Sea-Watch is looking for a Volunteer in the Legal Team (approx. 10 hours/week)

Office Berlin / Homeoffice, immediately

Sea-Watch e.V. is a non-profit initiative dedicated to the civil rescue of refugees at sea. In view of the humanitarian catastrophe in the central Mediterranean Sea-Watch provides emergency aid, demands and forces at the same time the rescue by the responsible European institutions and stands publicly for legal escape routes.

We are politically and religiously independent and are financed exclusively by donations.

Sea-Watch’s legal team supports the organisation in all legal matters, both project-related and in daily work. The team combines experience and expertise in the SAR context and in various fields of law.

The legal department is looking for a volunteer to support the team with energy and motivation.

Your tasks / Your profile:

  • Legal support for projects and issues of the organisation (usually in cooperation with other team members)
  • Independent research on complex legal issues
  • Legal advice to other Sea-Watch teams; comprehensible communication of legal issues
  • Potentially, function as direct contact person for certain legal areas

You should have the following skills:

 

  • Law degree (1st state examination or comparable degree)
  • Fluency in English and basic knowledge of German
  • Time capacity of approximately ten hours per week
  • Be able to work in a team; be flexible; be proactive
  • Motivation for activist work in the context of sea rescue
  • Openness to familiarise oneself with different areas of law

Desirable:

  • Experience with voluntary work / co-working in NGOs
  • Knowledge of civil law, especially contract law, labour law and corporate law
  • Knowledge of social law
  • Knowledge of tax law, non-profit law and association law
  • Knowledge of European law, international law and maritime law

We offer you:

  • Activist legal work in a motivated, enthusiastic environment
  • Insights into the work of a sea rescue organisation
  • The opportunity to develop your own projects in an organisation with flat hierarchies
  • Independent and challenging legal work in a broad range of topics
  • A buddy programme that makes it easier to get started in the organisation

We look forward to receiving your application by 11.02.2022.

We are committed to an inclusive society without racism and with freedom of movement for all. In case of equal qualification, we favour applications from women*, LGBTQI*, BIPoC, people with disabilities, people with migration experience and people from other groups underrepresented in the maritime and legal world. Should you feel addressed here, we invite you to provide relevant information on this in your application. You are welcome to refrain from providing application photos and information on age and marital status.

Please send your application with CV and letter of motivation to:

applications@sea-watch.org

Please attachments in a single pdf-document not larger than 4MB.

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