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07/05/2024Legal Experts Volunteers – Samos – ASF France
Avocats Sans Frontières France (Lawyers Without Borders France or ASF France) is a French non-governmental organization established under 1st July 1901 French legislation.
Its mission is to:
- Promote access to the law and fair justice for vulnerable persons who are removed from it, arbitrarily detained or tortured;
- Defend any person deprived of a free and independent defence, as well as human rights defenders threatened or violated in the performance of their duties;
- Strengthen the capacity and the autonomy of local actors in the defence and promotion of human rights (civil society and actors in the judicial system).
Description of the mission:
ASF France is looking for two volunteer caseworkers to contribute to ensuring a daily legal presence to advise asylum seekers on Samos island, commencing in early July 2024.
Under the responsibility of the Project Manager on the ground and in close collaboration with the rest of the team (2 Greek Lawyers, 1 Legal and Technical Assistant and community volunteer interpreters), they will have as primary responsibilities:
- Casework
- Inform asylum seekers of their rights and the procedures applicable to them in person at the office;
- Prepare people for their asylum interview or appointments with the authorities, going through their stories and informing them of their rights;
- Answer asylum seekers’ daily requests on the Legal Centre’s hotline;
- Create, maintain and update files for each assisted asylum seeker on a dedicated database;
- Identify persons with vulnerabilities and refer them to other organisations present in Samos if needed with the support of the Project Manager.
- Information sharing
- Deliver in-person legal information sessions for asylum seekers in community centres on the island.
- Research and administrative support
- Support the greek lawyer with punctual research for legal documents submissions.
Expériences / Formation
Essential skills and qualifications:
- Master’s degree
- in the field of human rights, international relations, political science and/or refugee law
- Fluency in English (Working knowledge of French, Arabic, Farsi/Dari, Somali and Greek are an advantage).
- Experience: first-hand experience of casework and providing legal advice is essential, given the complexities of the legal procedures in Greece.
Qualities requested from the volunteer:
- Ability to work in similar demanding context, intuitively and with a high degree of flexibility.
- Excellent written and research skills.
- Ability to self-organise, prioritise, and time-manage effectively.
- Ability to work as a team and on their own initiative.
- Strong communicative and interpersonal skills.
Salaire
Benefits for the volunteer:
- Gain direct field experience of casework and providing legal advice.
- Develop professionally within a international environment, while contributing to the work of a legal aid NGO.
- Work with and learn from a dynamic international team
- Directly contribute to the respect and implementation of asylum seekers’ rights.
Conditions:
- 6-month commitment.
- Accommodation on-site in shared housing.
- Accompanied departure not possible.
- €12.50 daily per diem
- Paid flights to and from the mission in Samos.
All volunteers need to register (€15 subscription fee for jobseekers and students) to ASF France to avail of insurance cover during the mission.
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To apply:
Documents to be sent: CV and cover letter in English to legalassistant-samos@avocatssansfrontieres-france.org.
Only candidates who have been pre-selected will be contacted.
ASF France reserves the right to close this offer before the deadline of the advertisement. Thank you for your understanding.
Deadline for applications: 07 May, 2024.