Legal Adviser at Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC)

Location: N’Djamena, Republic of Chad
Category: C3

Job Description
Support the Executive Secretary (ES) in harmonizing the member states' legal action for the protection and the sustainable use of the basin's natural resources:

• Attend meetings of the Commission's various committees and give legal advice
• Advise the ES in all civil and diplomatic matters, initiate and defend legal proceedings in court, if necessary
• Observe discussion at all levels (international, regional, national) concerning conventions, agreements, treaties and protocols relating to climate change, environment and transboundary water management.

Provide in-house services for the different technical departments:

• Monitor the execution of the department's legal administrative assignments
• Formulate and provide legal opinions and give legal advice at in-house meetings and meetings with third parties
• Initiate and defend legal actions in courts, if necessary.

Qualifications and Skills

• A Law Degree.
• Relevant knowledge acquired in an international organization or good knowledge of international organizations is required.
• Membership of any professional body would be an advantage.
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary and multicultural team.
• Good interpersonal/social skills, ability for conflict resolution and mediation. Political awareness and diplomacy.
• Fluency in one of the LCBC's working languages, namely English or French, and a reasonably good command of the ether language. Fluency in both languages would be an advantage. Computer literacy in current MS Office programs is a prerequisite.

General professional experience:

• At least ten years' professional experience, with two years in a managerial or supervisory capacity, preferably in legal practice or international law practice
• Specific professional experience
• Profound knowledge of the conventions, agreements, treaties and protocols concerning climate change, environment and transboundary water management is required.
• Good knowledge of the policies of basin institutions and/or transboundary water management programs and projects would be an advantage.