Director, Legal Support Unit - Volunteer

Legal Support Unit (LSU) provides advice and support on internal and external legal matters related to the Organization. Its wide range of legal expertise is an asset to the IYF. What difference will you make? To voluntarily represent, positively promote, and uphold the mission of “Empowering youth for a better world” in various programs and opportunities throughout the IYF interventions across member countries. What are we looking for? Experience working within law or a legal capacity is required. Experience within an NGO, INGO (such as the United Nations), charity, government, non-profit, not-for-profit, international relations, international development (such as USAID) or youth empowerment or similar organisation is advantageous but not essential. Remote What will you be doing? The International Youth Federation (IYF), is a global non-profit youth organization network governed by the present Statutes and the Swiss Civil Code. It is politically neutral, and non denominational, aiming to empower youth worldwide. The core function of the IYF Executive Office (IYFEO) is to provide the support services needed to enable the IYF Senior Management Team (SMT) to perform their leadership roles effectively. The IYFEO tasked with the responsibility to provide policy and programmatic support to IYF's activities across HQ Bureaux and Regional Administrations. Reporting to the Secretary-General through the Chief of Staff, The Director Legal Support Unit, Bureau of Management (LSU/BOM), provides legal services of the highest possible standard for the IYF. The Director provides legal advice to headquarters units, regional centres and country teams on all aspects of the mandate and operational issues, covering administrative, corporate and institutional legal matters. Responsibilities

• Provide direction for and lead a wide range of multidisciplinary legal matters relating to the interpretation and application of international, public, private and administrative law in the following areas

• Legal status, authorities, privileges and immunities, and relationships with IYF governing bodies, programme country and partner governments;

• Corporate, commercial and private law matters, including legal support to the organization’s financial and procurement operations;

• Provide the highest quality advice to the IYF Senior Management Team on legal and related policy matters;

• Prepare and/or negotiate in coordination with relevant regional and central bureaus and country teams, as appropriate, standard basic assistance agreements with countries, host country agreements, office agreements and other partnership agreements to support IYF’s objectives and activities in accordance with existing policies and procedures, and provide advice on questions of interpretation and implementation of such instruments;

• Provide leadership and legal advice towards ongoing alignment and implementation of evolving programme initiatives, strategies and operational practices, from the corporate, institutional and administrative law perspective;