Legal Assistant

Job Title: Legal Assistant Position status: (Full Time) Location: Shabwah Announcement closing date: 31 Oct 2026 Main Purpose INTERSOS is seeking to ensure the provision of emergency, life-saving assistance, and protection for new arrival migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Aden, Abyan and Shabwa governorates. The project is covering 12-month activities and is complementing (by answering unfilled needs) existing migrants response programming in South Yemen implemented by INTERSOS, funded by ECHO/YDR. In Aden, Abyan and Shabwa governorates, INTERSOS will run a mobile migrant s response teams (MRT) for new arrival migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. The MRT will be composed of 2 social outreach workers, 1 legal assistance, 1 translator, 1 data entry, 1 nurse,1 GP and 1 Activity coordinator. The project will be managed by 1 project manager and technically supervised by 1 protection officer. This additional MRTs will allow INTERSOS to extend the response, include lesson learned from the ongoing project and expand the response to more migrants refugees and asylum seekers in the operation areas. Core activities will include: - Registration/assessment, referrals, food kits, crisis counselling and PFA - Provision of NFIs - Provision of legal awareness sessions - Training for local authorities and host community leaders - Protection Monitoring and production of quarterly migrant s overview Reporting to: - Hierarchical: Activity Coordinator - Functional: Legal specialist Tasks Individual legal support: - Provide legal awareness by conducting group sessions - Coordinate with local authorities, Checkpoints and host community to hold awareness raising sessions. - Conduct interviews with migrants, refugees and asylum seekers when requested providing legal assistance where possible and relevant. - Advise safety procedures/ways to avoid further harm. Meetings: - Attend meetings and workshop/training as requested by the Activity Coordinator. - Ad hoc meetings can be called for to discuss the activities. - Meeting with department of justice, Police or any legal or juridical agency in Hadramout regarding the project activities. Operational Support: - Participate in daily patrol activities to identify and assess migrants in need of assistance. - Support the delivery and distribution of project services, including beneficiary organization, crowd management during activities and participate in monitoring of project stocks and supplies . Reporting: The legal assistance will provide weekly and monthly reports to the activities coordinator that include reporting on awareness sessions conducted (participants, locations, duration of sessions, topics covered, feedback and questions from beneficiaries) and reporting on legal assistance provided to migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and Host Communities. Also, he/she will monitor the protection environment in the targeted districts: risks, Host Communities attitudes, needs, intentions, juridical and security services and their attitude towards migrants refugees, and asylum seekers. Perform any other related tasks requested from the project Manager. Overall, these tasks require: - Adherence to Humanitarian principles of Neutrality, Impartiality, Independence, and Humanity - Clear & timely communications to line management - Full abiding by INTERSOS internal rules and guidelines and respect INTERSOS Charter of Value and Code of Ethics Requirements Education - University Degree in Law Professional Experience - Minimum one year of relevant professional experience. - Previous working experience with IDPs, refugees and returnees Professional Requirements - Good knowledge of the local legal system and legal procedures - Strong knowledge of international protection and human rights legal standards - Computer literacy (Word, Excel, Power Point) Personal Requirements - Respect and a non-discriminatory attitude - Interpersonal and communication skills - Report writing skills - Empathetic - Ability to work under pressure - Commitment to INTERSOS principles Languages - Local language (Arabic) and Mission language (English) is essential.

INTERSOS is an equal opportunity employer and reserves the right for everyone to apply to its vacancies without any discrimination. INTERSOS is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups, and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. For those interested and who meet the required criteria, please click (HERE) to apply. Kindly note that: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Your resume must be uploaded in PDF or Word format.