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Legal Counsel, Results Management (14-month contract with possibility of extension)/Conseiller juridique, Gestion des
Montreal, Quebec
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About the role
- The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the evolving needs of a fast-paced and growing organization, bringing pragmatic solutions, best practices, and strategies for managing legal risks.
- The candidate is also to provide reliable, accurate, timely and well-informed advice and guidance to all WADA departments and WADA Management regarding legal issues and potential legal implications of various anti-doping projects and initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Lead certain areas of activity in results management in relation to athlete whereabouts and atypical findings and identify strategies to further optimize work in these areas
- Support WADA external counsels in litigation, both before state and sport courts
- Draft and review WADA legal documents (rules, regulations, models of best practice, guidelines, etc.)
- Manage of volume of complex legal matters within a short timeframe.
- Mission: WADA's mission is to lead a collaborative worldwide movement for doping-free sport.
Requirements
- Qualified lawyer, with a minimum of three years' experience in a legal environment;
- Experience in sports law and anti-doping legal framework, a definite asset;
- Ability to adapt rapidly to a changing environment;
- Ability to engage internal and external stakeholders to meet deadlines and escalate issues appropriately;
- knowledge of Spanish, or another language, would be an asset;
- Travel maybe required;
- Assist in investigations where required
- Produce reports and other legal documents as required.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate in a diverse and international environment;
- Excellent oral and written skills in one of the two WADA official languages;(English/French) and very good command of the other official language; knowledge of Spanish, or another language, would be an asset;
- Periodic work in the evening or on weekends;
Benefits
- Competitive Benefits Package.
- Vision: WADA's vision is a world where all athletes compete in a doping-free sporting environment.
- La vision de l'AMA est un monde où tous les sportifs peuvent participent à des compétitions dans un environnement sans dopage.
Company info
- WADA is headquartered in Montreal, Canada and has regional offices in Cape Town, South Africa
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Tokyo, Japan and the office of the President in Warsaw, Poland. As of February 2026, the Agency employs approximately 177 employees and is represented by 55 nationalities. We value the diversity of our employees - current and future - that, as a global team, endeavor every day to protect the rights of clean athletes worldwide.
- The masculine is used in our communications for the sole purpose of lightening the text and it designates all genders.
- WADA believes in the success of an inclusive organization that values diversity within its team.
- All qualified candidates will be considered for this position in a fair manner.
- WADA would like to thank all candidates who have shown an interest by applying for a position.
- However, after a thorough profile review, only the retained candidates will be contacted.
- Conseiller juridique, Gestion des résultats (contrat de 14 mois avec possibilité de prolongation)
- WADA is headquartered in Montreal, Canada and has regional offices in Cape Town, South Africa; Lausanne, Switzerland; Montevideo, Uruguay; Tokyo, Japan and the office of the President in Warsaw, Poland.
- As of February 2026, the Agency employs approximately 177 employees and is represented by 55 nationalities.
- We value the diversity of our employees - current and future - that, as a global team, endeavor every day to protect the rights of clean athletes worldwide.
- Groupe: Affaires juridiques
- Supérieur: Directeur associé, Gestion des résultats
- Lieu: Le Bureau principal de l'AMA, Montréal, Canada
- Date limite de candidature: 7 août 2026
- L'Agence mondiale antidopage (AMA) a été créée en 1999 en tant qu'agence internationale indépendante pour diriger un mouvement collaboratif mondial pour un sport sans dopage.
- En tant que régulateur de la lutte antidopage dans le monde, le rôle principal de l'AMA est de développer, d'harmoniser et de coordonner les règles et politiques antidopage dans tous les sports et tous les pays.
- Nos principales activités comprennent: la recherche scientifique et en sciences sociales; l'éducation; les renseignements et enquêtes; le développement des capacités antidopage; et la supervision de la conformité au Programme mondial antidopage.
- APERÇU DU POSTE
- L'AMA recherche actuellement un conseiller juridique engagé et motivé, capable de gérer efficacement un volume élevé de travaux juridiques variés et complexes liés à la gestion des résultats, y compris l'examen des affaires de dopage.
- Le candidat retenu sera responsable de soutenir les besoins évolutifs d'une organisation dynamique et en pleine croissance, apportant des solutions pragmatiques, des bonnes pratiques et des stratégies pour gérer les risques juridiques.
- Le candidat doit également fournir des conseils et des orientations fiables, précis, opportuns et bien informés à tous les départements de l'AMA et à la direction de l'AMA concernant les questions juridiques et les implications juridiques potentielles de divers projets et initiatives antidopage.
- LES RESPONSABILITÉS CLÉS
- Diriger certains aspects de la gestion des résultats liés à la localisation des athlètes et aux résultats atypiques, et identifier des stratégies pour optimiser le travail dans ces domaines;
- Suivre les tendances des litiges antidopage dans le monde entier;
- Fournir des conseils juridiques aux parties prenantes, collègues et à l'équipe des affaires juridiques;
- Apporter un soutien aux avocats externes de l'AMA dans les litiges, tant devant les tribunaux d'État que devant les tribunaux sportifs;
- Assister aux enquêtes lorsque cela est nécessaire;
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