Overview
Lead the Co-ordination Secretariat Unit, providing senior institutional legal counsel, governance support, and coordination for legal, committee, and stakeholder-facing activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the provision of senior legal analysis and advice on pensions, remuneration, institutional obligations, governance arrangements and the interpretation of applicable rules and regulations.
- Advise on complex legal, governance and procedural matters.
- Oversee the preparation and quality assurance of legal opinions, technical notes, committee proposals, reports and institutional documents.
- Ensure that legal advice, institutional documents and committee submissions are clear, consistent, risk-aware and aligned with the applicable legal and governance frameworks.
- Lead the drafting, review and presentation of complex legal, governance, policy and institutional documents in both English and French.
- Direct the Unit’s secretariat support to various committees and working groups.
- Ensure effective co-ordination with ISRP units, OECD legal services, committee representatives, Co-ordinated Organisations and Associated Organisations.
- Represent the Unit in relevant internal and external discussions.
- Ensure clear and effective written and oral communication in both English and French.
- Lead and oversee the drafting, review and negotiation of legal and institutional instruments.
- Support litigation-related work and complex individual cases.
- Monitor legal and institutional developments affecting pension schemes, remuneration frameworks and international administrative law.
- Oversee legal and governance aspects of data protection, confidentiality and information handling.
- Orchestrate the implementation of data protection and information governance improvements.
- Ensure the Unit contributes effectively to the ISRP’s broader service delivery.
- Provide legal and governance input to cross-unit projects.
- Support the continuous improvement of Unit processes, documentation standards and knowledge management practices.
- Lead, manage and develop the Co-ordination Secretariat Unit.
- Foster a collaborative, inclusive and accountable working environment.
Required Experience
Extensive professional experience providing legal advice in an international, intergovernmental or comparable institutional environment, including on the interpretation and application of rules, regulations and governance frameworks. Proven experience supporting or advising committees, governing bodies or senior management, including the preparation of legal opinions, technical notes, reports, proposals and institutional documentation. Proven ability to advise on complex legal, contractual and procedural matters, including memoranda of agreement, exchanges of letters, transfer of pension rights, dispute-related matters and governance documentation. Experience in managing, developing and motivating professional staff, setting priorities, ensuring quality control and supporting continuity of expertise. Proven ability to communicate complex legal, governance and procedural issues with clarity, tact and authority in a stakeholder-facing environment. Excellent drafting, analytical and communication skills in legal, governance, policy and international institutional contexts.
Qualifications
An advanced university degree in law, preferably with a specialisation in public law, international administrative law, institutional law, international civil service law or another field relevant to the role.
