It is entrusted with fostering improved quantity, quality, and dependability of production systems and basic cereals such as maize, wheat, triticale, sorghum, millets, and associated crops through applied agricultural science, particularly in the Integral South, through building strong partnerships. CIMMYT is a core CGIAR Research Center, a global research partnership for a food-secure future, dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources. org CIMMYT is seeking a dynamic, detail-oriented, and customer-focused professional to join our Legal Department as a Legal Assistant to the General Counsel.

Specific Duties: Provide comprehensive daily support to the General Counsel across all areas of responsibility. This includes managing internal and external communications, drafting, editing, and preparing legal documents and correspondence, maintaining and organizing confidential files, and handling special projects as assigned. This includes ensuring all documents are accurate, compliant with legal standards, and properly organized in a secure filing system.

Conducting research and gathering information to support the General Counsel in decision-making. Provide support to the Contract Life Cycle Management drafting, review, negotiation, amendment, release, quality control, management, contracts, and agreements entered by CIMMYT with national and international (private and public) entities. Perform contract management activities (reception, verification, follow-up of documents, signature preparation, and processing (Cover Sheet Preparation and Adobe Sign process).

Perform the control desk activities, such as assigning, following up, and processing tickets. Support the updating, creating, and implementing processes, practices, guidelines,



procedures, and workflow optimization to improve the legal team's day-to-day efficiency and effectiveness. Support the implementation and roll-out of Legal Department tools to streamline workflow automation within the Legal team and its internal clients.

Support the maintenance and implementation of processes, procedures, guidelines, best practices, and tools that allow the Department to provide accurate and timely service for our clients and the continuous improvement of Contract Life Cycle processes, including, but not limited to, automation, dashboard improvement, and KPI monitoring tools. Manage various administrative tasks such as processing expense reports, handling payments, organizing travel arrangements and accommodations, managing advances, and documenting and reporting departmental activities to ensure all tasks are completed efficiently Act as a primary point of contact between the General Counsel and internal/external stakeholders. Assisting with the preparation of lists, status charts, and data management integral to the Department Support the curation of agreements and other document databases.

Maintain a high level of support for stakeholders requiring input, search, and update data and information. Manage and track a high volume of tasks and projects. Participate in the optimization of processes for legal services processes and guidelines.





Ensure proper follow-up of entrusted matters, tracking these matters daily in the provided dashboards and KPI monitoring tools that will be used to prepare the progress update to the relevant areas. Perform other related tasks within the job level as may be requested by the immediate supervisor.

Requirements The selected candidate must have a bachelor's degree in law, administration, or related fields. At least five years of experience as an Executive Assistant to a managing partner or partner of a large law firm or in similar roles or activities. Demonstrated experience working in a highly confidential environment at the executive level.

Organizational and planning skills, with the ability to think logically and anticipate outcomes. Proficiency in English and Spanish. English test will be administered; the candidate must score a minimum of C2 as per CEFR.

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Office and Adobe Acrobat) and willingness to learn/master other programs and software as necessary. Excellent organizational, writing, research, and communication skills, including the writing and communication skills, including the ability to communicate legal concepts to lay (non-legal) stakeholders. Proactive, Communication, Problem-solving, Achievement Orientation, Flexibility/Adaptability, Multi-Cultural Awareness/Sensitivity, Teamwork, Time Management, and Collaboration.

Benefits CIMMYT offers an attractive remuneration package and support for continuous professional development. In addition to the provisions of the Mexican Labor Law our package of benefits includes year-end bonus (40 days), vacation premium (56%), life and medical insurance, supermarket coupons, savings fund, social Mexican benefits (IMSS, SAR / Infonavit).

📌 Legal Assistant to the General Counsel (Santiago)
🏢 Cimmyt
📍 Santiago