Project Assistant (Legal Support)

The Project Assistant (Legal Support) will support the Protection Unit in Tunisia by providing legal assistance to beneficiaries, facilitating referrals to legal professionals, and supporting coordination and documentation related to legal assistance and migration governance activities.

Responsibilities

• Assist in providing legal assistance to beneficiaries through administrative accompaniment, including supporting beneficiaries in understanding available procedures and facilitating referrals to relevant legal professionals when required.
• Support coordination with legal professionals to facilitate access to justice and rights.
• Assist the social assistance team in identifying legal needs and facilitate referrals of beneficiaries internally or to partners related to legal assistance.
• Attend coordination meetings and support follow up on beneficiary cases, including maintaining related documentation.
• Collect and record information related to the assistance provided and use the organization-specific tools for this purpose.
• Draft activity reports and provide administrative and logistical support to unit activities, including assisting with routine administrative and financial procedures.
• Provide administrative and documentation support to the work of the protection Unit in areas relevant to legal assistance.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in law or related fields from an accredited academic institution with two years of relevant professional experience; or, High school diploma with four years of relevant professional experience.
• Accredited Universities are those listed in the UNESCO World Higher Education Database.
• Experience supporting administrative or project activities including preparation of reports and documentations.
• Experience working with migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons, victims of trafficking, or other vulnerable groups.
• Experience supporting activities related to protection, assistance programmes, or access to services.
• Prior work experience with international humanitarian organizations, government or non-government institutions/organizations in a multicultural setting is an advantage.
• Experience in migration governance is an advantage.
• Experience providing administrative or project support in legal or social assistance contexts is an advantage.
• Skills preparing reports and maintaining documentation related to migration activities and governance initiatives.
• Ability to organize and coordinate meetings, workshops, and events, with follow-up on decisions and recommendations.
• Excellent coordination skills with institutional partners, CSOs, international organizations, and UN agencies.
• Skills in collecting, organizing, and maintaining information and data using organizational tools and platforms.
• Arabic, French and English language proficiency required.

Skills

• Legal Assistance
• Project Support
• Report Preparation
• Documentation Management
• Migration Governance
• Protection Programmes
• Refugee Support
• Victim assistance
• Meeting Coordination
• Workshop Facilitation
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Data Collection
• Information Management
• Multicultural Environment Experience
• Administrative Support

Languages

Arabic, French, English