Overview
The Protection Legal Officer (Rule of Law) provides legal information, counselling, and assistance to conflict-affected populations in Ukraine. This role involves fieldwork and collaboration with protection teams and external legal actors to implement legal assistance activities and inform program adjustments.
Key Responsibilities
- Create information content on legal needs of conflict-affected population and provide it at community centers, other static centers, and through mobile teams.
- Work closely with IRC partners to support and guide the implementation of legal information, counselling, and assistance.
- Provide individual legal counselling to individuals in need of legal assistance.
- Provide secondary legal aid in coordination with Free Legal Aid Centers.
- Identify and refer complex legal cases requiring specialized assistance.
- Ensure continuous update of the service map on legal actors and services.
- Ensure referrals are made and received safely according to SOPs and that referral trackers are updated.
- Support data analysis related to legal needs.
- Contribute to advocacy initiatives by providing case examples and data on systemic legal challenges.
- Engage with the Legal Protection Working Group and other coordination mechanisms.
- Look for contacts among authorities and key humanitarian stakeholders and update contact trackers.
- Contribute to weekly movement plans for legal activities.
- Support and inform on the needs in terms of legal assistance for people in Ukraine.
- Assist in training IRC protection staff, partners, and other humanitarian actors on legal protection principles and case management.
- Contribute to Protection Monitoring activities by conducting structured interviews.
Required Experience
Previous experience in Legal information, counselling and assistance, preferably with an NGO. Experience facilitating group activities, trainings and workshops and mentoring others.
Qualifications
Higher education in law. Preferred —valid Attorney’s License (registered at the Bar Association).
