Terms of Reference for Legal Advisor to provide on call legal services

External Announcement

Brief introduction

REACH Ethiopia is a non-political, non-religious, non-racial, and non-profit-making development Organization that has been registered by Charities and Societies Agency as Ethiopian Residents Charity bearing certificate No. 3020. REACH Ethiopia envisions contributing the development and wellbeing of humanity through innovation and maximizing the utilization of opportunity available for the generation. The major goal of REACH Ethiopia is health service delivery commitment and contributing its part to improve the general health service and wellbeing of the disadvantaged community in move towards the sustainable development goal. 

REACH Ethiopia is currently implementing USAID Urban TB LON and Eliminate TB Projects in 2 City Administration (Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa) and 3 Regional States (Harari, Sidama and SNNPR) to contribute toward ending Tuberculosis through finding missing people with TB to access early diagnosis, care and treatment services. There is a project funded by Stop TB Partnership - TB REACH WAVE 9 Grant - on improving the treatment outcome of DR-TB Patients in the two TICs (Alert and St. Peter’s Hospitals) in Addis Ababa.

REACH Ethiopia invites qualified and experienced applicants for Legal Advisor post who will advise and represent the organization on all legal matters on part -time basis.

Job Summary

In consultation with the REACH Ethiopia, the Legal Advisor shall provide call/parttime based legal advisory services, including writing proceedings and representing the organization on legal cases as legal cases emerge. 

Responsibilities

• Give accurate and timely counseling to REACH Ethiopia management on a variety of legal topics (labor law, ChSA proclamations, partnerships, international ventures, etc.);
• Review and give advice on internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance;
• Review, evaluate and advise on different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations;
• Provide advice to REACH Ethiopia on effective risk management techniques and offer proactive advice on possible/emerging legal issues.
• Communicate and negotiate with external parties, regarding legal issues, (regulators, external counsel, public authority etc.), creating relations of trust;
• Draft and solidify agreements, contracts and other legal documents to ensure the REACH Ethiopia’s full legal rights;
• Provide clarification on legal language or specifications to REACH Ethiopia Staff;
• Maintain current knowledge of alterations in legislation.
• Other related activity assigned by the immediate supervisor 

Number of positions: One  

Job Requirements

Requirements

• Licensed and proven experience as a Legal Advisor in business environment
• Demonstrated ability to create legal response with defensive or proactive strategies
• High degree of professional ethics and integrity
• Sound judgement and ability to analyze situations and information
• LLM from accredited Law school
• Minimum of 5 years of practical experience in providing consultancy services in the legal area for business organizations including local and international NGOs
• Experience of working with Ethiopian justice sector, mainly in the judiciary organs
• Understanding and knowledge of the Ethiopian justice sector

How to Apply

Only candidates meeting the required qualifications and experience are invited to send their application letter, Updated CV, credentials and summary of relevant work experience in one page to meseret.aseffa@reachet.org.et and reachadmin@reachet.org.et within 5 working days from the first appearance of the announcement.