Представництво Данської Ради у справах біженців в Україні шукає Protection Assistant (Слов’янськ)

About the job

Livelihoods Lawyer is a Slovyansk based position in a legal assistance unit team of Protection program which is implemented jointly with Livelihood program team in eastern Ukraine. Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

Implementation of the project

• Enhance DRC’s capacity to address legal needs of DRC livelihoods program beneficiaries.
• Deliver high quality legal aid services to the beneficiaries;
• Contribute towards enhancing DRC capacity to carry on evidence based livelihood-related advocacy;
• Contribute towards maintaining a liaison with key livelihood-related advocacy stakeholders on a local level;
• Contribute towards implementation of high quality mobile outreach program and awareness raising program;
• Maintain collaborative environment with stakeholders and civil society members at their areas of operation;
• Ensure that mobile outreach programs and awareness raising programs are met with high number of beneficiaries;
• Ensure quick and efficient follow up of registered cases;
• Ensure proper documentation of services provided to beneficiaries.

Key responsibilities

•    Contribute to the identification process of the legal and livelihoods programs’ beneficiaries;

•    Provide qualitative legal assistance to program’s beneficiaries on legal matters;

•    In close cooperation with DRC livelihoods program assist in the implement the micro-business grants and vocational education training components of the program;

•    Organize and facilitate community level group awareness raising programs.

•    Provide one-on-one legal counselling to IDPs on their legal rights and remedies with particular focus on program’s priorities.

•    Facilitate IDPs in business registration, taxation and other issues relevant to IDPs protection of rights and achievement of durable solution.

•    Provide administrative and other paralegal assistance to enable IDP to access livelihood opportunities and government and non-government benefits and privileges.

•    Assist in conducting legal and protection assessments as part of DRC field office staff;

•    Understand, and ensure the observance of the DRC Code of Conduct;

•    Perform other tasks as requested by DRC management.

Case Management Reporting

•    Create weekly work plan in coordination with the PC;

•    Tracking and managing cases;

•    Provide input for the monthly report;

•    Document findings of needs assessments; including preparation of reports and other relevant documents;

•    Assist with maintaining archiving system up to date (both in hardcopies and electronically);

•    Assist in designing the needed forms, questionnaires and other templates.

Coordination

•    Contribute to the development of referral mechanisms for livelihoods and legal matters;

•    Cooperate and coordinate with livelihood programs implementing partners

•    Establish excellent relations with beneficiaries, including understanding the needs of beneficiaries through regular visits and frequent contact with actual and potential beneficiaries;

•    Assist in providing information to and cooperation with community representatives and relevant authorities;

•    Attend and participate coordination meetings when delegated by supervisor;

•    Support in information dissemination and outreach activities to ensure active participation of the beneficiaries within DRC programs;

•    Contribute to training programs of DRC.

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to strong facilitation skills and experience in delivering one-on-one consultations as well as group right awareness sessions to a various audience, preferably with a focus on business and labor law. Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required

• 2 – 3 years of legal work in relevant area experience
• Fluent in Russian and Ukrainian is mandatory
• Experience in administrative tasks
• Good MS Office skills
• Experience with following standard procedures and guidelines

Desirable

• NGO/non-profit experience is a plus
• Good English proficiency
• Capacity to write reports in English

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies: 

Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process. 

Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback. 

Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation. 

Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly. 

Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with DRC’s vision and values. 

We offer

Contract length: 4 months with the possibility to extend

Level: I

Start date: 01/12/2018

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Expatriates; please refer to drc.ngo under Vacancies.

Application process

All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email will not be considered.

Closing date for applications: 26/11/2018

If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contact our job support at drc.ngo/jobsupport.

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.