Lawyer

Submit until: 28/03/2017
Location: Athens

Job Title:  SN Lawyer –   Δικηγόρος

Status: Full Time (morning or evening shift)

Location: Athens


Responsibilities


Legal Services Provision

  •  Provide individual counseling on e.g. 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 permit and the like
  • Handle the identified legal cases from the sites
  • Undertake legal cases and legally represent to the court if necessary and depending on the availability of resources
  • Ensure referrals internally and externally, and be in close collaboration with Athens Solidarity Center’s legal team
  • Identify vulnerabilities and facilitate their access to available aid

Reporting and Case related info management

  • Filling and registering all cases and actions in relevant reports
  • Brief and Full Social -Legal History taking
  • Update the hard and electronic files per case
  • Maintain hard and electronic files archive updated
  • Prepare regular reports (i.e. weekly, monthly) and upon request
  • Perform entries in the reporting system as required by the above mentioned tasks

 Other Duties

  • Collaborate with appointed persons and project managers of the Accommodation program.
  • Brief and debrief 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

  • Legal Studies Degree
  • Lawyers Permission of Work
  • 3-5 years working experience in practicing Law (at least 6 months in project serving refugees and migrants population)
  • Cross Cultural Awareness and sensitiveness
  • Awareness and ability to work with survivors of Gender-based Violence and the sensitivities and confidentiality measures that this involves.
  • Computer literate & numerate
  • Well organized and efficient
  • Good interpersonal, team working & communications skills
  • Understanding and willingness to promote gender equality and understand different vulnerabilities, needs and capacities of men, women, boys and girls
  • High professional ethics, including strict confidentiality of clients
  • Native in Greek
  • Fluent in English (both written and spoken)

Desired

  • Specific Studies or Proven Engagement in Refugee Focused Projects (e.g Assessments, Surveys, Missions in Islands or to the borders)
  • Previous working experience with local or international NGOs will be considered as a strong advantage

 

Interested Candidates shall submit in a single document their Resume/CV with an intro Text (motivation) in English: recruitment@solidaritynow.org

Both the Document and the e mail shall have as title the Job title followed by their Surname:

E.g LAYWER- GEORGIOU – Please follow the Titling System for your application to be considered

Not later than by Tuesday 28 of February


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.