East Europe Foundation announces a competition for the position of lawyer.

• Starting date: November 2023
• Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
• Full-time
• Format: online/offline

Scope of work and duties of the expert:

• Providing legal support to EEF activities.
• Drafting contracts, agreements, memoranda, other relevant documents, conducting legal analysis of such documents.
• Providing written and oral legal consultations, recommendations, legal opinions, including on the execution of projects within the EGAP Program, on organizational and other legal issues of EEF’s ongoing activities.
• Participation in negotiations with EEF’s counterparties.
• Representation ofEEF’s interests in organizations, institutions, endeavors on matters requiring legal support and settlement.
• Providing legal expertise, regarding the current legislation of Ukraine and/or draft regulations and their potential impact.
• Preparation of analytical materials on risk assessment based on adopting regulatory changes and their potential impact.
• Providing legal support for the protection of EEF’s rights and interests.
• Participation in the processing of appeals from individuals and corporations, and providing legal counsel in draftingresponses to such appeals.
• Analysis of the judicial practice in the field of contract law in order to develop appropriate proposals to eliminate perceived flaws and improve EEF’s performance.
• Work with state and foreign registers and databases.
• Submitting application requests for public domain information.
• Correspondence with EEF’s counterparties.
• Participation in working groups, meetings and seminars, other public events.
• Preparation and arrangement of informational and analytical materials for events, reports, and presentations.
• Execution of other tasks related to the legal sphere for the execution of EEF’s initiatives.

The candidate should:

• Have exceptional self-organization, independence, focus on the results, and willingness to learn.
• Have efficient communication and negotiation skills.
• Be able to work in a team, be diligent and wise in performing the tasks.
• Be able to adapt to changes and successfully set and adjust priorities if needed.

Necessary qualifications and experience:

• Higher legal education, bachelor’s degree (or master’s degree in law).
• At least 3 years of respective experience in legal consulting.
• Confident PC and MS Office user.
• Mandatory fluency in the Ukrainian language, preferably English.

To participate in the competition for this position, please send your CV and motivation letter to [email protected] by November 1, 2023 indicating the vacancy title in the subject line.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No phone inquiries please.