Legal officer

About SDF:

The Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-governmental, voluntary, independent organization established in March 2015, officially registered at the Ministry of Social Affairs as per license (99). As SDF has been present in Yemen since 2015, it has experience implementing emergency child protection and education responses, including women and youth empowerment. SDF has experience in handling large grants from international donors, such as UNDP, UNHCR, WFP, OCHA, WHO, SCI and ZOA. The Foundation has excellent national-level relations and has experience in coordinating with both national and international NGOs. It has offices, staff and community-based committees in Hajjah, Sana'a, Marib, Ibb, Hudidah, Dhamar, Almahweet, Al-Bayda’a, and Hadramout as well as solid experiences engaging with local communities from whom it gained acceptance and with whom it has collaborated in the past. In addition to that, SDF creates livelihood opportunities and community-based protection.

• Posted vacancy: Legal officer
• Employer: Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF) – Yemen.
• Position Type: Full-time contract.
• Position reporting to: Project Manager.
• Starting Date: ASAP.
• Post date: Oct.04th, 2022.
• Closing date: Oct.08th, 2022

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Undertake all relevant legal counseling sessions in the project and where relevant ensure adequate referral and follow-up.

• Identify main trends and priorities from the counseling sessions through relevant reporting and statistical mechanisms.
• Daily follow up urgent cases.
• Prepare and update the timetable of legal counseling session in the center
• Keep soft and hard records of each individual legal counseling/referral/follow up.
• Verifying of legal cases and their documentation and provide legal services to beneficiaries
• Provide the legal assistance to services seekers and refer to service providers.
• Organize monthly legal awareness sessions
• Prepare focus group discussion with cases in order to determine their legal concerns and needs.
• Follow up other needs of cases in the governmental departments. "Lack of documents, police stations and birth registration.
• Organize and ensure a timely and proper written monthly report and report daily if needed on problems faced;
• Contribute to the overall legal weekly and monthly report – in coordination with the protection officer.
• Propose new activities according to identified needs and suggest solutions for problems encountered with activities, resources, discuss them with the protection officer and participate in the decision-making process
•  Carry out any other relevant task to the position as requested by the line manager.

Qualification:

• University Degree in Law, Human Rights, International Law or related field.
• 2 years experience in this field.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team; supporting a team in coordinating complex projects.
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with diverse members and groups including IDPs, members of the host communities, local council members, etc.
• Strong writing and editing skills.
• Ability to collect and monitor data and generate relevant and accurate reports for a range of audiences
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint), web-based communication systems.
• Excellent written and spoken English is an asset.

Professional Standards: The SDF workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in SDF Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equity. In accordance with these values, the SDF operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation, and Combating Trafficking in Persons.