Legal Officer - IDP(m/w/x)

Description

You will drive legal protection for displaced persons by conducting high-level advocacy, researching policy, and drafting critical guidance to ensure international law effectively supports IDP rights and solutions.

Requirements

• •Relevant experience with Undergraduate, Graduate, or Doctorate degree
• •Degree in Law, Refugee Law, or relevant field
• •HCR Learning Program
• •Excellent legal research, analytical, and drafting skills
• •UNHCR protection learning programmes or equivalent courses
• •Drafting, documentation, and legal research skills
• •Knowledge of English and UN working language
• •Professionalism, integrity, and respect for diversity
• •Technical knowledge of internal displacement law
• •Experience supporting law and policy-making for IDPs
• •Strong analytical capacities and strategic thinking
• •Proven track record in drafting analytical documents
• •Excellent interpersonal, presentation, negotiation, and coordination skills
• •Knowledge of French or Spanish
• •Desirable knowledge of Spanish, French, or Arabic
• •Bachelor of Arts in Law
• •UNHCR HCR Learning Program

Tasks

• •Monitor legal developments and doctrine
• •Advocate for proper legal interpretations
• •Draft position papers and guidelines
• •Formulate comprehensive protection strategies
• •Liaise with internal and external units
• •Engage with governments and NGOs
• •Manage complex individual legal cases
• •Represent the office in high-level meetings
• •Prepare protection documents and policies
• •Develop and implement project proposals
• •Identify and manage operational risks
• •Produce guidance for IDP emergencies
• •Research global and national legal processes
• •Analyze laws to facilitate rights access
• •Promote legislative reforms and judicial engagement
• •Contribute expertise to durable solution initiatives
• •Collaborate with the Global Solutions Hub

Benefits