Position Summary:

Are you an attorney who is eager to apply your expertise in a mission-driven organization? IAVI is seeking Legal Counsel to support our Africa operations. The Legal Counsel will serve in the General Counsel’s office, providing legal support across a wide range of legal, regulatory, and ethical issues, primarily focusing on clinical trial contracts throughout the Africa region.

If you’re an Attorney eager to apply your expertise in an organization that’s making a positive impact on public health, learn more and apply below!

Key Responsibilities:

• Draft, review and negotiate contracts (e.g., CDAs, MTAs, DTAs, vendor contracts, clinical trial agreements, consulting contracts, collaboration agreements etc.) with partner organizations for research activities in the Africa region, ensuring compliance with organizational policies and third party obligations.

• Provide accurate, reasoned, and concise legal advice to business teams at all levels and across multiple departments.

• Work cross-functionally on projects throughout procurement and operations, providing sound guidance and negotiating deals as needed to meet critical business objectives.

• Assist in corporate governance and board matters, including preparation of board materials, minutes and updates to corporate charters and policies.

• Provide support to the management and oversight of outside counsel, as needed.

• Provide legal support for IAVI’s research & development programs in Africa, including interactions with research laboratories, pre-clinical and clinical activities, regulatory, and quality functions.

• Provide legal support and regulatory guidance to internal partners to facilitate clinical trial-related contracting and various vendor agreements supporting clinical research.

• Provide general legal support for the clinical trial program related to clinical research regulatory compliance, including the review of clinical research-related documents, study protocols, informed consent and ethics committee requirements.

• Monitor regional regulatory requirements and assist in obtaining necessary licenses, permits, and approvals.

• Work in a coordinated and integrated fashion within IAVI’s General Counsel’s Office to support IAVI’s research and development programs.

• Provide subject matter expertise on issues arising in research and clinical studies in the Africa region.

Education and Work Experience:

• Legal degree from an accredited law school is required.

• Admission to practice law in the relevant jurisdiction is required.

• 5+ years relevant work experience in an academic research, CRO, pharmaceutical, biotech, or similar setting is required.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Transactional experience, including contracts and intellectual property issues relating to pre-clinical and clinical research activities is required.

• Strong understanding of clinical research regulations.

• Excellent attention to detail with excellent drafting skills.

• Demonstrate ability to work in a fluid/fast-paced, highly collaborative, team environment.

• Very strong working knowledge of PC Applications (Excel, Microsoft Word, Windows, etc.).

• Receptive to take positive action on feedback, recommendations and requests.

• Proactive, action oriented, and collaborative; Ability to take proactive steps to collaborate with members of other teams and departments.

• Strong project management skills, with ability to fulfill commitments and be accountable for outcomes.

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills; and

• Strong analytical skills.

IAVI is a nonprofit scientific research organization dedicated to addressing urgent, unmet global health challenges including HIV and tuberculosis. Our mission is to translate scientific discoveries into affordable, globally accessible public health solutions. Through scientific and clinical research in Africa, India, Europe, and the U.S., IAVI is pioneering the development of biomedical innovations designed for broad global access. We develop vaccines and antibodies in and for the developing world and seek to accelerate their introduction in low-income countries. IAVI programs and partnerships are grounded in the regions of the world where the disease burden is the greatest, and our approach emphasizes sustainability. Our network of clinical research center partners in Africa and India helps strengthen in-country research capacity and supports the training and education of the next generation of scientists. The global impact of our science includes fundamental contributions to understanding the biology of HIV infection, which IAVI and others are applying toward advancing vaccine science and immunology. IAVI accelerates scientific discovery and development by fostering unique collaborations among academia, industry, local communities, governments, and funders to explore new and better ways to address public health threats that disproportionately affect people living in poverty. Our global reach, including a clinical research network in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa and in India, has allowed us to make fundamental contributions to understanding the epidemiology, transmission, virology, and immunology of HIV. This work played a key role in facilitating the design of promising HIV vaccine candidates, as well as the discovery of broadly neutralizing antibodies that are now being advanced as promising approaches for HIV prevention. Our integrated capabilities in vaccine and antibody discovery, development, and clinical research take advantage of bio-pharmaceutical industry expertise to accelerate the development and testing of prevention methods for HIV and other diseases. Through the Product Development Center, we support external researchers with technical and scientific expertise to accelerate the development of their own products.

Disclaimer: Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required of personnel so classified. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship. IAVI is an equal opportunity employer and applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

IAVI IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER actively committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive global organization. IAVI believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a representative candidate pool. At IAVI, we celebrate the spectrum of colleagues’ experiences and believe that dedication to our mission above all is essential to our success as a scientific global non-profit. IAVI upholds these principles through IAVI’s Global Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

IAVI has zero tolerance for discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, caste, national origin, home language, ancestry, religion, marital or civil partnership status, age, physical or mental disability, HIV status and any other medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and veteran status, in addition to any other status protected under the law in any of our locations worldwide