Legal Project Assistant

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

Description of task

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of International Project Officer and Legal Project Officer or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UNV Legal Project Assistant will:

• Provide support on technical, administrative, and logistic tasks to ensure effective implementation of counter trafficking projects in coordination with Resource Management Unit, Communication team, management, and other relevant missions/regional office;
• Assist in providing national and local context regarding human trafficking issues as well as relevant technical inputs to project teams at mission and regional level aligned to the project activities implemented by IOM Lao PDR;
• Support in providing technical assistance to counter trafficking unit in Lao PDR and region, including assist Legal Project Officer in facilitating trainings, workshops, and advocacy activities. Support in developing training materials and review translation;
• Assist the Legal Project Officer to strengthen relationship and coordinate the effective implementation of project activities with government, UN agencies, civil society organization and private sectors, etc;
• Participate in internal and external meetings as well as project activities as assigned and assist in interpretation. Contribute the external meetings when assigned to provide inputs on mainstreaming migration issues, advocating for migrants rights, and forwarding IOM’s mandate;
• Draft meeting minutes, reports, Note for File, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), documentation, and data entry to fulfil IOM, donor and UN Country Team (UNCT) reporting requirements.
• Assist in reviewing translation of the communication materials and information product for supporting the migrant workers in Lao PDR and region;
• Assist to draft/keep track/follow up on official letters to the government related departments;
• Support communications team and ensuring visibility aligned with donor and IOM requirements;
• Undertake duty travel relating to project activities, as required
• Perform such other related duties as may be assigned.

Educational additional comments

• Bachelor’s degree in law, political science, international relations, social science and other relevant fields from an accredited academic institution;

Experience remark

• At least two years of working experience in relevant fields;
• Knowledge of the immigration issues in Lao PDR is an advantage;
• Experience in working closely with the government sector, non-government sectors and the UN Agencies is desirable;
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to maintain trust and good working relationship with counterparts;
• Experience in organizing and coordinating workshops and trainings;
• Proven drive for results and effective administrative/logistics management;
• Experience in organizing and coordinating workshops and trainings;
• Commitment to the Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (PSEA).
• Have affinity with or interest in migration and human trafficking volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System.

Language skills

• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• Laotian(Mandatory), Level - Fluent

Competencies values

Adaptability and Flexibility, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Integrity, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Working in Teams

Application procedure

• Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool? First register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Link to follow for - Registration steps Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile including contact details and two references and submit it. Incomplete profiles shall not be considered. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply. * Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool? First update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply. Post is for National UN Volunteer assignments ONLY. This is a national UN Volunteer assignment. Therefore only nationals of above-mentioned Country and legal residents with a residency permit, the status of refugee or with the status of being stateless are eligible to apply. For further details, please clink on the link below. Application deadline: 07-09-2021