The Irish Refugee Council is seeking to employ a full-time Support Worker for a maximum period of four months to work on a joint project with the European Council on Refugees and Exiles, to establish a database of case law across 11 European countries looking at the application of the Qualification and Procedures Directives. Normal working hours are 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Applicants must have a degree in law or a professional legal qualification, possess a detailed knowledge of refugee law and practice and subsidiary forms of protection including case law, have a detailed knowledge of key elements of the Common European Asylum System, experience of analysing and drawing principles from case law and experience with databases.
The full details should be considered before applying and can be downloaded here.
Application is by way of CV with covering letter which must be submitted by 5pm on Monday 29 August 2011. Interviews will take place on Wednesday 21 September. Applicants must be available to start no later than the end of September 2011.