Assistant Director, EDLA Executive Office

Oversees the EDLA Executive Office, coordinating legal, organisational and administrative priorities for senior legal leadership. The role manages office staff, strategic files, stakeholder engagement and reporting to support effective delivery across INTERPOL legal affairs.

Department: EDLA Executive Office

• Coordinate and prioritise legal advisory, procedural and organisational matters for the Executive Director Legal Affairs and General Counsel
• Draft or supervise strategic correspondence, reports and documents for governing bodies and external entities
• Manage EDLA Executive Office performance, budget, staffing and delivery against agreed priorities
• Assign, supervise and quality assure the work of staff in the EDLA Executive Office
• Represent EDLA in meetings with internal and external stakeholders and convey senior legal leadership views
• Maintain relationships with National Central Bureaus, member-country representatives and international organisations
• Monitor project progress, milestones and issues and brief the Executive Director on significant matters

• Higher education in law such as a Master’s, JD, LLM, LLD or equivalent
• Ten years of professional legal experience at increasing levels of responsibility in a legal, law enforcement or policing environment
• Experience supervising teams of lawyers and administrative staff
• Professional fluency in English

• Fixed-term contract for 36 months
• Enhanced security screening
• Selection exercise may generate a reserve list for similar staffing needs