Sea-Watch is looking for a Marine Legal Advisor, 30 hours/week

from now on

Sea-Watch e.V. is a non-profit initiative dedicated to the civil sea rescue of people on the move. In view of the humanitarian disaster in the central Mediterranean Sea-Watch provides emergency aid, demands and at the same time forces the rescue by the responsible European institutions and publicly stands up for legal escape routes. We are politically and religiously independent and are financed exclusively by donations.

The Shipmanagement department is looking for

Marine Legal Advisor (f/m/d) with 30 hours per week

to support the project with immediate effect. The main task is independent support of complex legal issues in essential key areas. The position is initially limited to 6 months as a fill-in for maternity leave with the possibility of an extension.

Your tasks:

● Main point of reference for the exchange with flag state administration and class
● Strategical nautical/legal analysis and development
● Constant evaluation of opportunities and possibilities in relation to flag and class
● Exchange with insurances
● Follow up and advice on regulatory changes in shipping
● Main point of reference for statutory and classificatory rules in technical management
● Provide advice to technical staff and ship
● Support other projects in exchange with the department
● High degree of flexibility, need to familiarise oneself with different

●Overview of current legal issues, in-depth study of the individual topics
● Independent supervision of complex issues/projects/cases (also with support from volunteer
members)
● Support and exchange with volunteer members and existing teams
● Profound legal knowledge and ability to quickly open up new areas of law and legal questions
● Creativity in solving previously unknown / not yet in jurisprudence/literature clarified legal
issues
● Liaise with the legal department

Required skills and profile:

  • Identification with the goals and topics of Sea-Watch e.V.
  • Legal competence, specialisation in particularly relevant fields of law (doctorate, relevant professional activity, etc.)
  • First work experience in a comparable occupation
  • Outstanding communication skills and high social competence
  • Ability to work independently
  • Ideally experience in working with volunteers
  • Fluent in written and spoken German and English
  • Openness to work in an organisation with a horizontal hierarchical structure

What you can expect from our side:

  • A rapidly growing non-profit organization with constantly new challenges and ideas
  • A dynamic, varied work environment with flat hierarchies
  • Opportunity to help shape the organization through exciting projects and organizational meetings, including thinking outside the box, and plenty of freedom to try out new things
  • Flexible working hours and working time models
  • Special payments and additional benefits, such as company pension scheme
  • A meaningful, varied job with a lot of responsibility and a monthly gross salary of 2,100 euros for 30 hours per week

Are you interested?
Please send your application with CV, letter of motivation including possible starting date
and relevant certificates without photo by 22nd June:
application@sea-watch.org

Attachments please in one pdf-document not larger than 5MB.

We are politically and religiously independent and are financed exclusively by donations. As we are committed to an inclusive society without racism and with freedom of movement for all, we particularly welcome applications from women*, LGBTQI, BIPoC, people with disabilities, people with migration background and people from other groups under-represented in seafaring and the legal world. You are welcome to refrain from using application photos and information about age and marital status.

 

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