Senior Legal Associate at International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

THE ORGANIZATION

The Alliance of Bioversity International (www.bioversityinternational.org) and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) (http://www.ciat.cgiar.org) delivers research–based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives. Alliance solutions address the global crises of malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation.The Alliance is part of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food–secure future.

POSITION

The Alliance is seeking to recruit a qualified and competent Senior Legal Associate to be based at the Africa Regional Office in Nairobi, Kenya. The position will be part of the Global legal team based in Cali, Colombia and will work very closely with the Regional Managers for Human Resource, Operations and Finance to attend to labor, tax, contracting, hosting, risk assessment and compliance issues in the Africa Region. The Senior Legal Associate will advise on regional perspectives of labor laws, contractual matters, risk management, politics and other relevant matters that will help the region to have timely and accurate response to its needs.

REQUIREMENTS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor of Laws Degree
• Post Graduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law
• Admission to the Bar
• Member of the Law Society of Kenya
• Specialization certificate
• Have at least five–year’s post–admission experience in legal practice in a busy environment, preferably in an international non–profit organization
• Demonstrate good grasp of relevant laws including but not limited to Laws governing International non–profit organizations; IP Law and related International Laws and Treaties, Labor Laws, Tax Laws and Corporate Governance