Job Responsibilities

• Develop and review existing information materials regarding legal services, civil documentation, Housing, Land and Property (HLP), family law, and other relevant legal issues to DRC’s legal aid program.
• Under the supervision of the Protection Manager (Country Office), produce, roll out and adapt technical products based on identified needs, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and technical guidance notes.
• In collaboration with the Protection Manager (Country Office), make recommendations for the strategic direction and design of DRC’s legal aid program and drive innovative approaches to legal aid programming in Yemen.
• Based on identified gaps, develop tools and approaches to strengthen access to legal identity and HLP rights for diverse population groups, including women and marginalized groups.
• Feed into the Protection Strategy and proposal development by providing legal context analysis, prioritization of legal needs, and identifying appropriate interventions in line with community consultations.
• Framework to ensure harmonization of approaches, tools, and standards of legal aid activities (awareness, counselling, and assistance) amongst all field offices.
• Regularly and pro-actively monitor and analyze ongoing trends in Yemen and the region as related to legal programming, and provide regular updates and analysis on how it affects legal programming, including the monitoring of laws relevant to DRC’s protection program.
• Produce analytical reports to inform legal programming and document lessons learned from program implementation to feed into program adaptation and advocacy efforts.
• Support in the development of MEAL tools relevant to legal aid programming.
• Provide regular technical support and supervision to DRC’ legal teams.
• In coordination with Protection Project Managers and under the supervision of the Protection Manager (Country Office), assess training and development needs within the DRC and its partners' legal team members.
• Develop and implement the capacity building plan in coordination with the relevant colleagues.
• Provide technical support to area teams (as relevant) on the recruitment of legal staff roles.
• Develop and roll out a standardized induction package (for use by area teams) to ensure consistent information and standards on legal SOPs and tools are applied by new staff.
• Conduct field monitoring visits (including shadowing of teams) for job-coaching and support as well as to develop a thorough understanding of area-specific legal procedures and challenges for the DRC legal team.
• In collaboration with the Protection Project Manager at area levels, support DRC’s legal teams and its partners to achieve program objectives and targets.
• Represent DRC in relevant inter-agency coordination groups and technical committees, including the Legal Aid Working Group and HLP Working Group.
• Strengthen referral pathways within the Protection/legal program, with other DRC sectors, and external service providers to also ensure that legal assistance is mainstreamed across different areas of programming within DRC.
• Explore opportunities to strengthen programme integration with other sectors, including economic recovery/livelihoods sectors (e.g., labour law).
• Support identification and development of strategic partnerships on legal, in collaboration with the Partnership Coordinator, including the development of technical capacity-building plans.
• Support Protection Manager (Country Office) and Advocacy Coordinator in the development of position papers and other information products to inform response and advocacy.
• Any other duties relating to the nature of the job as directed by the line manager.
• Maintain positive work relationship within the team, and promote team-building efforts in coordination with the line manager.
• Must adhere to DRC’s mission, values, code of conduct including respect for the principles of neutrality, do no harm and non-discrimination.
• Must treat all partners and beneficiaries with dignity and respect.