Overview
Support the implementation of legal aid and protection interventions for vulnerable migrants, including coordinating referrals, supporting legal identity registration, and strengthening coordination with relevant authorities.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in planning, coordination, implementation and monitoring of legal aid, legal identity, and access-to-justice activities.
- Compile, summarize, analyze, and present information/data on legal aid, legal identity, civil documentation, and protection issues.
- Monitor budget implementation and propose adjustments.
- Act as a focal point for administrative coordination of legal aid and legal identity activities.
- Draft status reports and suggest corrective measures for shortfalls.
- Draft correspondence on legal aid and legal identity to migrants' rights, access to Justice, trafficking in persons, and relevant legal frameworks.
- Prepare and update reports, briefing notes, graphics, statistical tables, and other documentation.
- Organize meetings, workshops, and training sessions related to migrant rights, legal identity, access to justice, trafficking in persons, protection principles, and relevant legal frameworks.
- Prepare training materials and participate in capacity-building workshops.
- Respond to complex information requests and inquiries related to legal aid, legal identity registration, documentation procedures, referral pathways and available protection services.
- Set up and maintain files/records.
- Participate in meetings and conferences.
- Maintain effective liaison and coordination with government authorities, justice sector institutions, partners, United Nations agencies, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, donors and other stakeholders.
- Monitor the work of implementing partners and service providers and report non-compliance.
- Provide inputs for the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and concept papers.
- Provide general support for the development of new projects.
- Provide guidance/training and assist in coordinating and monitoring work of other staff in the unit.
- May supervise other staff as assigned.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Required Experience
- School diploma with six years of relevant experience; or, Bachelor’s degree with four years of relevant professional experience.
- Experience working with government justice institutions, civil registration authorities, legal aid providers, bar associations, non-governmental organizations and UN agencies preferred.
- Experience in legal aid programming, protection case management, legal referrals, or assistance to migrants in vulnerable situations preferred.
- Experience supporting legal identity, civil registration and documentation initiatives is an advantage.
- Experience in organizing events, workshops, and meetings.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality, respect, non-discrimination and safety of beneficiaries at all times.
- Good written and oral communication skills, effective in representation and liaison with external parties.
- Ability to organize work, work independently and prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
Qualifications
School diploma; or, Bachelor’s degree in law, Human Rights, Political or Social Sciences, International Relations, Development Studies, Migration Studies, Public Administration, Governance, Legal Studies, or related fields from an accredited academic institution.
