Legal Advisor - Temporary

The IEA is recruiting a Legal Advisor (temporary) whilst a colleague is on parental leave (four months from early June 2026) to assist on legal matters, primarily relating to contracts (including relating to procurement and intellectual property matters), grants and general legal and institutional (internal and external) matters. The selected candidate will be part of the Office of the Chief Legal Counsel (OLC), comprised of a team of enthusiastic professionals, and will report to the Deputy Chief Legal Counsel.

Main Responsibilities

• Review, draft and/or negotiate a wide range of procurement contracts, intellectual property (IP) licences, collaboration agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements and other legal documentation.  Ensure all contracts comply with applicable OECD and IEA internal rules, regulations, policies and procedures and cooperate with OECD colleagues in such respect. 
• Advise internal clients in relation to contractual issues and related procedures, including those of a commercial, IP (in particular copyright and database rights), data protection/privacy, information technology (IT) law, artificial intelligence and digital security nature.
• Advise on legal and procedural issues in relation to grants (financial  contributions to the IEA) including Official Development Assistance (ODA) grants and applicable internal rules impacting on grants; review, negotiate and draft documentation to obtain, implement and/or amend grants.
• Conduct legal research and analysis on a variety of topics, including by preparing or contributing to drafts of documents, presentations, briefs or guidance notes on public international law, institutional (internal and external) and/or procedural matters.
• Review and advise on Freedom of Information requests and other matters relating to information security.
• Assist to develop and implement new tools and guidance to build knowledge and enable efficiencies relating to legal, institutional and procedural matters. 
• Assist on any other matters, as required.