to the Representative of the Secretary-General for the investment of the assets of the UNJSPF (RSG). The RSG heads the Office of Investment Management (OIM), which manages approximately $80+ billion multi-asset class, global investment portfolio, about 85% of which is actively managed in-house. Asset classes under management comprise global equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, timber and commodities. OIM’s staff are all based in New York but come from over 30 countries.
Role:
Legal Officer
Location:
United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund – Office of Investment Management
Qualifications:
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in law is required. A first level university degree in law in combination with an additional two years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- Admission to the practice of law in the Member State of the candidate’s nationality, or in another Member State of the United Nations, is required.
- An advanced university degree in law with specialization in international investment, banking, commercial law or corporate law is desirable.
- A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in transactional law, including legal analysis, research and writing, acquired at a law firm or at the legal department of a global investment institution, international organization, government or multilateral development bank, is required. (Qualifying years of experience are calculated following the receipt of the university degree in law recognized by the United Nations).
- Experience in drafting and negotiating investment management agreements is desirable.
- Experience in drafting and negotiating documentation relating to derivatives transactions is desirable.
- Experience in drafting and negotiating documentation of private market investment transactions (private equity, real estate, infrastructure) is desirable.
- Experience providing legal advice to pension funds and/or other global investment institutions is desirable.
- Professional legal experience working in the legal office of an international organization is desirable.
Responsibilities:
Within delegated authority, the Legal Officer may be responsible for the following duties:
- Handles a range of legal issues related to investments, including the review and interpretation of a broad range of documentation relating to transactions in global public and private markets.
- Serves as a lead officer in one or more areas of concentration, and independently handles a wide range of multi-discipline and complex legal matters involving issues of international, public, private and administrative law, to include interpretation and application of instruments in that area of concentration.
- Provides legal advice on diverse substantive and procedural questions of considerable complexity, which may include those related to administration and management, governance, procurement and contracts and other operational matters.
- Performs extensive legal research and analysis and prepares legal opinions, studies, briefs, reports and correspondence; provides legal advice to the unit/division and briefs OIM senior management.
- Participates on internal task forces, expert groups and other bodies, including preparation of background materials, summaries of issues, meeting reports, etc.
- Reviews, advises on and drafts complex contracts, agreements, institutional and operational modalities, or other legal documents; develops new legal modalities to meet unique needs/circumstances.
- Serves on various standing boards, committees, ad hoc working groups and task forces, as required; promotes the work of the United Nations, including the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund and represents the Organization at meetings, conferences, seminars, etc.
- Coordinates and direct teams of other legal officers dealing with significant problems as required, and/or mentors and supervises the work of junior officers on specific projects.
- Contributes to review and design of new, or new applications of, legal instruments, policy, guidelines, etc.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
How to Apply:
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