Δικηγόρος για το Κέντρο Αλληλεγγύης Αθήνας

Υποβολή μέχρι: 31/1/2018
Τοποθεσία: Αθήνα

Job Title:  ASC Lawyer

Status: Full Time (morning or evening shift)

Location: Athens

Start date: ASAP

Child Safeguarding Policy

Level 2
The job holder will have sporadic contact with children

 

Position Summary: The lawyer will be a part of the legal team and will provide legal counselling, case management and court representations (as required) for walk-in beneficiaries of the Athens Solidarity Centre or referred beneficiaries, including from SN’s mobile teams.

Responsibilities

  • Legal Services Provision
  • Provide legal counselling in areas of civil, criminal and family law to walk-in beneficiaries, irrespective of background.
  • Provide individual counselling on the asylum procedure/international protection/refugee laws and individual rights, follow up on cases regarding the European Relocation scheme, Family Reunification, and other cases that need legal assistance. Provide legal assistance in administrative procedures regarding issuing of birth certificate, tax number, work permits etc., Handle the identified legal cases from the sites.
  • Undertake legal cases and legally represent to the court
  • Identify cases for strategic litigation
  • Identify vulnerabilities and facilitate their access to available aid
  • Data base and Case related info management
  • Brief and Full Legal History intake
  • Maintain hard and electronic files archive updated
  • Perform entries in the data base system as required by the aforementioned tasks
  • Prepare activity and progress reports
  • Other Duties
  • Represent Team in external Meetings and Working Groups as requested by Supervisor
  • Work with SN’s mobile teams to provide basic outreach information on refugee legal rights to beneficiaries
  • Brief beneficiaries for running programs availability and inform for any relevant change
  • Perform other duties, related to the basic Job Description as requested by the Supervisor

Required qualifications and skills

Essential

  • Law Degree
  • Lawyers Permission of Work
  • Minimum 5 years working experience in practicing Law (at least 2 years in project serving refugees and migrants population)
  • Familiar with Refugee and Migration Law (Asylum regulations and procedures, Relocation Scheme, Dublin procedures)
  • Good knowledge of criminal law
  • Cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity
  • Awareness and ability to work with survivors of gender-based violence, including the sensitivities and confidentiality measures involved
  • High professional ethics, including strict client confidentiality
  • Dedication to promoting gender equality and understanding of the different vulnerabilities, needs and capacities of men, women, boys, and girls
  • Computer literate
  • Well-organized and efficient
  • Good inter-personal, team-working, and communications skills
  • Native in Greek
  • Fluent in English (both written and spoken)

Desired

  • Working Experience in Field entry points, Camps/Temporary Settlement or mobile units serving refugee population
  • Proven Engagement in Refugee Focused Projects
  • Previous working experience with local or international NGOs and /or supervising legal teams will be considered as a strong advantage
  • Knowledge of French language

If you are interested in applying, please fill send your CV and motivation letter to recruitment@solidaritynow.org by Wednesday, January 31, 2018, mentioning in the email subject “SN ASC Lawyer_Athens

SN is an equal opportunity employer. Persons with disabilities and from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Recruitment processes reflect SN’s commitment to keeping children safe from harm and abuse. Employment is subject to SN Child protection standards, including background checks and adherence to SN Child Safeguarding Policy.

Due to the urgency of recruitment, SN reserves the right to complete the process even before the deadline for CV submissions.


Remarks: Before submitting your CV, please read carefully the employees’ privacy notice on the processing of personal data pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the respective Greek legislation.

For roles that will have regular contact with vulnerable populations SolidarityNow is obliged to seek information about criminal convictions and offences, and selected candidates will be requested to provide a recent copy of criminal record.

Following the preventive measures against COVID-19, holding a vaccination certificate or undergoing Covid-19 antigen tests as per government directions is mandatory.