Job ID
42750
Job Title
Legal Assistant
To work for
INTERSOS
Country
Syria
City
Rif Dimashq
Field of Work
Humanitarian/Disasters
Job Type
Full time
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
- Support lawyers, as needed, in conducting intake interviews
with beneficiaries in order to assess legal needs and provide
legal counselling on the main issues identified
- Develop quality material for dissemination of legal information
through outreach activities
- Provide legal information to clients on the main legal issues
identified
- Bring to immediate attention any case of special/emergency
needs to the Lawyer
- Carry out all tasks respecting key protection principles,
including but not limited to: do no harm, non-discrimination,
confidentiality, accountability and need-to-know principles
- Document cases under his/her responsibility on the internal
legal platform/database and ensure that any progress on action
plan and any significant change in client’s
overall situation is timely and duly recorded
- Ensure proper and safe filing and archiving of legal cases
files maintaining data confidentiality
- Prepare regularly reports on legal services provided and submit
it to the Lawyer for revision and approval
- Plan, organize and facilitate awareness legal sessions in the
area of operation according to identified needs
- Conduct protection monitoring activities at household and
community level using a balanced combination of established
different quantitative and qualitative tools
- Monitor and report protection concern and trends, new
population displacements and movements in the areas of
operations
- Support the Protection Activity Manager in producing quarterly
protection monitoring reports on qualitative and quantitative
data and information
with beneficiaries in order to assess legal needs and provide
legal counselling on the main issues identified
- Develop quality material for dissemination of legal information
through outreach activities
- Provide legal information to clients on the main legal issues
identified
- Bring to immediate attention any case of special/emergency
needs to the Lawyer
- Carry out all tasks respecting key protection principles,
including but not limited to: do no harm, non-discrimination,
confidentiality, accountability and need-to-know principles
- Document cases under his/her responsibility on the internal
legal platform/database and ensure that any progress on action
plan and any significant change in client’s
overall situation is timely and duly recorded
- Ensure proper and safe filing and archiving of legal cases
files maintaining data confidentiality
- Prepare regularly reports on legal services provided and submit
it to the Lawyer for revision and approval
- Plan, organize and facilitate awareness legal sessions in the
area of operation according to identified needs
- Conduct protection monitoring activities at household and
community level using a balanced combination of established
different quantitative and qualitative tools
- Monitor and report protection concern and trends, new
population displacements and movements in the areas of
operations
- Support the Protection Activity Manager in producing quarterly
protection monitoring reports on qualitative and quantitative
data and information
Qualifications
Education
- University Degree in Law
Professional Experience
- Minimum one year of relevant professional experience.
- Previous working experience with IDPs, refugees and returnees
Professional Requirements
- Good knowledge of the local legal system and legal procedures
- Strong knowledge of international protection and human rights
legal standards
- Computer literacy (Word, Excel, Power Point)
Personal Requirements
- Respect and a non-discriminatory attitude
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Report writing skills
- Empathetic
- Ability to work under pressure
- Commitment to INTERSOS principles
Languages
- English mandatory (reading, speaking, writing).
- Fluent in Arabic (reading, speaking, writing).
- University Degree in Law
Professional Experience
- Minimum one year of relevant professional experience.
- Previous working experience with IDPs, refugees and returnees
Professional Requirements
- Good knowledge of the local legal system and legal procedures
- Strong knowledge of international protection and human rights
legal standards
- Computer literacy (Word, Excel, Power Point)
Personal Requirements
- Respect and a non-discriminatory attitude
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Report writing skills
- Empathetic
- Ability to work under pressure
- Commitment to INTERSOS principles
Languages
- English mandatory (reading, speaking, writing).
- Fluent in Arabic (reading, speaking, writing).
Salary and Benefits
As per Intersos Salary Scale
About us
A humanitarian organization that works all over the world bringing assistance to people in danger victims of natural disasters and armed conflicts.
With its own humanitarian operators, intervenes to effectively meet the needs of people in crisis, with a particular attention to the vulnerable groups, as women and children. It provides first aid, food, shelter, medical assistance and basic goods. It ensures that basic needs, as education, clean water and health, are met.
With its own humanitarian operators, intervenes to effectively meet the needs of people in crisis, with a particular attention to the vulnerable groups, as women and children. It provides first aid, food, shelter, medical assistance and basic goods. It ensures that basic needs, as education, clean water and health, are met.
Required employees number
1
Posted On
Apr 22, 2025
Expiry Date
May 07, 2025
CV Language
English