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The Legal Department’s administrative law work is conducted through the Administrative Law Division (LEGAD) under the direct oversight of the General Counsel and Director of the Legal Department. The Assistant General Counsel (AGC) who heads LEGAD and two Deputy Division Chiefs together comprise LEGAD’s management team, and the Deputies are directly responsible for supporting the AGC in leading and overseeing the Division’s work. The Legal Department is looking to fill one of the Deputy Division Chief roles.
The Deputy Division Chief will support the AGC in providing strategic, intellectual, and operational leadership in the management of LEGAD and in carrying out a broad range of substantive administrative law work. More specifically, the incumbent will be required to carry out the following duties and responsibilities:
Qualifications
Completion of LLM, JD, LLB, or equivalent, and licensed to practice law in any Fund’s member jurisdiction, is required, together with a minimum of twelve (12) years of professional legal experience at increasingly senior levels of responsibility, inclusive of managerial and/or supervisory experience, in one or more areas of law that are relevant to the Fund's mandate and to LEG's work program.
In addition to the Fund’s other relevant leadership competencies, the successful candidate will have strong skills in supervising and mentoring staff. The successful candidate will have excellent analytical skills, written and oral communication skills, sound judgment, a problem-solving mindset and a strong drive for results. They will have a proven track record as an intellectual leader in multiple practice areas within the administrative law field, as well as strong interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to build effective and collegial working relations.
A regular staff member who is selected to fill the vacancy will maintain their open-ended status. If the selected candidate is a contractual employee, they will be offered a Term staff appointment. Staff members already on a term appointment will continue their current term but may receive an extension provided that their current term appointment has not already been extended.
The position requires Review Committee Approval.
All applicants are expected to include a Statement of Interest as an attachment to the application, which may be used in the screening process for this vacancy.
Department:LEGAI Legal Department Immediate Office
Hiring For: A15
The IMF is committed to hiring diverse staff, including age, creed, culture, disability, educational background, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, nationality, race, religion and beliefs, and sexual orientation. We welcome requests for reasonable accommodations for disabilities during the selection process. Information on how to request accommodations will be provided during the application process.