Legal Assistant to the General Counsel

hace 4 días

Xico, México International Maize And Wheat Improvement Center (Cimmyt) A tiempo completo

About CIMMYT

CIMMYT is a cutting-edge, non-profit, international organization dedicated to solving tomorrow's problems today. As a core CGIAR Research Center, we are a global research partnership for a food-secure future, committed to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources.

Our Mission

We strive to enhance the livelihood trajectories and resilience of millions of resource-poor farmers by building strong partnerships and fostering improved quantity, quality, and dependability of production systems and basic cereals such as maize, wheat, triticale, sorghum, millets, and associated crops through applied agricultural science, particularly in the Global South.

Job Summary

We are seeking a dynamic, detail-oriented, and customer-focused professional to join our Legal Department as a Legal Assistant to the General Counsel. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive daily support to the General Counsel across all areas of responsibility, ensuring all documents are accurate, compliant with legal standards, and properly organized in a secure filing system.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage internal and external communications, drafting, editing, and preparing legal documents and correspondence
  • Maintain and organize confidential files, and handle special projects as assigned
  • Ensure all documents are accurate, compliant with legal standards, and properly organized in a secure filing system
  • Manage complex calendar management, coordinating a dynamic schedule with frequent changes and conflicts
  • Provide timely reminders and relevant information for upcoming meetings, ensuring that all deadlines and important dates are met
  • Support the Contract Life Cycle Management drafting, review, negotiation, amendment, release, quality control, management, contracts, and agreements entered by CIMMYT with national and international (private and public) entities
  • Perform contract management activities (reception, verification, follow-up of documents, signature preparation, and processing)
  • Perform control desk activities, such as assigning, following up, and processing tickets
  • Support the updating, creating, and implementing processes, practices, guidelines, procedures, and workflow optimization to improve the legal team's day-to-day efficiency and effectiveness
  • Support the implementation and roll-out of Legal Department tools to streamline workflow automation within the Legal team and its internal clients
  • Support the maintenance and implementation of processes, procedures, guidelines, best practices, and tools that allow the Department to provide accurate and timely service for our clients and the continuous improvement of Contract Life Cycle processes

Requirements

The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication and organizational skills, with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritize multiple tasks and deadlines. A strong understanding of legal principles and procedures is essential, as well as the ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.

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