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Responsibilities and Tasks:
· Conduct legal intake interviews with beneficiaries to assess legal needs and provide legal counselling on main issues encountered;
· When applicable provide legal assistance to beneficiaries with legal or urgent protection needs;
· Help beneficiaries to fill forms for: national ID/passports, marriage certification, birth certification and other relevant documents;
Legal Counseling:
· Lead client meeting talking about the case; reviewing papers from client that may include several topics/types of cases (e.g. GBV, marriage, property, etc.)
· Give specific information/recommendation about how to proceed to obtain legal documents.
Legal Assistance:
· Help filling out national ID forms, marriage certification forms, birth certification forms (in cases where lawyer will not provide legal representation)
· Drafting simple pleadings and agreements on behalf of client to present him/herself in court.
· Accompaniment to ministries and government departments for documentation (e.g. pension, salary, social services)
· Follow-up on cases of people in detention, reformatories, shelters, or other longer-term cases that do not involve legal representation (e.g. tracing people in the system, legal research to support, talking to government agencies to get more info, etc.)
Legal Representation:
· Provide legal representation for individuals in civil litigation in housing land and property (HLP) or to recover damages related to slavery. Any court case (civil, investigation, criminal, family)
· Instances of birth/death/guardianship/marriage/divorce certification or other procedures requiring PoA
Advocacy and legal action:
· Advocate with the provincial/federal government to ensure minority community’s equal access to compensation committees.
· Initiate legal action against acts of discrimination by government or private individuals
· Advocate for increasing minorities representation at the sub- District and District.
Case Management support:
· Provide feedback to Yazda’s Protection Program Manager and to the Senior Lawyer or to other agencies for cases who were referred for legal assistance;
· Participate in case conferences for complex and ambiguous cases with a legal issue, upon request by the Protection Program Manager;
· Support Case Management team in conducting legal awareness sessions in the area of operation according to identified needs;
Other activities:
· Ensure the proper filing and archiving of individual legal files to maintain data confidentiality;
· Undertake home visits to clients in very specific cases, where the client’s mobility is reduced;
· Design and facilitate trainings on legal issues to other staff members;
· Build the capacity of local actors and key community members on main legal protection issues, concerns and trends;
· Carry out all tasks respecting key protection principles including but not limited to: do no harm principles, non-discrimination, confidentiality and accountability and need-to-know principles;
· Ability to travel to Tel-Kief, Ba’aj, Mosul, and other places if required;
· Contribute to the drafting of internal/external reports according to Yazda and donor requirements ensuring quality and timely submission;
· Participate in legal coordination meetings or workshops/trainings as requested by the Protection Program Manager
· Candidate has to be based in Sinjar
· Candidates already in Sinjar are highly encouraged to apply.
· Responsible to report all legal activities upon request of the Protection Program Manager or Senior Lawyer
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