Senior Protection Clerk - Legal Unit

The incumbent will make a substantial contribution to the protection activities in detention and legal fields as a member of the protection intervention team ( Legal Unit) by assisting the UNHCR’s coordinator - the Assistant Protection Officer - to coordinate the legal aid services provided by the office as well as undertaking protection intervention to advocate for the release of persons of concern and  undertaking RSD, mainly for the Syrian refugee population of Wadi Khaled in northern Lebanon The incumbent is required to work with individual asylum-seekers and refugees often under time pressure. He/she would have to liaise with partners, lawyers, persons of concern and local authorities in the daily follow up of individual cases. He/she would have also to undertake all of the related clerical/ administrative work.    -          Interview persons of concern with legal problems with a view to collect factual details in relation to the problems they are facing -          Drat clear, comprehensive and well-structured reports in relation with the legal problems the persons of concern are faced with, with recommendations to assign lawyers -          Conduct field protection monitoring missions. -          Refer cases to partners, follow up on the cases -          Draft clear and concise referral emails to different partners which include factual details pertaining to each case, -          Do clear and concise follow up emails to obtain regular updates.   -          Update the data base of the referred cases, create and update physical files pertaining to individual legal cases / Updated database and physical files, updated information regarding the processing of the cases by the courts/lawyers / generating monthly situation reports for legal aid unit. -          Undertake protection intervention  and advocacy activities to secure the release of persons of concern and their non-refoulement -          Undertake registration, RSD and resettlement interviews as required