Legal Assistant

Support UNCITRAL's non-legislative work by coordinating activities and meetings, researching international trade law, drafting and checking legal publications, managing databases and electronic records, analysing and visualizing data, maintaining web content and assisting project and budget preparation.

Department: International Trade Law Division, Non-Legislative Section

• Coordinate planning and preparation of UNCITRAL non-legislative activities
• Research international trade law using legal and electronic sources
• Draft, edit and accuracy-check legal documents, publications and correspondence
• Manage databases and electronic filing systems and maintain internal procedures
• Extract, analyse and visualize data for reports and decision support
• Organize seminars, symposia and online, hybrid or in-person meetings
• Assist with project proposals and budget documentation
• Update UNCITRAL web pages and information materials

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Seven years of relevant paralegal, programme-support, administrative or project-administration experience, reduced to five years with a first university degree
• Experience drafting, editing and proofreading official or legal documents
• Experience managing databases or records systems and preparing analyses or presentations
• Experience supporting meetings, conferences, workshops or seminars
• English at UN Level III across reading, writing, listening and speaking
• Authorization to work at the Vienna duty station

• Locally recruited General Service position funded from regular budgetary resources
• Extension is subject to funding availability