Senior Legal Counsel

Welthungerhilfe

Bonn, Germany

As Senior Legal Counsel, you will provide in-house legal advice to Welthungerhilfe. You will independently and comprehensively manage the organisation's legal affairs at Head Office and programme country level, including the identification and management of legal risks. You will work in a very international team in a highly interesting and dynamic environment. You will work in cross-functional teams on extremely diverse legal topics and challenges and a lot of direct insight and contact in our programme countries.

Your responsibilities

Independent legal advice in all legal areas relevant to the global organisation, in particular in general contract law, corporate law, consortium and project contract drafting, dispute resolution
Providing internal legal advice to the organisation in various legal areas
Independent legal drafting and negotiation of contracts
Independent preparation and implementation of legal training within the organization
Legal support for programme country activities and specialist departments
Preparation and maintenance of contract templates
Management of external law firms

Your profile

A degree in law in a European or Anglo-American legal system
At least 5 years of relevant international work experience
High level of social competence, negotiation skills, persuasiveness, and a high degree of self-organization
Analytical, networked and structured thinking, as well as solution-oriented, pragmatic and creative working style
Ability to work calmly and deliberately even under high pressure
Interest to travel to program countries
Very good verbal and written English language skills, further language skills relevant to the organization (e.g. German, French) are desirable
High proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 and other standard office software tools
You recognize the growing value of data in your field and are eager to build your awareness and skills to incorporate data-informed approaches into your work

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