Protection Legal Assistant

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Job Description

The Protection assistant (legal interpreter) will be responsible for interpretation to PwS during court sessions, legal couching and work with legal officer and legal assistants in linking PwS to legal help desk.
Main Responsibilities:
  • Maintaining confidentiality in accordance with legal standards for confidentiality, including not discussing details of cases outside of court proceedings.
  • Maintaining effective working relationships with UNHCR, MoHA, magistrates, court clerks, legal officers, legal assistants, legal incentives and other partners.
  • Translating and interpreting all spoken or written communications and gestures during court proceedings to ensure accurate interpretation of all parties to the case.
  • In collaboration with legal assistants, linking PwS to legal help desk for awareness about legal issues in general.
  • In collaboration with legal officer conduct prison, police, and immigration visitation.
  • In collaboration with legal assistant and legal officer provide legal aid services in the camp which include reconciliation, case follow up, legal awareness and preparing different agreements such as card merging, card splitting and volrep agreements.
  • Any other tasks required by his/her supervisors in regard to legal aid services to refugees.
  • Directing PwS to legal help desk when in need of legal representation and legal advice.
  • Attend relevant training forums relevant to the job.
  • Assist with any other related activities as deemed necessary by the supervisor.
Data collection and reporting:
  • With support from Information management officer track indicators, maintain, update and analyses data on activity and indicator.
  • With support from Legal Team leader, prepare and submit timely and quality weekly, monthly, quality and other donor reports as per the donor requirements. Accountable to meet reporting deadline.
  • Support and working closely with Legal Information Management officer and M&E on program data collection, track indicators, maintain, update and analyses data on legal activities.
Program management:
  • With support and the supervision of Legal Team Leader budget legal assistant will do planning; accountable for developing and maintaining work plans, spending and procurement plans, tracking expenditures and ensure all activities is well organized and spending is allocated according to DRC and donor compliance and regulations.
  • Communicate any incentive staffs’ issue to supervisor in a timely manner. Any recruitment of the new incentive staff must obtain Integrated protection Team leader’ approval.
Experience and technical competencies:
  • Must be conversant with Kirundi language.
  • Additional legal trainings will be an added advantage.
  • Basic understanding of human rights law and international refugee law.
  • Basic understanding of sign language will be added advantage.
  • Familiarity with judicial system across Tanzania.
  • Good computer literacy.
  • Good understanding of the law and practice of the Tanzanian courts.
  • High level of personal initiative, analytical skills and pro-active problem solving.
  • Cultural sensitivity, and commitment and understanding of the values of DRC. Good communication skills
Education:
  • Degree/diploma in law.
Languages:
  • Good proficiency in written and spoken English, and Swahili. Kirundi is an added advantage
Source: https://job.drc.ngo/jobs/job?id=169976

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