Main legal issues to be covered by the legal consultant:
- Housing, land and property (HLP) rights
- Legal identity including obtaining civil documentation necessary to access rights and services (birth registration, marriage registration)
- Citizenship and statelessness issues related to displacement
Exceptionally, the legal consultant may engage in other thematic areas related to family law including dispute of custody, divorce procedures, which are issues strictly related to the case management as well.
Responsibilities/duties for the legal officer:
Conduct basic interviews with refugees in order to assess legal and urgent protection needs of the IC.
Provide individual and/or family legal counseling to beneficiaries, in order to orient them and make them aware about the legal procedures available and most suitable for each case.
When necessary provide legal guidance to people who are in need of urgent and legal protection; services include legal advice, legal representation at court, mediation between the two parts and with the community leaders.
Undertake follow-up visits to IC in very specific cases.
Attend meetings and workshop/training as requested by the Protection Officer.
Inform the Protection Officer of the individual progressive legal cases conditions on a weekly basis.
Plan, develop and conduct legal awareness sessions for the refugees community and host community. Write report of the awareness sessions.
Be involved in the office organization of awareness sessions or any other topic to be decided according to the need.
Ensure steer and capacity building for the assistant legal officer ensuring the assistant can work independently for conducting interviews, providing basic counselling and support mediations.
Respect deadline for the delivering of weekly and monthly reports and any kind of urgent reporting to the Protection Officer.
Any other task not listed here but necessary to the project and activities.
Available to work extra hours and available at the weekend for emergency cases.
Application Deadline
Organisation
Salary Range
Unpaid Position
Contract Type
Full Time
Application Submission Guidelines
Please send CV and Motivation letter to intersos.jobs.bekaa@hotmail.com , mentioning clearly the position ‘Legal Consultant Bekaa’ in the subject of the e-mail.
Interviews are planned for end of March 2015. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews. Incomplete or late applications will not be taken into consideration.
Requires a Cover Letter?
Yes
Education Degree
Bachelor Degree
Education Degree Details
Education and experience:
- University degree in law. Advanced university degree, preferably with the specialization in international human rights law and/or international refugees law;
- Relevant professional experience, registered at Lebanese bar association and not less than three (3) years (practicing civil law and family law);
- Prior experience in working with or coordinating with other international humanitarian organizations or governmental authorities;
- Prior experience with UNHCR’s persons of concern;
- Familiarity with international protection and human rights legal standards;
- Knowledge on how to communicate with children and on advocating for special measures to be taken by judiciary authorities when survivors are children
- University degree in law. Advanced university degree, preferably with the specialization in international human rights law and/or international refugees law;
- Relevant professional experience, registered at Lebanese bar association and not less than three (3) years (practicing civil law and family law);
- Prior experience in working with or coordinating with other international humanitarian organizations or governmental authorities;
- Prior experience with UNHCR’s persons of concern;
- Familiarity with international protection and human rights legal standards;
- Knowledge on how to communicate with children and on advocating for special measures to be taken by judiciary authorities when survivors are children
Arabic
Good
English
Very Good
Hide guidelines for wrong answers
No