Job tittle: Case Worker
Location: Vathy, Samos, Greece
Position type: Full-Time
Minimum period: 6 months
Interviews will be conducted: May 9th, 2023
Salary: Unpaid (Our organization relies on volunteers. However, if your financial situation would prevent you from applying, we can discuss this in the interview and find solutions, e.g. application to ERASMUS grants. We strongly encourage all applications.)
Project Description
The project of I Have Rights provides legal information to asylum seekers on the island of Samos, prepares applicants for their asylum interviews, holds legal information workshops, appeal procedures for rejected applicants, accompanies applicants to interviews and represents at court.
The organisation on Samos consists of three to four volunteer case workers, a legal coordinator, two to three interpreters, a lawyer and a volunteer responsible for social media and advocacy.
The remote team consists of the board and various volunteers of the Task Forces. The organisational hierarchies are flat; the structures are still evolving, and we would like to welcome you to play an active role in shaping the project.
Detailed information on the project can be found at: www.ihaverights.eu.
Role & Responsibilities
You will provide legal information to asylum seekers in individual sessions as well as workshops. Our Greek lawyer and Legal Coordinator will be training you, supervising your work and answer to any of your questions. Some of the topics that we are giving legal information on are interview preparation, family reunification, appeals, subsequent applications.
Qualification & Requirements
- Experience in counseling people-on-the-move in matters of asylum law (e.g. interview preparation, family reunification, administrative appeal procedures)
- Proficiency in English
- Experience in European asylum and immigration law
- Passion for issues of human rights law
- High resilience and flexibility
- Ability to work independently
Preferred Skills
- Experience in team work
- Proficiency in another language additionally to English (e.g. Greek, Arabic, Farsi, Dari, Amharic, Somali, Krio, French…)
- Understanding of the Greek political and social context
- Experience in the non-profit sector
Benefits
- Work experience in a progressive environment and a quickly evolving field of human rights law, relevant to a growing employment sector in Greece and Europe. You will get a letter of recognition for your engagement with us.
- We are offering accommodation. You will be living in the main house, where the rest of the team is accommodated. You might have to share the room with max. one other person.
In case of equal qualification people based outside of Western Europe will be prioritized.
How to apply
To apply, kindly send your CV and a statement explaining your motivation for working with us to team@ihaverights.eu.
Please refrain from including a photograph or any other documents that we are unable to consider at this time.
Closing date for applications: 6 May 2023