CIMMYT is a non-profit international organization dedicated to fostering improved quantity, quality and dependability of production systems and basic cereals such as maize, wheat, triticale, sorghum and millets through applied agricultural science, particularly in the Global South. CIMMYT is hosted by World Agroforestry (ICRAF), a member of CGIAR headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Regional Offices Legal Assistant is an in-house lawyer who provides legal support for CIMMYT operations in the regional offices. This role ensures the effective application and implementation of standardization initiatives, ensuring coherence between global policies and regional operation.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Contract Management Lifecycle: support the contract lifecycle, assisting with drafting from approved templates, formatting, version control, amendment, release and quality control for agreements with national and international public and private entities; perform contract management activities (intake, verification, follow-up, signature preparation and processing, execution tracking through the CLM).
- Regional Legal Control Desk: maintain matter files, records of regional agreements and host country instruments, and version histories; operate the regional legal control desk assigning, following up and processing tickets and requests; support updating and implementation of processes, guidelines and workflow optimization; support rollout and adoption of Legal Department tools (Ticketing System, CLM, Adobe Sign, D365); support maintenance of processes, KPIs and dashboards.
- Regional Legal Administrative Tasks: provide administrative and document support to the Regional Legal Counsel; assist with coordination of external counsel; maintain trackers of regional deadlines, renewals and obligations; prepare agendas, attend meetings, take minutes and prepare briefing materials; maintain lists, status charts and matter/agreement data; carry out administrative tasks including expense reports, payment processing and travel arrangements; liaise with Procurement.
Requirements:
- A law degree from a reputable university.
- Minimum of 3 years' experience in a legal support, paralegal or contract administration role in a company, law firm or international organization.
- Full professional proficiency in English (minimum C1 CEFR; test administered).
- Proficient computer skills (Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat); familiarity with CLM systems (ICERTIS an advantage).
Terms: Locally Recruited Staff (LRS) position. The appointment will be for two (2) years, inclusive of a six-month probationary period, with possibility of extension. Duty station is Nairobi, Kenya.
Application link: https://recruit.landscapealliance.org/jobs/Careers/206844000052801011/Regional-Offices-Legal-Assistant--CIMMYT