JOB OFFER at PLAN International Cameroon – NGO, : Legal Counsel (Family Leave Cover)

Location: Globally Flexible, preferably, UK

Company: Plan International

The Organization

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.

The Opportunity

Plan International is looking for an interim Legal Counsel to join our Legal team, which is located within Plan International’s Global Hub. The Legal team helps drive good governance and decision making by providing global insights, thought leadership and technical expertise for governors, leaders and staff as they strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

As Legal Counsel you will engage at all levels of the organization across a broad range of complex legal issues, in order to meet the needs of Plan International’s programming offices for safe and compliant operations. You will work directly with our regional and country offices, as well as senior stakeholders within the Global Hub’s globally located and multidisciplinary business units. Legal Counsel will coordinate legal advice from various firms on UK, US and foreign law issues, and use your technical and professional legal expertise as an entry point to problem-solve more broadly.

The Individual

We are looking to recruit a lawyer qualified in the UK and/or the US, or a lawyer who has admission and good standing with a comparable bar association in a common or civil law jurisdiction.

You will have a demonstrable ability to use legal skills to solve problems and identify and implement pragmatic solutions. You will be able to give legal advice internationally on a diverse range of issues and you will also have experience in one or more of the following areas of law: general corporate, commercial/contract, restructuring, employment, finance, charity/not-for -profit, intellectual property or dispute resolution.

To be successful in this role you will be a highly professionally and creative problem solver who is constructive and positive in their approach. You will be self-motivated and highly organized and you will be a collaborative team player. Ideally you will be able to communicate effectively in Spanish.

Please respond to the requirements of the role in your cover letter.

Only CVs and cover letters in English will be accepted.

Please click here for the full role profile

Location: This role will ideally be based in the UK, employed from the Global Hub for Plan International which is based in Woking, Surrey, where we are currently operating a hybrid model (1 day per week in the office), however other locations where Plan International has an office* that can employ on behalf of the Global Hub and you have the pre-existing right to work and live may be considered.

Salary: Plan International offers a competitive package in the context of the sector with an option of flexible working hours. We will be happy to disclose the salary and applicable benefits to applicants as part of this process, however, please kindly note that this will vary according to the location of the appointed candidate and therefore, it is not possible to include full details here Type

of Position: 6 month Fixed term maternity cover, ideally to start October 2023

Closing date: 23th August 2023, with the view to hold Team’s interviews w/c 4th September

*Applicable locations include: Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria , Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

All applications must be submitted ONLINE at:

https://jobs.plan-international.org/job/Globally-Flexible%2C-preferably-Legal-Counsel-%28Family-Leave-Cover%29/968733401/