Legal Affairs Specialist Under Contract at HIV-NATIONAL STRATEGIC FUNDING-PROJECT MODEL: (Deadline 22 February 2023)

Legal Affairs Specialist Under Contract at HIV-NATIONAL STRATEGIC FUNDING-PROJECT MODEL: (Deadline 22 February 2023)

Job description

– Mainly responsible for the legal and administrative relation between SPIU and its partners (sub-recipients, suppliers, clients, DPs, Government, Other Institutions/Partners), by preparing and follow up of the implementation of all legal provisions, rules and documents governing those collaborations; and ensure that each party fulfills its commitments;
– The Legal Specialist coordinates the process of elaborating, reviewing and adapting the MoUs with sub-recipients by ensuring that the content is in accordance with the legal provisions in force as well as the requirements and procedures of DPs;
– The Legal Specialist coordinates the process of elaborating, reviewing and adapting the works, goods and services contracts between RBC and contractors or suppliers, as well as contracts between RBC and SPIU staff and ensure that each party fulfills its commitments;
– To follow up carefully the execution of tender contracts and advise RBC in management of conflict related to non-respect of contractual clauses;
– Give views on the contractual information to prevent matters that can rise from ambiguity or poor interpretation of the terms of the contracts;
– Analyze and give legal advices on documents of national, regional or international conventions in which the responsibility of SPIU is committed;
– In collaboration with other involved parties, such as the Legal Department of the Ministry of Health, the Legal Specialist participates in updating the legal texts in order to allow the SPIU to comply with laws in force;
– Analyze and give legal advices and follow up on the application of commitments taken by the Government of Rwanda in relation with the signed Agreements with funding DPs and eventually give appropriate recommendations;
– All documents related to the following will be drafted, verified, cross-checked or reviewed by the Legal Specialist before transmission to the Coordinator of the SPIU:
o MoU with the sub-recipients;
o Contracts with suppliers or contractors;
o Provisional or definitive suspension of the partnership with a sub-recipient;
o Cancellation of, or amendment to a contract with a supplier or a contractor;
o Conflict between the SPIU and its staff, supplier, contractor or any other third party (banks, intermediaries);
o Irregularities or non-performance in the execution of contracts;
o Seizure or recovery of the performance security;
o All matters that have to be taken to intermediaries or to courts;
o Termination of SPIU employment contract, especially due to dismissal.
– Provide legal opinion in accordance with existing Government legal provisions in force respectively applied to each case.
– Represent the SPIU/RBC in litigation matters in defending its interests, manage external lawyers/professional bailiffs and review progress of litigation cases handed over to them;
– Ensure technical notes and necessary reports are reviewed and submitted within the defined time frames and requirements;
– Be the custodian of all legal documents.