Senior Legal Assistant (resource pool candidates) for Warsaw/Poland

Overview

Senior Legal Assistant for a multinational client, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX), located in Warsaw, Poland.

Remuneration

• Market rates
• Polish employment contract (interim/temporary)

Location

Warsaw, Poland

Work Type

Interim employment

Client

Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, supports EU Member States and Schengen-associated countries in the management of the EU’s external borders and the fight against cross-border crime.

Purpose

To provide support in specific areas of EU and Polish law to a specific Division or Unit in Frontex.

Main tasks

• To provide legal support in one or more of the following areas of EU law: external borders; staff rules and regulations; case law; financial rules and regulations; or personal data protection rules and regulations.
• To provide legal support in one or more of the following areas of Polish law: civil law; tax related issues; administrative law; case law.
• To draft and review legal texts, which may include briefing notes, legal opinions, Implementing Rules, and Director’s Decisions in relation to a variety of aspects of EU public law.

Education

• Essential: university degree in Law.

Work Experience

• Essential: Minimum 3 years of professional experience in the field of Law.
• Advantageous:
  • Experience and ability to draft clear and concise legal documents;
  • Expertise in European public or administrative law.

IT Skills

• Essential: Expert knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word & Outlook).

Language Skills

• Essential: Very good command of oral and written English (Minimum C1 level).
• Advantageous: knowledge of an additional EU language.

Other Skills

• Sense of accuracy and attention to detail;
• Ability to handle confidential matters and high level of discretion;
• High responsibility and ability to take initiative;
• High level of service orientation;
• Ability to work under pressure and organize work and priorities effectively;
• Ability to communicate efficiently at all levels internally and externally;
• Ability to work in a team.