Legal Consultant - مستشار قانوني

"Supervisor: ICLA legal coordinator Duty station: Amman, Balqa, Zarqa, Madaba Duration of contract: 3 months The Norwegian Refugee Council is an international, independent, humanitarian, non-governmental organization that provides assistance to refugees’ and internally displaced people in many countries worldwide including Jordan. As a part of its assistance, NRC provides information, counselling and legal assistance services to empower the beneficiaries and support them to claim and exercise their rights. NRC beneficiaries include: Refugees, internally displaced people, and members of the host community. All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity, and accountability. Scope of work: Providing support to NRC beneficiaries on civil documentation issues, including but not limited to birth, marriage, paternity and death registration, correction and cancellation, and proof of divorce. Providing support to NRC beneficiaries on the issues related to guardianship and custodianship. Assessing the legal viability of the cases and the possibility of viable support with respect to NRC’s beneficiaries’ interest and benefit. Preparing the legal documents needed to proceed and continue supporting NRC beneficiaries before the administrative and judicial competent bodies. Preparing and submitting monthly reports on the activities completed on a monthly basis. Providing NRC’s legal team with information on administrative and judicial practices in the scope of the thematic areas of service delivery. Filling in NRC legal case management tools. Providing regularly, NRC legal team with information on the details related to the follow-up on the legal cases and the actions taken. Attending periodic meetings, trainings, workshops and seminars directly related to the subject of service delivery. Minimum qualifications: Necessary: Ability to travel between the duty station different areas, according to the requirements of the legal support for NRC’s beneficiaries in the scope of the subject of service delivery. Necessary: A university degree in law. Necessary: An active license from the Jordanian bar association to practice law befoure civil courts in Jordan. Licensed to represent beneficiaries and proceed with the legal procedures before Shariaa courts. Necessary: Verbal and written fluency in Arabic. Necessary: Committed to working with refugees; and supporting them to exercise their legal rights. Desirable: Knowledge about the framework, national laws and legal procedures related to the provision of support to NRC’s beneficiaries on legal identity and civil documentation thematic area. Desirable: Experience in legal matters related to foreigners’ legal status in Jordan. Desirable: Experience in legal matters pertaining to personal status, including procedures related to birth, marriage and death registration. الوصف الوظيفي: مستشار قانوني الاشراف: المنسق القانوني للمشروع عمان،البلقاء،الزرق