Assistant Legal Officer

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Years of Experience / Degree Level: For P1/NOA – 1 year relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or no experience with Graduate degree; or no experience with Doctorate degree
  
• Field(s) of Education: Law; Human Rights Law; Refugee Law; International Humanitarian Law; or other relevant field.
  

• Assist in the preparation of legal advice and drafting of position papers and guidelines on pertinent legal and operational issues.
  
• Stay abreast of the domestic legal issues and pertinent laws regarding POC and advise the Office accordingly.
  
• Contribute to advocacy towards proper interpretation of law and doctrine as well as in the development of standards of protection.
  
• Consistently apply international and national law and UNHCR policies and standards.
  
• Assist the Office in providing legal counselling to persons of concern.
  
• Liaise and intervene with local authorities on the legal issues pertaining to POC.
  
• May act as interpreter during meetings with authorities, if required.
  
• Participate in meetings within UNHCR and with external counterparts at the relevant level.
  
• Assist in the development of project proposals and project implementation.
  
• Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
  
• Perform other related duties as required.