Requête nº: req12256

Intitulé de poste:  – copy

Secteur d’activité: Protection et état de droit

Type de contrat: Régulier

Taux d’occupation: Plein temps

Ouvert aux expatriés: Non

Lieu de travail: Syria

Descriptif du poste

Major Responsibilities:

• The Legal Assistant will directly implement legal support in IRC areas including:
• Provide mobile legal assistance to beneficiaries who are unable to claim or realize their rights on their own (i.e. irregular cases or those with particular vulnerabilities). Provide legal counseling as necessary for individual cases.
• Conduct mobile field visits within the community and camps according to monthly work plans.
• Input and update beneficiary data into legal case management tools, and periodically disaggregate and analyze data gathered during legal assistance activities in paper or electronic filing systems.
• Advocate for recognition of the Civil Documents rights of displaced persons when engaging with stakeholders, including local authorities and humanitarian partners.
• Putting map existing legal services/administrative bodies in the area and update it.
• Research and updating regulations, laws, and legal articles to assist with the preparation of reports, case files, and legal advice, relevant Civil Documents & HLP laws, procedures, and practices.
• Keeps clients informed by maintaining contact; communicating case progress.
  

Coordination:

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all relevant stakeholders including other NGOs, civil society groups, authorities, and UN agencies
• Develop and continuously update a Legal service mapping system detailing available services and assistance in IRC areas of operation
• Ensure that other IRC sectors are efficiently and confidentiality referring cases to the team based on selected criteria’s

Profil

Job Requirements:

• Educational background in Law; bachelor`s \ Master`s degrees 
• A lawyer with at least two years of experience in similar field
• Understanding of international human rights and local laws.
• Personal qualities: Team player, flexible, network-builder, able to handle pressure well.
• Fluency in Arabic required; English preferred.

Desired:

• At least 1 year of NGO experience
• Good computer skills such as: MS Word, Excel, Power point.

• The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct.  These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.  In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons
  
• IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.
  
• The International Rescue Committee encourages women to work with us to reach the neediest people in need of humanitarian assistance, such as women, widows and children. We are committed to providing a decent work environment that takes into account the needs of women in the workplace, such as maternity leave and safety protocols that take into account the special needs of women in the field.