Summary
Date Posted: Monday, June 20, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job purpose:
• To coordinate all psychosocial community services in accordance with the policies, procedures and protocols established by national standards of practice and licensing and certificate and other regulatory agencies requirements.

Key responsibilities:
• Attend to clients at the legal aid clinic and assess cases for intervention.
• Seek access to clients in detention, ascertaining the conditions under which such clients are being detained, and provide them with appropriate legal and other assistance in accordance with RCK policy.
• Prepare legal briefs and studies on a variety of legal issues and instruments.
• Provide legal representation to refugees especially unaccompanied and separated minors, GBV survivors in court, in police stations and child protection cases.
• Prepare responses to enquiries on legal issues on laws relating to refugees and other forced migrants from RCK staff, governments, inter-governmental organizations, institutions, and the public.
• Participate in capacity building of RCK’s stakeholders in relation to domestic and international laws that relate to refugees and other forced migrants.
• Develop and maintain a database of and relations with internal /external referral partners.
• Update and manage the client databases.
• Prepare monthly reports and donor related reports within schedule.
• Support the development of proposal for fundraising for program work.
• Assist in coordination and carry out program budgetary and administrative tasks.
• Such other duties temporarily or on a continuing basis, as may reasonably be required, commensurate with your grade.

Qualifications & experience
• Bachelors degree in Law
• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with a current practicing certificate.
• At least one-year experience in civil and criminal litigation.
• Experience working with an NGO/Humanitarian field is an added advantage.
• Knowledge of the Kenyan Legal system and of regional & international instruments on refugees and human rights.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
To submit your application, send a cover letter along with a detailed Curriculum Vitae indicating expected salary, 3 professional referees including your last supervisor and their email contacts. Send your application to: The Recruitment Committee, Subject Line: Application for an Assistant Program Officer- Legal (Dadaab) or Application for Psychosocial Counsellor (Garissa) “Email: careers@rckkenya.org 

• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Preferred applicants may start as soon as 27th June 2022.

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