Counsel - Institutional And Administrative

Job description / Role

Counsel - Institutional and Administrative

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank whose mission is financing infrastructure for tomorrow in Asia and beyond - infrastructure with sustainability at its core. We began operations in Beijing in 2016 and have since grown to 111 approved members worldwide. We are capitalized at USD100 billion and AAA-rated by the major international credit rating agencies. Collaborating with partners, AIIB meets clients needs by unlocking new capital and investing in infrastructure that is green, technology-enabled, and promotes regional connectivity.

The mission of the Legal Department (LEG) is to sustain AIIBs mandate-based multilateral development financing by protecting the Banks international legal status, helping the Bank make good decisions, and safeguarding the Bank against legal and other risks through authoritative, actionable, and impartial legal advice and services. LEG provides advice to the Banks management and governing bodies on all legal aspects of the Banks investment, financial, institutional, and administrative activities.

The Counsel - Institutional and Administrative will provide legal advice and services to support AIIBs operations and corporate governance frameworks, with a view to protecting AIIBs interests and ensuring compliance with its mandate, internal legal framework, policies, and procedures. In particular, the Counsel - Institutional and Administrative will interpret the internal legal framework, rules, institutional documents, and policies, and ensure that legal risks in institutional, administrative, and corporate governance areas are appropriately managed. The Counsel - Institutional and Administrative will also contribute to the review and drafting of internal legal documents and support initiatives that enhance AIIBs internal legal framework.

Responsibilities:

• Tailor and efficiently render legal and policy advice to support the Corporate Secretary Vice Presidency and the Office of the President on matters related to outreach to member governments, membership, and shareholder relations, including the admission of new members, governance effectiveness and operations of the Board of Governors and Board of Directors, and other related matters.
• Interpret AIIBs constituent instruments and governing internal legal frameworks to inform decision-making across internal functions and governance bodies.
• Develop and negotiate legal instruments with members on privileges, immunities, exemptions, and facilities as well as in host support arrangements in support of AIIBs global presence, including arrangements for the Banks headquarters and overseas offices.
• Adapt legal approaches and frameworks to institutional and administrative matters across HR, ombuds, corporate procurement, administrative services, security and emergency management, ethics, integrity, records and information management, personal data privacy, digital and external communications, and IT and data governance, ensuring recommendations remain aligned with evolving institutional policies and operational needs.
• Advise, support, and continue to develop the staff grievance mechanisms of the Bank, and defend the Bank against both internal and external litigation.
• Advise the Operational Partnership Department, Policy and Strategy Vice Presidency, and Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF) Secretariat on partnerships and external cooperation initiatives and MCDF governance matters, respectively, as well as on other related issues.
• Conduct research; and draft and revise legal advice, memoranda, legal opinions, guidance, and internal correspondence to address institutional, corporate, and administrative matters.
• Align institutional documentation and policies with Bank-wide governance objectives in developing AIIBs internal legal framework.
• Implement improvements to legal workflows and document processes, embedding innovation into institutional and administrative legal practices.
• Coordinate and collaborate with legal counterparts in peer multilateral development banks (MDBs) and international institutions to exchange legal perspectives and align approaches to shared governance objectives.
• Demonstrate sound judgment and take ownership of legal advice and work outputs in line with institutional standards and values.
• Contribute to internal initiatives, including legal knowledge management, guidance tools, and thought leadership publications.
• Perform other assignments at the line managers request to further the superior performance of the functions of LEG.

Requirements:

• Minimum five years of relevant professional experience, preferably wide-ranging experience in the relevant aspects of international organizations (including MDBs) legal work.
• Advanced law degree, with the qualification to practice law in at least one jurisdiction.
• Strong analytical skills, and excellent legal drafting and legal advisory abilities.
• Strong communication skills, including speaking persuasively and presenting ideas clearly.
• Intellectual leadership, and strong interpersonal, diplomatic, and partnership skills.
• Ability to innovate while mitigating legal risk.
• Superior level of resourcefulness, and the ability to work autonomously and harmoniously in a team.
• Excellent command of English, including drafting and negotiating legal documents.

AIIB is committed to diversity, transparency, and inclusion. We believe our strength comes from having a team with the right diverse skills, experiences, and abilities selected through a merit-based competitive process. We actively encourage applications from people from both within and outside AIIB members, regardless of nationality, religion, gender, race, disability, or sexual orientation.

Join in AIIBs mission to promote sustainable infrastructure investments and to improve social and economic outcomes in Asia and beyond.

Previous experience and qualifications will determine the grade and job title at which successful applicants will enter AIIB.