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Caribbean Development Bank Legal Counsel

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CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
OPPORTUNITY PROFILE
LEGAL COUNSEL
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB/the Bank) is seeking to recruit a national from its member countries to fill the position of Legal Counsel to work in its Legal Department.  The successful candidate will be based at CDB’s office in St. Michael, Barbados.
CDB is a regional multilateral development bank which was established in October 1969 to contribute to the harmonious economic growth and development of the member countries in the Caribbean Region and to promote economic cooperation and integration among them, having special and urgent regard to the needs of the less-developed members of the Region.  CDB began operations in January 1970 and has become a leading catalyst for providing development financing, technical assistance and policy advice to its Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) for the reduction of poverty.
The Role
The position is one of five professional positions reporting to the Deputy General Counsel (DGC).  It is accountable for providing a full slate of corporate legal services to CDB to assist in ensuring that CDB’s internal operations and external business activities are conducted without detriment to the organisation and with due observance of its Charter.
The Legal Counsel is responsible for providing legal services to CDB with respect to,inter alia:
  1. Appraisal of capital and technical assistance projects, preparation, negotiation and finalisation of loan, guarantee, grant and consultancy agreements, satisfaction of conditions precedent to first disbursement of funds (including, where applicable, the provision of security documentation), the supervision of the operational phase of projects, matters arising out of such agreements, purchases by CDB, services provided to CDB and matters arising out of such activities.
  2. Administrative, information technology, human resources and finance related matters.
     
The Candidate
Eligible candidates should:
  1. Be a qualified Attorney-at-Law, Barrister or Solicitor as evidenced by relevant qualification.  He/she must be practising/able to practise in one or more of CDB’s member countries.
  2. Have at least seven years’ working experience in the practice of law in the private and/or public sector in one or more of CDB’s member countries.  Working experience in the practice of law in one or more of CDB’s BMCs would be an advantage.
  3. Have a general law practice with experience in the preparation of documentation with respect to loans and other financial transactions and corporate matters.
  4. The successful candidate must be willing to live and work in Barbados.
Compensation
An attractive compensation package commensurate with these responsibilities and which responds to market demands is being offered.
Applications
Applications should be completed online in English at the Bank’s career page.  Full details of the job description and general information about the Caribbean Development Bank may be obtained from the Bank’s website at http://www.caribank.org.

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