Legal Assistant to the General Counsel

hace 9 horas


Texcoco de Mora, México CIMMYT A tiempo completo
{"h1": "Legal Assistant to the General Counsel", "p": "CIMMYT, a leading international organization, seeks a highly skilled Legal Assistant to support the General Counsel in managing the organization's legal affairs. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive daily support, including drafting and editing legal documents, managing calendars, and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

* Provide administrative support to the General Counsel, including managing calendars, coordinating travel arrangements, and processing expense reports.
* Draft and edit legal documents, including contracts, agreements, and correspondence.
* Manage complex calendar management, coordinating a dynamic schedule with frequent changes and conflicts.
* Support the Contract Life Cycle Management, including drafting, review, negotiation, amendment, release, quality control, management, contracts, and agreements entered by CIMMYT with national and international entities.
* Perform contract management activities, including reception, verification, follow-up of documents, signature preparation, and processing.
* 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.
* Prepare agendas, attend meetings, and accurately record minutes, capturing key action items and ensuring timely follow-up.
* Manage various administrative tasks, including processing expense reports, handling payments, organizing travel arrangements, and documenting departmental activities.
* Liaise with Procurement to process the department's requests for services, purchases, and requisitions of supplies.
* Keep track of the vehicles assigned to the Department to monitor maintenance needs.
* Support the curation of agreements and other document databases.
* Manage and track a high volume of tasks and projects.
* Ensure proper follow-up of entrusted matters, tracking these matters daily in the provided dashboards and KPI monitoring tools.

Requirements:

* Bachelor's degree in law, administration, or related fields.
* At least five years of experience as an Executive Assistant to a managing partner or partner of a large law firm or in similar roles.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Spanish.
* Proficient computer skills (at a minimum: Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat).
* Proactive, Communication, Problem-solving, Achievement Orientation, Flexibility/Adaptability, Teamwork, Time Management, and Collaboration competencies.

CIMMYT offers an attractive remuneration package and support for continuous professional development.
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