Plan International was founded over 75 years ago with a mission to promote and protect the rights of children.
The organisation was set up by British journalist John Langdon-Davies and refugee worker Eric Muggeridge in 1937, with the original aim to provide food, accommodation and education to children whose lives had been disrupted by the Spanish Civil W...
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Plan International is looking for an interim Legal Counsel to join our Legal team to support our West & Central Africa region.
The Legal team helps drive good governance and decision making by providing global insights, thought leadership and technical expertise for governors, leaders and staff as they strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
As Legal Counsel you will engage at all levels of the organisation, particularly in our West & Central Africa region, across a broad range of complex legal and governance.
You will be part of the Global Hub Legal Team, reporting to Deputy General Counsel, and will also work directly with our regional and country offices, as well as senior stakeholders within the Regional Office and Global Hub’s globally located and multidisciplinary business units.
Legal Counsel will provide legal advice and, where necessary, coordinate specialist legal advice from various firms on domestic and international legal and governance issues, and use your technical and professional legal expertise as an entry point to problem-solve more broadly.
The Individual
We are looking to recruit a fluent French and English speaking lawyer (3+ years PQE).
Experience practicing as a lawyer in a West or Central African jurisdiction is desirable; otherwise, an understanding of, or connection to, the West and Central African region would be an advantage.
Ability to speak Portuguese and/or dual qualification in one of UK, US or a European jurisdiction are desirable but not essential.
You will have a demonstrable ability to use legal skills to solve problems and identify and implement pragmatic solutions.
You will be able to give legal advice internationally on a diverse range of issues including: employment and labour law, commercial/contract, restructuring, corporate governance (including subsidiary management), charity/not-for-profit, data privacy, intellectual property, dispute resolution or management of legal claims.
In-house experience, including as well as advising and reporting on legal and other risks, would be an advantage.
Salary
Plan International offers a competitive package in the context of the sector with an option of flexible of working hours.
We will be happy to disclose the salary and applicable benefits to applicants as part of this process, however, please kindly note that this will vary according to the location of the appointed candidate and therefore, it is not possible to include full details here.
Our new global strategy prioritises humanitarian scale up.
To respond to the growing unmet needs in emergencies and to strengthen the speed, quality, relevance and appropriateness of our emergency response and readiness work, we are investing in our humanitarian deployable capacity.
The Deployable Education in Emergencies (EiE) Specialist is a member of Plan International’s Global Education in Humanitarian Action Unit . While on deployment the specialist provides technical support to Plan International’s Country Offices (COs). This normally involves responding to medium and large-scale emergencies by developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating EiE programmes.
This role will have a specific focus on the integration of CVA modalities in Education in Emergencies. When not on deployment the specialist contributes to Plan’s EiE workplan as agreed with the team. This may include continued follow up from a distance with deployment countries.
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