Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. FIFA is the global governing body for football, dedicated to ensuring the sport is run with transparency and integrity. The Legal Assistant will support the Disputes team with administrative and procedural work related to contractual disputes before the FIFA Football Tribunal, including claim analysis, case-file preparation, communications, and deadline management.
Responsibilities
- Carrying out the initial analysis of claims received by FIFA via the Legal Portal and ensuring the completeness of case files
- Supporting other members of the Disputes team in the preparation of case files for decision by the FIFA Football Tribunal
- Assisting the Disputes team in their daily administrative and business activities
- Handling of administrative matters, such as drafting communications based on pre-existing templates, ensuring deadlines are met, and addressing queries from interested parties
Skills
- Good planning and organizational skills
- Knowledge of basic principles of law
- Knowledge of sports law and, specifically, football law
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience with good administrative background
- Fluent in English
- Proficiency in Spanish and/or French
- Proficient in MS Office
- Detail-oriented
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
- Autonomy and excellence, positively impacting the efficiency and quality of work, resulting in an optimal service to stakeholders
- Self-confidence and diplomacy
- Proactive and solution-driven
- Innovation skills, with a great ability to embrace change and new technologies/processes
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Ability to set priorities effectively
- Ability to work under pressure
- Team player
- Professional, approachable, and empathic
- Cooperative
- University degree; degree in law, legal studies or related field an asset
- Experience with the Transfer Matching System (TMS), FIFA Legal Portal and/or JIRA an asset
Benefits
- Fully remote
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