Board Members

ReliefWeb • Full-time • عمان, JO • 2d ago

Organization

Human Rights Legal Project

Posted 11 Jul 2025 Closing date 11 Aug 2025

HRLP is seeking new Board Members!

With experience in at least one of the following: finance, fundraising, advocacy or HR

Location: Remote
Position Type: Minimum average 1 hour/week + mandatory quarterly meetings
Duration: 1 year with possibility to extend
Salary: Voluntary Role, the position is not remunerated
Start Date: Flexible
Working Language: English

Organisational Context

The Human Rights Legal Project (HRLP) is a legal aid organisation based on Samos working to uphold the fundamental rights of displaced people at the borders of the European Union (EU) by providing legal assistance to affected communities, and by pursuing strategic legal action to hold authorities accountable to their international obligations under the Geneva convention and IHL.

HRLP was founded as a joint initiative of individual humanitarian workers in 2020, with the primary purpose of representing asylum-seekers and refugees who have suffered human rights violations in Greece, and along the border. Examples of such cases include border violence, pushbacks, denial of access to health care, unlawful incarceration, non-access to fair trial, and police brutality/misconduct.

The work of HRLP is innovative and unique in the Greek context, in that the organisation is working to transform the policies and systems that create barriers for displaced people to seek asylum and receive due process.

Purpose And Responsibilities Of The Board

The Board Member will join HRLP’s board, which is currently composed of a total of 5 members. The primary role of the Board is to oversee the strategic direction of the organisation by ensuring the organisation’s efficient and successful functioning and work towards its mission. Working behind the scenes of the team on Samos, the Board is responsible for overseeing the organisation's finance, fundraising, human resources and policy and safeguarding processes. Primary tasks of the board include:

Upholding the values and supporting the mission of the organization, as well as understanding its collective purpose;
Selecting, supporting, and evaluating the performance of the project lead;
Strategic and organizational planning;
Ensuring strong fiduciary oversight and financial and risk management;
Fundraising and resource development;
Approving and monitoring the organization’s programs and services;
Enhancing the organization’s public image
Ensure that decisions and actions are aligned with the organisation’s ethics
Assessing the board’s own performance as the governing body of the organization;
Ensuring legal and ethical integrity;
Leveraging networks and connections to support the organisation;
Legal and administrative responsibility for the organization.

Board Member Responsibilities

As a member of the organisation’s Board, you will work remotely in close collaboration with the rest of the Board, and liaising at times with the Samos team. Primary responsibilities of each board member include:

Knowing the organization’s mission, policies, programs, and needs as well as understanding its collective purpose;
Faithfully reading and understanding the organization’s financial statements and board materials in advance of meetings;
Serving as active advocates and ambassadors for the organization;
Fully engaging in identifying and securing the financial resources and partnerships necessary for the organization to advance its mission;
Leveraging connections, networks, and resources to develop collective action to achieve the organization’s mission;
Help identifying personal connections that can benefit the organization’s fundraising and reputational standing, and influence public policy;
Preparing for, attending, and conscientiously participating in board meetings;
Participating fully in one or more internal committees or taskforces;
Communicating clearly and regularly about capacity and availability;
Proactive willingness to lead on tasks and deliver actions to ensure a shared and collective responsibility
Engaging in learning opportunities to better understand the community we serve;
Respecting the experiences of all who bring their voices and lived experiences into the boardroom and the organization.

Other Responsibilities

Upholding the legal duties and laws regarding nonprofit governance;
Following the organization’s bylaws, policies, and board resolutions;
Signing an annual conflict-of-interest disclosure and updating it during the year if necessary, as well as disclose potential conflicts before meetings and actual conflicts during meetings;
Maintaining confidentiality about all internal matters of the organization.

Essential Requirements

Experience in at least one of the following: finance, fundraising, advocacy or HR
Dedication to the pursuit of justice, antiracism and feminist principles;
Analytical, with a strong ability to maintain a holistic, zoomed-out overview of ongoing work;
Strong team player, able to collaborate and work in horizontal organisational structures;
Awareness and respect for the ethical guidelines associated with human rights work; and;
Strong English language and written skills.

Preferred Additional Skills

Experience working in the NGO sector in positions involving organisational development and strategic planning;
Knowledge and/or experience of the Greek migration context;
Qualification in the area of law, human rights, or similar, with experience working in a legal environment, ideally in the area of human rights and/or migration law; and

How to apply

Application Procedure

Please send your CV and Cover Letter by end of day on 11 August 2025 to hrlp.steeringcommittee@gmail.com, outlining how you meet all criteria listed above and how your experience is relevant to HRLP.

We particularly encourage candidates from minoritised backgrounds, and/or with lived experience of migration to apply. Recruitment will be conducted in line with safer recruitment principles. HRLP is an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to inclusivity, fair employment, and anti-racism.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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