Asylum Access is hiring a
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Team Lead, Refugee Emergency Response
About Asylum Access
We are human rights advocates who support forcibly displaced individuals and communities as they reclaim their rights, agency and power.
Our unique combination of legal empowerment, policy advocacy and global systems change creates conditions in which refugees can live safely, move freely, work legally and go to school. Our work transforms the traditional approach of endless humanitarian handouts to a sustainable solution that honors refugees’ freedom, dignity and autonomy, and empowers them to make choices about their own lives.
Asylum Access’ global team and family of local civil society organizations advocate to make human rights a reality for refugees throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America. Our national organizations are led and staffed primarily by community members in those countries, and there is strong mutual trust and respect between us and our clients. On the international stage, we work with established institutions to shift the global system to better uphold and promote refugees’ human rights. We can help catalyze and lead systemic transformation because, uniquely among NGOs in the refugee response sector, we focus exclusively on rights and governance.
Department Description
The Legal Team at Asylum Access Thailand (AAT) primarily provides legal services to refugees, ensuring that they have access to justice and protection, get necessary support during the refugee status determination (RSD) process and have information on Long Term Legal Solutions (LTLS). The Legal Team is overseen by the Protection Program Coordinator and includes the RSD, Protection, Refugee Emergency Response, and Interpreter and Paralegal Team Leads, Legal and Screening and Intake Officers, Volunteer Legal Advocates, Interpreters and Paralegals.
Position Description
The Refugee Emergency Response Team Lead assists the Protection Program Coordinator by overseeing AAT’s Refugee Emergency Response Team in providing legal assistance to certain refugee populations in Thailand who fall outside UNHCR Thailand’s mandate. This involves overseeing the identification of protection issues, providing legal advice and enabling access to safety, basic needs and long term legal solutions through information and referrals. The Team Lead is also responsible for liaising and working collaboratively with representatives from international and local partner organizations, and supporting the development and integration of related networks, in order to enable positive case outcomes and policy and advocacy efforts. The Team Lead assists AAT’s Policy Advocacy team by providing relevant information. In the future, the Team Lead will liaise with AAT’s Community Engagement team to enable training opportunities for refugee populations.
Key Responsibilities
All responsibilities will be undertaken with the guidance and support of the AAT Executive Director and/or Director of Programs and/or Protection Program Coordinator, and in collaboration with HRDF, RRLP and MRN, as required.
Case Management and Legal Assistance (70%):
The Refugee Emergency Response Team Lead will oversee a Legal Advisor in Mae Sot and VLAs in conducting these duties, and at times conduct direct client work. The split between oversight and direct client work will change depending on the team’s capacity at the time.
Community Empowerment (10%)
Organizational Development / Planning and Human Resources (10%):
Relationship Building, Networking and Advocacy (10%):
Reports to: Protection Program Coordinator
Preferred Qualifications
Salary and Benefits
The Refugee Emergency Response Team Lead will receive a monthly payment of THB 40,000 per month, health insurance and vacation and other leave days.
Hours and Location of Work
The Refugee Emergency Response Team Lead is a full-time, one-year contract position based in our office in Bangkok, Thailand. Candidates should be aware that travel to Mae Sot, Thailand is required from time to time and some flexibility regarding working hours is required in order to take calls and meetings with international colleagues outside of standard office hours.
Application Instructions to Candidates
Upload your resume and a cover letter via Asylum Access online portal BambooHR. In your cover letter, please describe your reasons for applying, relevant qualifications, preferred start date, and how you learned about the position.
Deadline of application: until the position is filled. and only shortlist candidate will be contacted
Asylum Access is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We value the expertise of those who have experienced displacement, and encourage people with such lived experience to apply.
For more information about our organization, visit www.asylumaccess.org_._