Senior Refugee Rights Advocate

1 day ago


Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan Pakngos Full time
Job Description

Pakngos is seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to fill the position of Senior Refugee Rights Advocate. The successful candidate will be responsible for working with our team to ensure timely support in legal matters related to refugees and asylum seekers.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in humanitarian law, refugee rights, and protection-related cases. They should possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and be able to counsel sensitively and explain complex legal issues to vulnerable groups.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. To deal with refugees/asylum seekers with full respect and dignity.
  2. To appear before the Courts on behalf of Refugees/Asylum seekers, keeping in view the Mandate of the Organization.
  3. Provide free legal aid and assistance in cases related to the Foreigner Act, preventive laws, civil, tenancy, and family matters.
  4. Provide adequate legal advice and counseling to the Refugees/Asylum seekers on various protection issues.
  5. Assist and facilitate the PoCs in preparation of legal documents including loss of PoR card, birth registration, Nikah Nama, etc.
  6. Conduct and facilitate legal camps/clinics within the jurisdiction of the project area.
  7. Facilitate legal information and awareness-raising sessions on refugee rights, policies of the government, etc. at different refugee clusters and urban settlements.
  8. Conduct and facilitate capacity-building activities for the police, judicial officers, etc.
  9. Organize and arrange meetings with different government authorities and other stakeholders.
  10. Represent the organization in meetings with UN organizations or other entities whenever required.
  11. Register and process new court cases before the concerned forum/court.
  12. Keep following up on the pending court cases and report accordingly.
  13. Consistent monitoring and following up of legal cases (if any) referred to other organizations.
  14. Disseminate accurate and updated information among the PoCs regarding the Standard Operating Procedures of various government services, the legal status of PoCs, etc.
  15. Assist in accessing services available to PoCs provided by government authorities or any other stakeholders.
  16. Responsible for preparing and designing the weekly, monthly, and yearly work plan for the project activities in consultation with the concerned ALAC team leader/Field manager.
  17. Provide a friendly environment to PoCs where they can easily and freely present their issues and help towards a deeper understanding of their concerns.
  18. Refer refugees/asylum seekers to other service providers, sources of help as appropriate.
  19. Keep following the objectives and indicators as outlined for the project.
  20. Maintain data and records of the project activities including court cases, advice, and counseling, etc. on a daily basis.
  21. To remain standby on weekends/national/festival declared off days. This practice will be on a rotation basis.
  22. Perform any ad-hoc duty assigned by the supervisor.

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