Legal Protection Spcecialist

DRC has been responding to various humanitarian crises in Lebanon since 2004, working with Palestinian, Iraqi and Syrian refugees. DRC received registration from the Ministry of Interior in 2011, and since then has focused primarily on responding to the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon and the resulting impact on Lebanese host community. DRC Lebanon’s focus is to ensure that we are able to respond to critical emerging humanitarian needs whilst improve the living conditions of displacement-affected populations and contribute to the achievement of durable solutions.   With an annual portfolio of $12million, and with approximately 200+ staff, DRC is focusing its response in protection and economic recovery (Ec-Rec) sector in Bekka, North Lebanon and Beirut. DRC is also contributing to the evidence base and coordination structures in country through our Evidence Generation and referral information management (RIMs) teams.

About the job

To overall purpose of this role is to oversee and provide technical guidance to DRC legal teams and to be responsible for the technical supervision of DRC’s legal aid program in Lebanon. Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

- Develop and review existing information materials regarding legal services, civil documentation, residency, Housing, Land and Property (HLP), Decent Work Conditions (DWC), and other relevant legal issues to DRC’s legal aid program;

- Produce, roll-out and adapt technical products based on identified needs, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and technical guidance notes.

- In collaboration with the Protection Manager, make recommendations for the strategic direction and design of DRC’s legal aid program and drive innovative approaches to legal aid programing in Lebanon;

- Feed into the Protection Strategy and proposal development by providing legal context analysis, prioritization of legal needs and identifying appropriate interventions in line with community consultations;

- Roll-out trainings and provide on-the-job coaching for all DRC program teams to improve the quality of DRC’s legal aid program;

- Support DRC’s legal teams to achieve program objectives and targets;

- Provide regular support to DRC’ legal teams to ensure harmonization of approaches, tools, and standards of operation amongst all field offices;

- Identify opportunities to ensure legal assistance is mainstreamed across different areas of programming within DRC;

- Represent DRC in relevant inter-agency coordination groups and technical committees, including the Legal Aid Working Group;

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to have a Master’s Degree in Law. Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required

- Minimum 3 years of proven professional legal experience in Lebanon, ideally specializing in services provided to vulnerable clients and refugees;

- Excellent understanding of the national legal framework related to refugees and national legal framework and policies related to civil status, family law, criminal law, employment law and Housing Land and Property (HLP) law;

- Significant technical experience in Legal Aid Programming (including in the provision of legal representation, legal counseling, and legal awareness raising);

- Experience interacting with judicial, security and administrative authorities;

- Experience working in an international organization;

- Good understanding of humanitarian and do no harm principles;

- Excellent analytical and report writing skills;

- Demonstrated ability to conduct trainings on legal matters;

- Experience in coordination across agencies and sectors;

- Experience in internal and external representation;

- Fluency in Arabic and English

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies: 

- Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process. 
- Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback. 
- Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation. 
- Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly. 
- Demonstrating integrity: You uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to our values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

We offer

- Contract length: Until end of June 2023
- Band: G
- Duty Station: Beirut
- Start date: 15th of October 2022

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Expatriates; please refer to drc.ngo under Vacancies. For questions regarding the vacancy please contact [email protected]