L’IRC recherche un agent d’aide juridique (ressortissants afghans uniquement), Nangarhar, Afghanistan

Requête nº: req15810

Intitulé de poste: Legal Aid Officer- Afghan Nationals Only

Secteur d’activité: Protection et état de droit

Type de contrat: Régulier

Taux d’occupation: Plein temps

Ouvert aux expatriés: Non

Lieu de travail: Nangarhar, Afghanistan

 

Descriptif du poste

Program Planning and Implementation:

• Provide quality administrative, registration, and legal advice/aid to clients in need.
• Support individual cases and provide accurate legal advice and assistance to women and girls in accessing civil documentation and relevant procedures. In certain cases, assist in accessing these documents by administrative support and/or accompaniment to administrative authorities.
• Support building capacities of IRC caseworkers on legal procedures for civil documentation, specifically for women and girls.
• For cases falling outside the scope of work, the Legal Aid Officer will facilitate referrals to existing legal aid service providers and networks and conduct follow-ups to ensure successful interventions.
• Support the establishment of appropriate Standard Operating Procedures for the identification, referral, and response to individual civil administrative and legal cases
• Assist in developing legal information and awareness materials and supporting targeted outreach sessions on relevant legal aid matters.
• Maintain complete, accurate, and confidential client records for review by the PRoL Team Leader.
• Ensure that principles of confidentiality and ethics are upheld throughout the program implementation.
• Prepare and update detailed work plans regarding administrative, registration, and legal advice services.
• Provide regular reports and briefings to the PRoL Team Leader and Deputy PRoL Manager on case types and progress of women and girls seeking support for claiming civil documents, access to registration, and related legal aid matters.

Coordination & Representation:

• Collaborate closely with the PRoL Team Leader, Deputy PRoL Manager, and the protection monitoring team in the identification of recurring registration and legal challenges facing women and girls and based on this develop information materials on administrative requirements and processes for acquiring and recovering civil documentation.
• Initiate linkages with other legal aid service providers for the referral of cases that may require additional legal support.
• Participate in liaison, coordination, and information sharing activities with national NGOs, international organizations, donors, and government
• Assist in advocacy actions relating to legal matters for better protection of women and girls.

Monitoring:

• With the direction of the PRoL Team Leader ensure implementation of the agreed-upon work plan and quality of technical activities, share relevant information and direction to improve quality, and achieve timelines
• Support Legal Aid Manager in assessing progress (against project objectives) and identify technical quality issues and/or other implementation issues, provide solutions and implement modifications as required.
• Contribute to IRC and donor reports as per set schedules (monthly, quarterly, and annually) on activities, indicators, and achievements.

 

Profil

• University degree in law or Sharia Law.
• 3 to 5 years experience with at least 2 years of professional experience as a practicing lawyer or in a position where legal advice, counseling, and assistance were frequently provided to vulnerable clients. 
• Strong knowledge of civil law, legal assistance/pro bono legal work.
• Experience working on women’s rights a plus
• Experience providing legal counseling and assistance on issues.
• Proven abilities in developing work plans, data collection and analysis, and monitoring.
• Experience analyzing data on the legal environment and using this analysis to inform programming and advocacy.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, cultural sensitivity, flexibility, ability to improvise, excellent relationship-building, effective in representation and liaison with external actors, team player, and comfortable in a multi-cultural environment.
• Ability to work under pressure and to handle sensitive situations diplomatically
• Fluency in English, Pashto and/or Dari.