Director, Public Sector - Legal

Job Descriptions

• Provides input to the development or review of operational and/or departmental strategy and objectives set by the General Counsel, as well as operational policies and procedures.
• Leads the legal team responsible for supporting PSO and Strategy departments in implementing their annual work program and ensuring the achievement of the institution’s mid- to long-term goals, strategic targets and annual objectives.
• Coordinates the provision of legal services to PSO and Strategy, including:
• advising on all new lending instruments and modalities, as well as operational policy matters;
• drafting and negotiating legal agreements and related documents for operational matters under PSO and Strategy (including sovereign project & program loans, sovereign trade finance, grants, trust funds and partnerships) across all lending and non-lending windows and instruments;
• conducting due diligence on projects or programs proposed by PSO or Strategy, as the case may be, including reviewing local legal and regulatory requirements; and
• providing legal support throughout the project life cycle
• Assigns Counsel to participate in the technical review of new operations, project appraisal missions, and the review of project concept notes, appraisal reports and Board papers for presentation to the Loan Committee and the Governing Board
• Provides guidance to the team, ensuring quality output and prompt service delivery in the drafting, reviewing, negotiating and finalizing of all legal documentation required for PSO and Strategy, including grant operations or partnerships
• Manages all matters relating to legal policies for loans and the development and management of applicable legal templates for operational matters
• Collaborates with colleagues from other departments in the design of new financing instruments and formulation of new operational policies and procedures
• Identifies issues of legal importance related to OPEC Fund’s operations, supervises benchmarking, research and analysis on such legal issues (including drafting of applicable legal opinions) and brings the matters to the attention of the General Counsel for consideration, with relevant recommendations