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TCSE Recrute : Legal affairs manager CDD
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Legal affairs manager
TCSE, Tunisian Center for Social Entrepreneurship, a national organization based in Tunis and working on Social Entrepreneurship, is recruiting a legal affairs manager in Tunis.
The legal affairs manager will provide technical support and legal advice for all activities relevant to TCSE expertise. He/she will provide further assistance in the development of internal procedures for the TCSE and provide support to the management of TCSE with legal advice. He/she will provide technical support and advice to the entrepreneurs supported by TCSE innovation hubs. All activities would be carried out in collaboration with the support of TCSE management.
More specifically, the Legal expert will be entrusted with the following tasks:
1. Legal support to TCSE
● Develops and executes TCSE legal strategy for international, national and regional teams, to include:
○ Rules and regulations and education strategy for national and regional teams
○ Contract roll-out strategy for national and regional teams
○ Develop contract approval process
● Implements TCSE legal strategy for national and regional teams
● Act as single point-of-contact (PoC) for all international, national and regional partnership, HR, service agreements (real estate, etc.) contract design and review.
● Advises the executive director in negotiating and signing agreements and contracts.
● Provides legal advice and support for all activities of TCSE
● Provides consultation on relevant processes, standards and procedures to TCSE
● Prepare, edit, close contracts, agreements and any relevant legal document for TCSE
● Provide legal advice on activities, use of space, event organization and hoteling related to TCSE and Lingare venues
● Create and enforce code of conduct policy for all TCSE volunteers, employees, partners and third parties
● Coordinate with admin/finance assistant relevant legal matters
● Responsible for review and enforcement of all contracts to include escalations to the executive director
2. Legal support to entrepreneurs from TCSE/Lingare networks
● One day per week be available for consultancy to entrepreneurs and associations from the TCSE/Lingare networks
● Provide legal advice and support to entrepreneurs recommended by the TCSE
● Provide guidance on intellectual property, negotiable contract terms, branding requirements, etc.
3. Legal communication
● Research on legal updates and news
● Coordinate with communications manager legal content creation (legal updates, tips, etc) relevant to entrepreneurs and associations
Core Values
● Demonstrates integrity and fairness by standard values and ethical standards;
● Demonstrates professional competence and its conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results;
● Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
Core Competencies
● Results-Orientation: Plans and produces quality results to meet established goals, generates innovative, practical solutions to challenging situations;
● Quality of Work: Consistently ensures timeliness and quality of work;
● Communication: Excellent communication skills, including the ability to convey complex concepts and recommendations, both orally and in writing, in a clear and persuasive style tailored to match different audiences;
● Client orientation: Ability to establish and maintain productive partnerships with national and international partners and stakeholder.
● Ability to identify beneficiaries’ needs, and to match them with appropriate solutions;
● Teamwork: Ability to interact, establish and maintain effective working relations with a culturally diverse team, both as a team member and as a team leader, to build trust, and to manage in a deliberate, transparent and predictable way;
● Building trust: Deals openly, honestly and transparently with issues, resources and people.
Education
● B.Sc. degree in Law; Business law
● Bar exam and/or Attorney at Law considered an asset.
Experience : More than 3 years of professional experience in development of legal and policy documents
Work conditions: Innovation hub in Tunis. Working days can include weekends.
Working language: French, English and Arabic
Location: Tunis + Mobility in some regions (Mahdia, Sidi Bouzid, Kasserine…).
Duration: 6 months (renewable) (CDD). To start working by 01 October 2017.
How to apply? Send your CV and motivation letter to
by 24 September 2017, Tunis time at 23.59 p.m.
Interview dates scheduled for 27 and 28 September 2017 in TUNIS – between 8 a.m to 2.30 p.m.
Please indicate the following information in the subject of the email of your candidacy:
[Candidacy for legal affairs manager] [Name].