Associate Legal Officer at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Task description

Under the direct supervision of the Head of the National Environmental Law Unit, or her/his designated representative, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

•  Assist in performing UNEP’s roles and functions as Secretariat under Montevideo Programme V – a global programme on supporting countries to advance environmental rule of law – including the servicing of meetings, preparation of background documents, and preparing meeting reports;
•  Keep the UNEP-Law and Environment Assistance Platform up to date with environmental law news and knowledge products, and perform relevant data analysis;
•  Assist in administering technical support and capacity building activities for Member States on environmental law under Montevideo Programme V;
•  Assist in the preparation of legal briefs/advice and in the review of legal documents, instruments, or other material on environmental law and related areas under Montevideo Programme V;
•  Support the review from a legal angle of any documentation prepared under the GEF DDT project in India and provide comments;
•  Provide project management support by assisting in the planning, carrying out, and closing of project activities under the GEF DDT project in India, and in the periodic monitoring of the status of project activities and expenditures;
•  Assist in the organization and support of events (meetings, workshops and training, roundtables, and expert meetings), that are organized face-to-face or electronically by the Unit or in which the Unit is involved to raise awareness about the Unit’s and the Division’s activities, through e.g., liaising with partner entities/organizations and with participants, compiling materials, taking notes and preparing reports;
•  Perform other relevant tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor. Results/Expected Outputs As an active UNEP team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly, and high-quality support rendered to UNEP and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including through:
•  Ensuring that UNEP-LEAP is kept up to date and supported with high-quality data analysis;
•  Supporting Member States with UNEP-LEAP information products and assistance on environmental law;
•  Preparing documents that methodically analyze research information collected and logically lead to the conclusions set out therein;
•  Delivering assignments that are delivered in accordance with agreed standards of quality and within set deadlines;

Requirements

Required experience

• 3 years of experience in environmental law or environmental governance. Prior experience at the international level is an ad-vantage.
• Experience in knowledge management is also an advantage; Proven ability to carry out research and familiarity with electronic research tools and databases Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.) and email/internet; familiarity with database management and office technology equipment