Department: General Directorate
Direct Manager: General Director
Functional Manager: Intersectional Legal Department, 2 Unit Managers (Unit on HR and Duty of Care and Unit on Legal and Administrative Framework of Missions)
Working %: 100%
Position Based in: Based in Abidjan with recurring MSF-WACA field mobility and visits in Europa
Mobility: All WaCA’s Interventions Zones
Type of Contract: Fixed-Term Renewable
Position to be filled: 1st March 2024
Deadline: 31st January 2024 18:00 GMT
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
How to Apply: Send your complete application (CV + Motivation letter) via this Link:
https://medecinssansfrontiereswaca.recruitee.com/l/en/o/un-e-juriste
Médecins Sans Frontières, founded in 1971, is an international medical humanitarian organization that provides emergency medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from health care. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of medical professionals, logistics, administrative and various other professions, all guided by our medical ethics and our principles of impartiality, independence and neutrality.
MSF WaCA, created in 2019, is the first MSF headquarters in Africa, and responds to the desire to reinvent the MSF movement after 50 years of humanitarian actions in the world, for more access to care, more reactivity and proactivity for greater medical coverage of affected populations in the world.
Why join us?
You are preparing to become a member of the MSF family, with over 50 years of emergency medical action that earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. We are an inclusive organization that considers social and professional well-being a right for all and provides an environment that takes into account the diversity of each member.
MSF WaCA claims an African anchorage that considers the local expertise with which it contributes in the implementation of its activities and makes each member, a key actor of the new dynamics of the humanitarian action in the world.
Objectives:
Provide general legal support for the creation of the WaCA entity, as well as operations, in the following areas:
Social law and duty of careTax LawContracts lawCorporate lawAdministrative procedures applicable to deploy operations (immigration, custom, medical authorizations…)Brand and domain namesInsuranceAny other issue that generating administrative constraints for MSF WaCA
Main responsibilities
He/she will be in charge of the following responsibilities:
Identify legal issues, risks and questions facing MSF-WACA and propose mitigation/contigency measuresSupport MSF WaCA in identifying the applicable legal framework and anticipating related constraints/blockagesLegal Responsibility: Provide advice, including in litigationSelect external lawyers and establish a collaborationDevelop, update, and contribute to internal trainingBuild an internal databaseCollect the legislative texts of the countries of the region and set up a legal monitoring systemLiaise with the intersection legal department and disseminate appropriate tools