United Nations Human Settlements Programme has announced a new and exciting career opportunity for job seekers in Kenya. They are currently hiring for the position of Legal Officer at Nairobi. This role is a great opportunity for candidates.
UN HABITAT Legal Officer Jobs 2025 Details
| Position | Legal Officer |
| Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Organization | United Nations Human Settlements Programme |
| Application Deadline | 1st Aug, 2025 |
| Job Type | Full-Time |
Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assists in representing the Organization in legal disputes by providing written briefs, motions/submissions and in oral proceedings before arbitral and other tribunals or administrative proceedings, including disciplinary cases and other matters before the Management Evaluation Unit (MEU) and the United Nations Dispute Tribunal (UNDT);
- Reviews, advises on and drafts legal briefs, submissions and pleadings before the UNDT and United Nations Appeals Tribunal (UNAT);
- Provides legal advice on human resources matters; reviews administrative matters;
- Prepares or assists with the preparation of administrative and international law of the United Nations seminars and symposia, lecture on various legal issues at such events;
- Provides guidance and supervise newly recruited personnel in the Legal Unit;
- Carries out the necessary administrative duties for maintaining the Legal Unit’s database (electronic and online), posting and retrieving of legal materials;
- Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Head of the Legal Unit.
Education:
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in international relations and/or law is required.
- A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.
Experience:
- A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in law, obtained in the legal office of an international intergovernmental organization, or a government, including legal analysis, research and writing is required.
- Experience in handling disciplinary matters in national or international entities is required.
- Experience in legal representation in matters related to the United Nations or similar international organization’s internal justice system, including legal representation before Dispute tribunals or Appeal bodies is required.
- Experience in the drafting, reviewing, negotiating and developing of international agreements and other legal instruments such as Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), Host Country and Conference Agreements between different stakeholders in the international arena is desirable.
- Experience in providing legal and policy advice to intergovernmental bodies such as the Executive Boards, UN Governing Bodies etc. on matters relating to their mandates, rules of procedure and supporting their meetings is desirable.
- Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.
Languages:
- English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat.
- For the post advertised, fluency in English is required.
- Knowledge of another United Nations official language is desirable.
- NOTE: ”Fluency” equals a rating of ”fluent” in all four areas (read, write, speak, understand) and ”Knowledge of” equals a rating of ”confident” in two of the four areas.
How to Apply
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply through the official UN HABITAT career portal.
(Visit the link and search for the job title “Legal Officer – Nairobi” to begin your application.)
Make sure to submit your application before 1st Aug, 2025, as late applications will not be considered.
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