Legal Associate, Legal Team at Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

Key Responsibilities include

Contracting – 30%

• Using a risk-based approach, ensure all contracts and legally binding agreements between GAIN and third parties are negotiated, reviewed, approved, duly executed, and filed to protect GAIN’s interests and comply with GAIN’s Delegation of Authority.
• Provide legal support through GAIN’s transactions lifecycle by advising on transaction structures, providing deal negotiations support, documentation support, drafting and advising on legal documents including interim agreements while ensuring effective documentation of legal terms and conditions.
• Support the Senior Legal Counsel to provide guidance to staff across GAIN on contract drafting, contractual processes, and solutions to mitigate contract-related risks.
• Support the maintenance of contract templates, integrating necessary changes related to updated legislation, new/revised donor requirements, and the organization’s internal policies.
• Ensure GAIN’s contracting is fully supported by the e-contracting management tool with well-understood and respected procedures and approval processes; provide appropriate training; work closely with the IT team on systems stability and enhancements; and provide reporting on KPIs for the system.

Corporate Compliance– 30%

• Undertake legal assessments, interpretations and advise senior management on compliance including regulatory and donor compliance, while providing recommendations and representation on day-to-day operational matters
• Offer legal support on compliance for country offices, including registration, renewal, and dissolution processes. This includes completed legalisation and liaison with notaries, chancelleries, and Ministries in country.
• Oversee the appointment of and maintain strong relationships with local lawyers as required.
• Provide support in maintaining relevant insurances.

Data Protection – 10%

• Support the Legal Manager to monitor GAIN’s legal obligations regarding data protection and ensure that there are processes in place to meet these obligations.

Intellectual Property Management -10%

• Actively support the Legal Manager in ensuring corporate trademark registration in all countries where GAIN operates and provide legal advice to GAIN staff in relation to copyright ownership.
• Support the Team in maintaining the global trademark portfolio, including collecting proof of use.
• General legal support and Legal Advisory -20%
• Provide legal inductions to colleagues and internal training to colleagues.
• Support the Legal Manager in the provision of legal advisory services to GAIN and its stakeholders, ensuring proper representation of GAIN in all legal matters.

About You

• The ideal candidate should have experience providing legal counsel in a cross-border law firm or international organization. You bring analytical thinking and contract management skills, and you have experience handling complex legal issues and documentation. You’re used to making risk-based decisions in challenging, high-stakes environments with competing priorities.
• You have excellent interpersonal skills and can easily build collaborative relationships across teams and functions. You’re able to step back and take a strategic view of organizational goals, evaluating regulatory and compliance risks within the broader context of the organization.
• An education background with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and a postgraduate diploma in law or legal practice certification is required. Fluency in English (spoken and written); knowledge of an additional language such as French is a plus.