The Legal Expert is expected to provide legal counseling, assistance, and representation before the courts and the competent authorities to ensure access to vulnerable women’s rights, including GBV victims & single-parent asylum-seeking families.
Starting Date: 15 December 2022
Status: Part-time
Reporting to: Protection & Safeguarding Manager
JOB DUTIES:
- Providing legal counseling and assistance to asylum seekers.
(Including provision of information, online pre-registrations, interview preparations, communication with asylum offices and police, appeals on 1st & 2nd instances as well as representation to Administrative Courts, lodging subsequent applications). - Providing legal assistance to recognized refugees.
(Including counseling, provision of information, communications with asylum services and police, and applying to obtain/renew TDV and residency permits). - Providing legal counseling and support to limited beneficiaries eligible to apply for or renew a residence permit under the Migration Law (support throughout the entire process).
- Court Representation around Civil Law (e.g., Custody and/or divorce).
- Court Representation on limited penal cases (e.g., illegal entry/exit/forged documents)
- Providing legal assistance and liaising with authorities to ensure timely access to social services and to integration-related processes (bureaucratic issues, access to health services & labor market, etc.).
- Identifying protection and other support issues and referring them internally to assigned colleagues.
- Liaising with other legal service providers onsite and following referral pathways, upon the consent of the beneficiaries.
- Identifying the vulnerabilities and special circumstances of the beneficiaries and facilitating their access to available aid in collaboration with the Manager.
- Commitment to adhering to safeguarding policies in place PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES
- Report internally on a weekly basis
- Maintain accurate and well-organized records/update tracker of beneficiaries.
- Participate in working groups, meetings, and training related to legal.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
- Law Degree and a minimum of three years of progressive experience in practicing law, of which at least two years in the field of refugee/migration and human rights law.
- Lawyers Permission of Work.
- Excellent knowledge of international Refugee law, Migration law, and Civil and Criminal Law.
- Strong knowledge of protection and asylum processes
- Cross Cultural Awareness and flexibility.
- Computer literate & numerate.
- Well organized and efficient.
- Good interpersonal, organizational & communications skills.
- Native in Greek.
- Fluent in English (both written and spoken).
- Good reporting and writing skills.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
- Excellent command of other languages (e.g., French, German, Arabic, Farsi, etc)
- Experience with local or international NGOs will be highly desirable.
- Availability of traveling around the working area.
To apply, please send your CV to hr@iridacenter.org (please, put “Legal Expert Application” in the subject line) by 30/11/2022.
Due to the urgency of this position, applications will be shortlisted on a regular basis, and Irida Women’s Center reserves the right to complete the process as soon as the suitable candidate has been identified.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. The interview will be conducted in English/Greek.