Lawyer – Service Contract (Mosul & Sinjar)

As a Lawyer service provider (SP), works with the Legal Team Leader / Protection and Rule of Law Manager in Ninawa office. The SP is responsible for legal activities in the areas of intervention in Mosul and Sinjar. The Lawyer will conduct daily field visits to identify legal needs for complex cases, provide legal counselling and case management, deliver legal information and awareness sessions, identify clients and take on legal complex cases according to his/her caseload and legal specialty (civil documentation, personal status, housing, land and property, and detention).

The Legal Service Provider will receive a full payment of 870,000 IQDs for their services. Payment will be made monthly once completing all services outlined in this TOR.

Major Responsibilities:

• Conduct daily field visits in Mosul and Sinjar to identify and follow up the legal cases.
• Provide legal representation for the complex cases before courts and administrative bodies on documentation, HLP, family law, and detention, based on the SOPs.
• Provide individual counselling to beneficiaries and advise on options to solve their legal problems and make recommendations on the best actions to take.
• Filing legal complex cases before courts and administrative bodies in accordance with established procedures for legal representation.
• Archive all legal cases in individual files, ensuring respect of confidentiality of data.
• Prepare and send daily/weekly field reports to the Legal team leader / Protection Manager, also raise any protection concern or rights violation noticed in the area, according to best practices in term of confidentiality and safety of beneficiaries.
• Ensure the dissemination of legal ethics, standard operating procedures, and humanitarian protection principles during the implementation of services.
• Daily upload all the legal activities on CommCare system.

Professional Standards:

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct.  These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.  In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Applicants who meet the qualifications are requested to electronically submit their CV to [email protected], mentioning the Legal Service Provider / Lawyer position in the email subject line.