The Role
Provide regional legal support including drafting, negotiating, and administering contracts and agreements; advise on corporate, employment, tax, regulatory and compliance matters; lead compliance, investigations, and training; identify and mitigate legal risks (data privacy, ethics, H&S, environmental); coordinate with headquarters and stakeholders; perform legal research and prepare opinions to strengthen regional legal services.
Summary Generated by Built In
- Lead contract
drafting, review, negotiation, and administration for grants, research
agreements, procurement, leases, NDAs, Host Country Agreements, and related
legal instruments to ensure legal soundness and timely operational support.
- Provide practical
legal advice across multiple jurisdictions on corporate, regulatory,
employment, tax, administrative, dispute, and other legal matters to support
sound and compliant decision-making.
- Lead regional
compliance support, including investigations, case management, reporting, and
training, to strengthen adherence to internal policies and external legal
requirements.
- Support regional
departments and country operations with day-to-day legal guidance to enable
compliant, risk-aware, and efficient implementation of institutional
activities.
- Identify, assess,
and mitigate legal and regulatory risks, including data privacy, research
ethics, health and safety, environmental, and other emerging compliance
requirements, to protect CIMMYT’s interests.
- Coordinate with
Headquarters and regional stakeholders on governance, policy interpretation,
and institutional legal matters to ensure consistency and alignment across the
region.
- Conduct
legal research, prepare legal opinions and related documents, and improve legal
tools and workflows to strengthen service delivery across the region.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Law (LL.M.) or
related advanced legal qualification.
- At least 10 years of progressively
responsible experience as in-house legal counsel or in a comparable legal role,
preferably supporting regional or multi-jurisdictional operations.
- Strong experience in contracts, legal
advisory, regulatory compliance, and risk management; experience in
international non-profit, development, research, or agricultural research
organizations is an advantage.
Skills Required
- Master's degree in Law (LL.M.) or related advanced legal qualification
- At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience as in-house legal counsel or comparable legal role
- Strong experience in contracts, legal advisory, regulatory compliance, and risk management
- Experience in international non-profit, development, research, or agricultural research organizations
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The Company
What We Do
CIFOR-ICRAF is a collaborative research organization and a global leader in using trees, forests, and agroforestry to tackle global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity, and inequality, by enhancing landscape resilience.
