Legal Expert

About National Security Council

Job Summary

The objective of the legal expert position is to provide consultation in regards to the draft and development of legal policies and review conventions, contracts, and treaties from the legal perspective.

Duties & Responsibilities

The individual would be responsible for the following activities:
1. Preparing monthly, quarterly and annual work plan in order to achieve organizational goals.
2. Read and scrutinize drafts of treaties, contracts, and conventions from legal perspective for purpose of keeping the relevant stakeholders aware regarding the contents.
3. Provide legal consultation to review treaties and national and international agreements including but not limited to mutual security agreements, existence of armed forces within the country, and agreements regarding security assistance.
4. Manage and ensure inter-ministerial processes regarding draft and review of international treaties concerning national security.
5. Provide consultation for monitoring the proper implementation of the international agreements related to national security and provide its reporting to the National Security Advisor.
6. Assist to monitor proper achievement of the issues agreed through the mutual security agreement between Afghanistan and United States of America considering the existence of (SOFA) and (NATO) forces as well as other strategic and security assistance agreements.
7. Solidify coordination between relevant security stakeholders to have access to the information and documents and policies related to the National Security Strategy for the purpose of its implementation.
8. Identify budget requirements, according to work plan of related department for advancement of programs.
9. Preparing monthly, quarterly, annually reports and if required, briefs the activities and achievements of the related directorates to the senior officials.
10. Manages staff under control to ensure that they are effectively, motivated, developed, disciplined and trained in order that they can carry out their tasks to the required standard.
11. Conduct any duty as required by higher authorities in accordance with laws, regulations and objectives of the office.

Job Requirements

The Legal Expert would have the following qualification and experience:

Shall have at-least a bachelor degree from a reputed institution in Laws of Afghanistan or master degree in relevant field is a plus;

Shall have 4 years work experience in legal, security or, in a related field;

Shall be fluent in communicating in Pashto, Dari, and English languages;

Shall be proficient in computer applications;

Shall be able to plan, organize, lead and monitor a large section;

Shall be competent and have aptitude in managing operations;

Shall have excellent inter-personal skills;

Shall have ability to deal with a variety of people and situations;

Shall have flexibility and ability to work under stress and within limited time frames.

Submission Guideline

Interested candidates should submit their applications by e-mail or in writing (marked confidential and clearly indicating on the sealed envelope the vacancy announcement number) to:
“Human Resources, RS Project Support Unit, Office of National Security Council (ONSC), Arg (Presidential Palace,) Kabul, Afghanistan.”
“Attn: HR Unit – RS – PSU”
Contact Number: 0093 (0) 700101242
“Please note that applications received after the closing date will not be considered. Please clearly indicate the vacancy title and reference number in the subject if you are submitting your application through email. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.”
NOTE:
The RS - PSU is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing chances for employment to candidates and employees without regards to race, religion, creed, age, height, weight, marital status, disability un-related to an individual's ability to perform adequately, national origin citizenship, ancestry, or any other characteristic universally considered to be protected by law. (Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.)

Functional Area

Legal

Countries

Submission Email

psu.hr.nsc@gmail.com

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