Employment Opportunity

Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)

THAILAND

 

Assistant Legal Advisor

 

ADRA is a global network of independent humanitarian organizations established in 1983 by the Seventh Day Adventist Church for the specific purpose of providing individual and community development and disaster relief. ADRA Thailand works with people in poverty and distress to create just and positive change through empowering partnerships and responsible action.

 

ADRA’s purpose statement is: To serve humanity so that all may live as God intended.  This is coupled with our motto: Justice. Compassion. Love.

 

ADRA Thailand has been working with vulnerable and marginalized communities in Thailand since 1984. ADRA works with people in poverty and distress to create just and positive change through empowering partnerships and responsible action.

 

ADRA Thailand is currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of Assistant Legal Advisor based in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand

 

The Statelessness Reduction and Community Sensitization Project is implemented under ADRA Thailand for development and alleviation of suffering. The main objective of the project is to provide knowledge and raise awareness about nationality and citizenship among people in the community and students in schools in the Mae Fa Luang District, Mae Chan District, and Mae Sai District of Chiang Rai province.

 

Proposed Start Date: 1 May 2023

Application deadline: 4 April 2023

 

Job overview:

The project's Assistant Legal Advisor provides assistance to the Legal Advisor in helping those faced with problems regarding statelessness and no legal status in the process of applying for a personal legal status in accordance with relevant criteria and laws. Also the Assistant Legal Advisor performs other duties as requested by supervisors and the organization.

 

Responsibilities:

• Assist the Legal Advisor to provide support to Community Mobilizers in providing legal consultation, preparing documents for submission for stateless person
• Assist the Legal Advisor and Community Mobilizers to plan, draft and execute the work according to the plan
• Coordinate with district officers on submission process for stateless persons
• Provide trainings on Legal Status and nationality laws to targeted communities
• Provide assistant as per request from the Legal Advisor
• Adhere to ADRA Safeguarding Framework Policies and support all ADRA Representatives with whom I directly work with to also adhere to these policies.

 

Preferred candidates are expected to meet the following:

Minimum Skills & Education Required:

 

Educational Qualifications:

• Minimum high school

 

Experience:                                              

• A minimum of 3-year experience in community mobilizer
• Coordination experience with Thai officials  
• Concrete knowledge of issues of statelessness
• Prior work experiences in assisting stateless persons to obtain their legal status

 

Language Skills:

• Thai as native language
• Local language skills is an advantage

 

Skills and Abilities:

• Significant experience in working ethnic communities and legal status
• Capacity and experiences to facilitate high quality trainings
• Ability to work under pressure and able to multi-task
• Ability to speak in public with confidence
• Strong sense of responsibility
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office and Excel
• High level of flexibility and self-motivation
• Strong cross cultural and interpersonal skills
• Understanding of diversity in working environment
• Valid driving license is required

 

Application Procedure:

 

In the subject line of the email, please write “Assistant Legal Advisor” Please send applications: (Cover letter, CV, salary expectation, copy of Identification document, copy of driving license, educational certificate and/or training certificate) to: hr@adrathailand.org by 4^th April 2023, 5.00 pm

 

Please note: ADRA Thailand is committed to our responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. We are committed to recruiting candidates who share this commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job. The offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks which includes background checks.

 

For further information, please contact: hr@adrathailand.org or 053 839 402 ext. 12

 

Employment Opportunity

Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)

THAILAND

 

Contact : hr@adrathailand.org

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