Junior Legal Consultant at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the world's environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the environment.



 

Junior Legal Consultant

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationBA/BSc/HND
  • Experience1 - 3 years
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldConsultancy  , Law / Legal 

Duties and Responsibilities

The Consultant will:

  • Support the development, refinement, and organization of legal templates, standard operating procedures, and internal guidance materials.
  • Maintain and update legal databases, case management systems and document repositories, ensuring proper version control and tagging.
  • Support the development of knowledge management initiatives and products, including legal resources for internal and external use
  • Provide administrative support, including organizing legal meetings and workshops, assist with legal training, preparing agendas, and drafting meeting minutes.
  • Provide administrative support including preparing meeting summaries, assisting with legal correspondence, and coordinating follow-up actions from legal meetings.
  • Conduct legal and policy research relevant to UNEP’s mandate, including administrative law, and institutional legal frameworks and present findings in short memos
  • Assist Legal Officers in reviewing agreements and legal documents, preparing summaries, and tracking key legal issues.
  • Draft background notes, legal memos, and templates under the guidance of Legal Officers.

Qualifications/special skills

  • First level university degree in law. A practicing certificate is desirable.
  • Minimum of 1–3 years of relevant experience in legal research, practice, or advisory services is required.
  • Experience in database management and drafting legal advice is required Experience in an international context is desirable

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Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on careers.un.org to apply

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