CDT-05-2025 - Head of Legal and procurement Section

JOB DESCRIPTION

Placed under the supervision of the Head of the Corporate Services Department, this post includes the following responsibilities:

-          LEGAL ADVICE

·         Advise and give guidance to the Director, Heads of Department and Heads of section concerning the preparation of legal acts as well as any legal question.

·         Defend the interests of the Translation Centre by means of litigation if applicable.

-          BUSINESS MANAGEMENT and PLANNING

·         Contribution on strategic planning and monitoring activities: defining, in cooperation with the Head of Department, the section’s work programme and contributing to the department’s annual work programme;

·         Monitoring of and reporting on the implementation of the section’s work programme;

·         Monitoring and analysis of the performance indicators that have been defined for the activities of the section;

·         Ensure that the services provided by the Section are proactive and of high quality, in particular with regard to the consistency, accuracy and completeness of linguistic resources.

-          OPERATIONAL and ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT and RESOURCES

·         Contribution to business continuity: replacing the Head of Department in case of absence.

-          COMMUNICATION and PUBLICATION

·         Control, update, filing and archiving of documents

·         Represent the Centre in interinstitutional and international meetings if applicable;

·         Ensure the good, swift communication between the members of the section with other departments

-          TEAM COORDINATION

·         Implement, organize and coordinate the daily activities of the Section in accordance with the Centre's strategy and work programme;

·         Identify, plan, coordinate and supervise the work of the Section to ensure optimal internal organization;

·         Ensure the day-to-day management of the staff of the Section, in particular with regard to training needs, evaluation reports, leave, etc.

·         Ensure Section members are motivated and effective;

·         Ensure good cooperation of the Section with the other services of the Centre and communicate on its activities with the staff of the Centre