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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Legal Associate Peru UNHCR Jobs 2024

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees looking for “Legal Associate”. Applicants with a High School Diploma may apply on or before 15-Jul-24.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has published a job vacancy announcement on 01/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Legal Associate to be based in Lima , Peru. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Job Title: Legal Associate

Duty Station: Lima , Peru

Country: Peru

Application Deadline: 15-Jul-24

Responsibilities: 

– Monitor the development of law and doctrine.
– Provide input to assist in analysis of relevant emerging legislation in line with protection and humanitarian principles, international law and standards.
– Provide inputs to selected advocacy efforts of the operation.
– Contribute to the preparation of legal advice and draft position papers.
– Consistently apply international and national law and UNHCR policies and standards.
– Liaise with relevant state authorities at central and local levels, partner NGOs and other relevant stakeholders.
– Participate in meetings within UNHCR and with external counterparts at the relevant level.
– Contribute to draft protection documents and policies in cooperation with supervisor.
– Provide guidance and support in the formulation of protection strategies.
– Assist in handling individual cases and situations raising special questions of application or interpretation of international law, refugee and human rights law.
– Prepare protection documents and policies in cooperation with supervisor.
– Participate in the development of project proposals and project implementation.
– Assist in the preparation of legal advice and drafting of position papers and guidelines on pertinent legal and operational issues.
– Contribute to advocacy towards proper interpretation of law and doctrine as well as in the development of standards of protection.
– Consistently apply international and national law and UNHCR policies and standards.
– Liaise and intervene with local authorities on the legal issues pertaining to persons of concern.
– Assist in providing legal advice on all cases referred from all units of UNHCR, most notably RSD, RST and Registration.

– Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
– Perform other related duties as required.

Requirements: 

– Legal protection background and strong knowledge of national legislation on refugees and migrants.
– Legal knowledge to elaborate, review and carry out inter-institutional agreements under Peruvian national legislation.
– Excellent diplomatic skills and understanding of the Government of Peru structures, in particular those related to protection.
– Excellent knowledge of legal and normative frameworks governing protection of refugees, citizenship access, migratory issues, security and integration.
– Previous experience in providing legal assistance to forcibly displaced and stateless population.
– Good communication and reporting skills and ability to facilitate focus group discussions and clearly express her/himself.
– Experience in managing teams and coordinating with other units.
– Fluency in Spanish and working knowledge of English (minimum B2 overall).

Minimum Qualifications

Years of Experience / Degree Level
For G6 – 3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Field(s) of Education
Not applicable.

Certificates and/or Licenses
Law, Human Rights, Political Science
(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience
Essential
Previous relevant legal related work experience.
Desirable
Experience in facilitating training.
Completion of UNHCR learning programmes on protection or any other equivalent external courses.

Functional Skills
*CO-Drafting and Documentation
*LE-Legal Research
TR-Training – Virtual and face to face
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements
For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.