Legal Advisor

Organizational Context

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Job Purpose

To provide expert legal advice on complex international, administrative, and organizational matters, protecting the Organization's legal interests and supporting sound decision-making across PAHO's programs and operations.

Responsibilities

Provide authoritative legal advice to Executive Management, PAHO/WHO Representatives, and Department Directors on complex legal issues. Review, draft, and clear agreements, contracts, and legal instruments. Conduct legal research and provide legal opinions. Represent the Organization's legal interests. Provide legal support to administrative and operational areas. Supervise and mentor junior attorneys and support staff.

Work Experience

Nine years of combined national and international experience in law with a public international organization, governmental agency, and/or private practice, with emphasis on public international law, contracts, administrative law, technical cooperation agreements and comparative law, including managerial experience.

Skills

Extensive expertise in public international law, administrative law, commercial law, and legal frameworks applicable to international organizations. Advanced knowledge of comparative and international law, corporate law, corporate governance, litigation, and commercial legal practice. Strong ability to analyze complex legal and policy issues and present clear, well-reasoned legal opinions and recommendations. Proven capacity to provide strategic legal counsel and influence decision-making at senior management level. Excellent organizational, interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills. Ability to develop reports, presentations, policies, procedures, and other technical or persuasive legal documents. Strong teamwork, collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and partnership-building skills. Commitment to integrity, accountability, respect for diversity, and delivery of high-quality results. Demonstrated ability to effectively use current technology and software, spreadsheets and presentations, as well as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and management information systems. Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, OneDrive, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and Word.

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