ThaiNGO

Location: Tak
Country: Thailand
Category: Legal & Compliance
Employee Category Fixed Term
Job Type: Full Time
Work Arrangement: In-person
Open To Expatriates: No

Application Deadline: 24 September 2024

Background/ IRC Summary

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 50 countries and more than 25 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

The IRC has been operating in Thailand since 1975 and currently assists displaced persons in Tak, Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi, and Mae Hong Son provinces

Job Overview/Summary:

Legal Service Officer bases in Mae Sot will work closely with Senior Legal Officer in facilitating legal and protection case management in Tak Province. The legal Service Officer will implement case action plan agree from case worker and direct communicate with client including provide translation support for legal and protection case management.

Major Responsibilities:

1. Accompanied client of legal/protection case management throughout case management process.
2. Fill data in case management form to update progress of legal/protection case management and timely report to Senior Legal Officer and Senior Protection Project Manager for Access to Justice for any issue impact to client.
3. Coordinate with law enforcement agencies and local service provide to provide support to client of legal/protection case management as per case management action plan.
4. Coordinating and providing technical support to with camp base assistance for assignment assign from Protection and Legal Program.
5. Work closely with Senior Legal Officer in collecting data and entry data related to case management in IRC’s case management database.
6. Work closely with Senior Legal Officer in organizing and maintaining documents of legal/protection case management in a paper or electronic filing system.
7. Assist in translation and interpretation for case management process.
8. Assist in translation and interpretation for events or activities of protection and empowerment Program.
9. Represent IRC positively and professionally in both internal and external meetings and events.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Senior Legal Officer

Position directly supervises:  N/A

Indirect Reporting: Senior Protection Manager for Access to Justice

Other Internal and/or external contacts:

Internal: Staff of Protection and Empowerment Program, Field Coordinators, Finance Departments, and Operations Department.
External:  UNHCR, local authorities in Tak Province

Job Requirements:

Education: At least High School Diploma and/or higher education level.

Work Experience: Minimum of one year experience in translation and interpretation in Karen, Burmese, and Thai on protection issues and access to justice and demonstrated experiences related to legal case management.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Ability to handle multi-tasking and sensitive issues.
• Knowledge of displaced persons both in and outside camp situations
• Able to travel regularly to the refugee camps and along and across the Thai- Myanmar borders
• Experience in management documentation, filing and basic database software.
• Demonstrate knowledge in human right, basic Thai law and situation of displaced persons.
• Computer literate. including Microsoft Office.

Language Skills: Demonstrated good reading, written and spoken Burmese, Karen and Thai. Working knowledge of English is an advantage.

Working Environment

This position will work in the office in Mae Sot and the office in Tak camps mainly regularly working in different places outside camps while providing legal and case management services however will travel to other IRC offices and camps in MHS, Kanchanaburi and Ratchaburi

Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.

Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.

If you are interested, please apply for this position via the below link:

https://careers.rescue.org/us/en/job/req52600/Legal-Service-Officer-National-Position