Legal Fellow HRH Management Senior Advisor Supply Chain Strengthening Senior Advisor Child and Newborn Health Senior Specialist Child and Newborn Health Senior Advisor

Essential Functions:
• Conducts interviews with refugees identified by UNHCR and HIAS partners to be in need of third country resettlement (including refugees who are survivors of torture or sexual and gender-based violence, those with serious medical conditions, unaccompanied children, single-parent heads of households, women most at risk, older refugees, sexual and gender minorities, and other refugees who meet refugee resettlement criteria).
• Prepares refugee case files to be submitted by HIAS to third countries for resettlement.
• Conducts legal research and analysis of refugee-related matters, including of country conditions in refugee-producing countries.
• Drafts memos and other legal documents in support of refugee resettlement claims.
• Follows the status of refugee clients’ resettlement cases and meets with them to provide updates.
• Maintains file management protocols, by entering case information in client database.
• Responds to inquiries from various internal and external stakeholders.
• Attends refugee-related meetings and conferences.
• Performs other tasks as necessary.
Qualifications and Requirements:
• Undergraduate degree in political science, international relations or a related field; completion of at least two years of an advanced degree in law.
• Excellent research, writing and communication skills.
• Previous legal interviewing skills a plus, particularly with vulnerable persons.
• Familiarity with refugee law and resettlement programs preferred; knowledge of refugee crises and human rights issues in Africa preferred.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-agency team in a multicultural environment, with sensitivity to age, gender and diversity.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills; able to work in a fast paced environment.
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