Director, Office of Legal Counsel: AFRICAN UNION

The African Union, which was founded as a continental unique, responsible for leading the integration accelerated in Africa and sustainable development by promoting unity, solidarity, cohesion and cooperation among peoples and its addition to the establishment of new global partnerships and take the Union of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is based.

In order to achieve this objective, the African Union intends to strengthen its performance and that, among other things, the implementation of the new organizational structure and the filling of all vacant posts.

And calls upon the African Union Commission, the citizens of all Member States to submit their applications for the position of Director (Legal Counsel), Office of Legal Counsel.

Office of Legal Counsel provides legal advice and representation services and acts as a deposit to ensure the legal aspects of decision-making and compliance with the Constitutive Act of the African Union and all existing legal instruments.

1. Occupation:

Title: Director of the Office of Legal Counsel.
Post Level: D-1
Unit: Office of Legal Counsel.
Moderator: His Excellency the President of the Commission.
Duty Station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.


2. Tasks and responsibilities:
1) assist the Commission and AU organs and provide advice on legal matters.

2) the provision of legal opinions relevant to the interpretation of all the protocols and rules of the African Union in addition to other legal instruments.

3) assist the Commission President to do to sustain itself as a deposit of all the treaties in addition to all other legal instruments of the Union and to save copies of the international conventions signed between Member States.

4) assess the legal effects of the activities and decisions of all deliberative bodies and advisory, administrative and participate in its meetings.

5) the formulation of phased out and the host country agreements and cooperation agreements and rules of procedures for the various devices, treaties and other legal instruments in addition to the preparation of electoral documents, including the tools and the level of the Executive Council and the Conference.

6) the representation of the Commission and all organs of the African Union in litigation, negotiations or other procedures related to the completion of the conclusion of agreements or settlement of disputes.

7) ensure the smooth performance in the Administrative Court and the representation of the President.

8) follow up on issues related to implementation of headquarters agreements and host countries.

9) confirm and ensure respect for the privileges and immunities of the Commission and its staff and representatives accredited to it and protect it as it is stipulated in the agreements Headquarters and the General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the African Union.

10) follow up on issues relevant to international legal issues.

11) to ensure the organization of interactions between the legal organs of the Union and the Member States and other organizations, individuals and other legal entities, as that protects the interests of the African Union.

12) conduct investigations and prepare reports on specific legal problems.

13) ensure the management of the office in general, including the preparation of budgets and programs and their effective implementation, as well as supervision of staff and performance tuning.

14) perform any other functions that are mandated.
3. Educational Qualifications: You must have a university degree candidates (Master's degree or equivalent), in international law, public or private and / or the law of international organizations. It can accept a degree on the first level university degree combined with a mixture of professional qualifications and experience in international law and that rather than top class. It is advisable to enjoy the membership of the Bar of a Member State or otherwise of the qualifications of legal practice.
4. Experience required: Candidates should possess relevant practical experience of not less than 10 years, and must be 5 years of which at least in the function of senior management.
5. Other relevant skills:
Knowledge of public law, and in-depth knowledge of international law and comparative constitutional law, the analytical skills of legal problem-solving skills, negotiating skills, legal drafting skills, research, policy analysis and development, organizational skills, communication, advocacy and management, computer literacy, management experience and skills excellent interpersonal communication and ability to organize and motivate others and work in a multicultural environment.

6. Languages ​​required:
Get inside one of the working languages ​​of the African Union (English, French, Arabic, and Portuguese), is the knowledge of one or all of the other languages ​​an advantage. .
7. Age Requirement:
Preferably ranging between 35-50 years old.
8. Period of appointment:
Appointment is based on a fixed-term duration of three (3) years, twelve months will be the first of which was a period of testing after the contract is for two years and be renewable subject to satisfactory performance.
9. Gender Mainstreaming
African Union Commission envisages equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages qualified women to apply.
10. Submission of applications:
Please provide the following:
A) letter stating the reasons for which the candidate seeks to engage in the service of the Commission.
B) detailed CV and updated showing nationality, age and gender.
C) the names and addresses (including e-mail addresses) of three references.
D) certified copies of degrees and diplomas.
11. Rewards:

Basic salary indicative of $ 70,139.00 dollars per year in addition to other benefits related, such as instead of the settlement of salary (46% of basic salary), housing allowance (16,819.20 U.S. dollars per year), education allowance (75% of tuition fees and other related expenses up to a maximum of U.S. $ 7,800.00 per year per child per year), etc., in accordance with the rules and regulations governing the employment of civilian employees of contractors internationally with UNHCR.
Applications must be received no later than September 19, 2011 and should be directed to the following address:
DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
AU Commission
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
P.O. Box 3243
Fax: 00251-1-525840/510430
E-mail: au-recruits@africa-union.org