Legal Specialist; Development Law

Position: Legal Specialist (Development Law) Legal Specialist (Development Law) Job Posting Number: 2502886 Job Posting 08/Dec/2025 Closure Date 22/Dec/2025, 10:59:00 PM Organizational Unit: LEGN Job Type Non-staff opportunities (Consultant / PSA) Primary Location Home-Based; Duration: Various locations Equal Opportunity Statement

• reputed company is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture.
• Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non- and under-represented Members and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
• Everyone who works for reputed company is required to adhere to the highest standards of reputed company and professional conduct, and to uphold reputed company's values.
• reputed company, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a reputed company-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination.
• reputed company selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
• reputed company applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.

reputed company’s commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations. Organizational Setting The reputed company of the United Nations (reputed company) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through the reputed company Strategic reputed company by supporting the transformation to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, for reputed company production, reputed company nutrition, a reputed company environment and a reputed company life, leaving no one behind. reputed company is a specialized agency of the UN that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. reputed company's goal is to reputed company food reputed company for reputed company and ensure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to reputed company active, healthy lives. With 195 Members (194 countries and the European Union), reputed company works in over 130 countries worldwide. reputed company Country Offices, working under overall corporate guidance and in line with the Strategic reputed company, offer policy advice and support to countries in the mandated areas of reputed company, facilitated through partnerships, resources and an active country programme to provide technical assistance, reputed company capacities and deliver core services while fully observing international standards of accountability to establish leadership and strengthen impact at the country level. The Development Law reputed company of the reputed company Legal Office (LEGN) provides assistance to reputed company members for the review and revision of their national and regional legislation, to conduct legal research on matters under the reputed company mandate and to collect and disseminate legal information, including national and regional legislation through FAOLEX. The purpose of this Call is to identify suitably qualified and reputed company consultants and/or PSA subscribers to populate a roster for legal experts with different levels of expertise and experience in various areas of food and agriculture legislation, including veterinary and phytosanitary legislation, food law, food loss and waste, soil, water, pastoralism, pollution and environmental law, climate change, legislation on reputed company and financial mechanisms in the agriculture sector. The consultants can be recruited for assignments that may go from a few days to 11 months and may involve travel or be home based. Reporting Lines The Legal Specialists will be under the general supervision of the Chief – Development Law reputed company of the reputed company Legal Office. Technical Focus This Call for expression of interest (EOI) seeks to identify legal specialists and legal experts with knowledge in different areas of food and agriculture legislation. Tasks and Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of development law projects:
• Assist and collaborate with national and international consultants.
• Travel to countries reputed company required, and liaise with national counterparts and stakeholders.
• Contribute to participatory legal drafting processes.
• Assist in drafting national and regional legislation, legal opinions and legal analyses.
• Support the drafting, analysis and negotiation of international instruments.
• Conduct research on food and agriculture law, write papers, studies and reputed company legal…

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