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Advocate, project «Legal assistance for stateless persons and persons are at risk of statelessness in Odesa and Odesa region».

Civic Organization “The Tenth of April” (hereafter: “Organization:”) provides free legal assistance for refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons and stateless persons in Ukraine.

Organization has  been launching new project with UNHCR support regarding legal assistance for stateless persons and persons are at risk of statelessness in Odesa and Odesa region

Project Goal: The scope of statelessness problem in Odessa region of Ukraine is clear. All stakeholders are well aware of the issue, and the common strategy on ending the statelessness and addressing the risks of statelessness has been developed. The number of stateless persons and those at risk of statelessness has decreased. All stateless persons and those at risk of statelessness have the access to free legal assistance, which is effective. All national procedures regarding stateless persons and those at risk of statelessness have been adopted and are effectively implemented. The risks of the lack of documentation and other risks of statelessness have been minimised.

The advocate will have the responsibility to provide the legal assistance for stateless persons in the Odessa city and Odessa region, which requires periodic trips to the districts of Odessa region.  Employment in the project will cover 100% of work time.

 Responsibilities

• Providing secondary legal assistance for stateless persons and persons are at risk of statelessness, including litigation support, representation at government bodies;
• Timely and qualified implementation of all the project activities;

• Produce high qualified and timely reports for Organisation and donors within agreed deadlines;
• Comply with all relevant Organisation policies and procedures, particularly with respect to Procurement policies and the Code of conduct.

Required qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in law;
• Certificate of right to practice law;
• Minimum three years of experience in law;
• Know and abide by high humanitarian principles, admitted by International Institutions such as  UN, UE;
• Commitment to team work;
• Highly motivated;
• Fluency in Ukrainian, Russian and in English (speaking/reading/writing).

We offer

Temporary contract till the end of the year 2017. Prolongation of the contract will depend on the implementation progress and financial support by the donor.

Application process

Send cover letter and CV to e-mail: [email protected]   
Please, indicate the topic as: Advocate/Statelessness  

Responses will be sent only to those candidates who were selected for the interview. 

Applications closure date

30 June 2017.