Associate Legal Officer - Legal Affairs And External Relations Division

1. Provide legal advice and guidance on the drafting of various contracts, cooperation agreements and Memoranda of Understanding.

2. Assist in providing legal advice and guidance to various offices with regard to the implementation of agreements and contract management matters in relation to the establishment of agreements with donors; review of the legal aspects of the material and documents developed by these projects. Advice on copyright, confidentiality, privileges and immunities and other liability matters as well as resolution of potential disputes with donors and implementing partners.

3. Carry out administrative, financial and technical backstopping of approved technical cooperation programmes executed by the Technical Cooperation and Implementation Division (TCID) in conjunction with other officers in the Division and their counterparts.

4. Coordinate with Government officials, representatives of donor countries, UN agencies and relevant IMO officers, to ensure timely approval and delivery of programme activities to be implemented by the Division.

5. Support the assessment and monitoring of budgets against actual expenditure of the Technical Cooperation programmes implemented by the Legal and External Relations Division. This will include monitoring milestones and activity completion, planned versus actual costs and checking budgets.. 

6. Monitor and follow-up any necessary action in respect of requests from Member States for technical missions, in consultation with other competent officers.

7. Handle enquiries from Governments, academic institutions and other interested bodies.

8. Prepare relevant documents and legal analysis and related briefs for IMO meetings.

9. Undertake such other duties related to the work of the Legal Affairs Office as may be assigned.