Post title and level Investigations Legal Adviser / Prosecutor, (Non-uniformed,
non-contracted) IPO, 1 Post
Mission United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability
for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD)
Duty Station Baghdad
Reporting to Chief of Investigations Unit
Duration 12 Month (Extendable)
Deadline for applications 15 June 2021
United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for Diversity
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in law is required. A first level
university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu
of the advanced university degree.
Work Experience: A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible professional legal
experience in criminal law, including legal analysis, research and writing is required.
Experience with cases involving serious breaches of international humanitarian law, such as genocide,
crimes against humanity, war crimes, rape and sexual and gender-based violence or related legal area is
required. Experience working in chambers in, or in litigation before, at an international criminal tribunal or
other international accountability mechanism is desirable. Experience working with multidisciplinary and
multinational teams is desirable. Experience working in the Middle East, North Africa or the Sahel region is
desirable.
Languages: English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position
advertised, fluency in English is required. Fluency in Arabic is desirable.
Assessment for Mission Service: All candidates should be cleared through an Assessment for Mission
Service (AMS) either by a Selection Assistance and Assessment Team (SAAT) deployed to a Member State
or on the basis of an in-mission AMS upon arrival of the candidates. Failure to pass the in-mission assessment
will result in candidate’s repatriation. All repatriation related expenses in this case are to be borne by the
Member State.
