Legal Officer (Child Protection & GBV)

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International Rescue Committee (IRC)

  • Career category: Legal
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 18/02/2026
  • Location: Ukraine
Child protection/ Children’s rights GBV / VAWG
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Program Responsibilities
  • Adhere to GBV and CP guiding principles; ensure the safety of the survivors, children and their caregivers with a survivor-centered approach
  • Сreate information content that responds to the legal needs of conflict-affected population and affected by gender-based violence and to children and their caregivers, and provide information, either at the community center or other static centers and through mobile teams;
  • Work closely with IRC partners in order to support and guide the implementation of legal information, counselling and assistance;
  • Provide legal information and individual counseling on access to protection and recovery mechanisms (restraining orders, compensation/claims, social services, civil documentation, custody…etc.), ensuring safety and risk mitigation for survivors, in line with IASC GBV Guidelines (2015) and Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS).

Coordination
  • Participate in Protection Clusters and their Areas of Responsibility, Legal Protection Working Group (Legal PWG), and national/regional coordination meetings; 
  • Coordinate closely with WPE and Child Protection teams to ensure complementary service delivery.
  • Coordinate with authorities, law enforcement, free legal aid centers, social services, shelters, health facilities, and NGOs, ensuring compliance with GBV Minimum Standards and client/staff safety.
  • Contribute to advocacy initiatives by providing case examples and data on systemic legal challenges affecting displaced, conflict-affected individuals, and gender-based violence and to children and their caregivers;
  • Provide capacity-building training on GBV and CP legal aspects to IRC, and partners, other humanitarian actors and duty barriers.
Data collection and reporting
 
  • Monitor all cases sent to court by using a tracking system as well as follow-up.
  • Contributing to developing, drafting, and updating legal guidelines, and training materials on GBV and CP related to Ukrainian law and/or international law.
  • Ensure proper and safe legal documentation, case information, data security, and storage. Utilization of GBVIMS and CPIMS consent form, legal intake form, and action plan. 
 
JOB REQUIREMENTS
 
Education: higher education in law
Required—valid Attorney’s License (registered at the Bar Association)
  • Previous experience in legal practice related to GBV, child protection, or human rights, family/civil law, access to justice, HLP preferred.
  • Previous work in humanitarian or human rights organizations;
  • Experience facilitating group activities, trainings and workshops and mentoring others
  • Language: Bilingual in Ukrainian and Russian, with good verbal and writing skills in English preferred
  • Demonstrated understanding of and ability to maintain confidentiality and respect for clients/beneficiaries
  • Familiarity with data protection methodologies in humanitarian operations; ethical handling of sensitive GBV/CP data.
  • Ability to work within coordination structures (Protection Cluster, GBV/CP AoR), establish inter-sectoral referral pathways.
  • Excellent communication, empathy, stress resilience; adherence to humanitarian principles and Do No Harm.
  • Positive and professional attitude, including ability to lead and work well in a team setting
  • Computer literate, including Microsoft Word and Excel, with ability to work with data entry using software on tablets

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