Consultant for Legal and Social Counselling

Office of the IOM International Organization for Migration in the Slovak Republic is seeking for a candidate for the position of Consultant for Legal and Social Counselling. Under the general supervision of the Head of Office (HoO) in Bratislava and the Head of Labour Migration Unit the successful candidate will be responsible for legal counselling within the services of the IOM Migration Information Centre to Support Integration of Migrants in Slovakia. The Centre provides legal advice and social services to migrants in order to enable their better integration into Slovak society and the labour market. For more information about the activities of IOM in the Slovak Republic please visit: www.iom.sk.

GENERAL FUNCTIONS:
Under the overall guidance of the Head of Office (HoO), the successful candidate will be responsible for assistance in the implementation of all project/s activities. Specifically, s/he will:
1. Provides comprehensive legal counselling to clients, personally or via email or telephone,
2. Collect and regularly update relevant data and legal documents in a database of information related to legal and labour integration of migrants;
3. Prepare records on individual cases, performs case management and maintain client’s folders;
4. Prepare and analyse a counselling statistics;
5. Elaborate legal analyses and statements to relevant laws and other legal documents;
6. Establish and/or maintain contacts with migrant communities, relevant governmental, non-governmental entities as well as other international organisations and local NGOs on project issues
7. Develop information materials and other supporting documents for target groups;
8. Monitor and update the MIC website, including insertion of updates, communication with website service provider;
9. Continuously process the reports from field project activities and participate in preparation of monitoring reports as appropriate, including financial reports.
10. Prepare various visibility materials in form of presentations, photos, articles, short films or other such as required.
11. Prepare reports, briefings, background information, narratives and statistical analysis as necessary and required.
12. Gather and archive data, information and supporting documentation necessary for the project implementation.
13. Actively participate in the meetings of the project team, as well as attend official meetings and appointments if needed.
14. Act as interpreter/translator (Slovak-English, English-Slovak).
15. Perform general office maintenance tasks including correspondence, market surveys, logistics, and procurement of technical equipment and office supplies.
16. Communicate with the number of national and international stakeholders
17. Communicate with external partners and relevant actors on related legal and social issues;
18. Participate on other project-related activities, as needed;
19. Assist in evaluation and reviewing of the project progress, including financial monitoring of the relevant budget expenditures in order to ensure effective planning of project activities;
20. Assist in the preparation of periodic and final reports to the donor, including filing and preparation of supporting documentation;
21. Perform other duties assigned by the HoO.

 6 weeks of paid annual leave per year
 24 days of paid sick leave per year
 Medical service plan
 UNJSPF pension scheme after one year
 40 hours working week, usually no overtime

Duty station: Poštová 1 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic
Classification: General Staff GIV, UN Salary Scale 1216 EUR/brutto per month
Start date: January 2017 (start date subject to funding)
Contract type: full-time
Duration of the position: 12 months with a possibility of extension

Interested applicants are invited to send their curriculum vitae and a motivation letter in English by e-mail to Mr. Martin Mikolas - [email protected] by 30th December 2016, 17.00 the latest.

Subject of the email must be: Consultant for Legal and Social Counselling.

Only those under serious consideration will be contacted.

Candidates shall prepare for an interview in Bratislava between 3rd and 13th January 2017.

In order for an application to be considered valid, IOM only accepts profiles duly filled in and submitted with a motivation letter not more than one page specifying the motivation for applications. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

For further information, please refer to: www.iom.sk