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Metzineres is a non-profit cooperative based in the Raval neighborhood (Barcelona) that creates shelter environments for women and gender-diverse people who use drugs and survive multiple situations of vulnerability and violence.

We are looking for a lawyer with experience in human rights and knowledge of intersectional feminism for immediate, part-time incorporation to support the cooperative’s rights area with legal advice and guidance, accompaniment in court and administrative procedures, and legal representation in judicial cases decided in coordination with the team.

Your day-to-day

At Metzineres, we want to expand our rights area to continue developing legal strategies aimed at reducing the impact that punitive drug policies and the criminalization of poverty have on the lives of the women and non-binary individuals we support. Alongside the case manager from the rights area, you will provide legal counseling and guidance on various legal issues that may affect them.

The functioning of Metzineres values involvement and horizontality. Decision-making participation is real, and every professional is actively involved from their area of expertise. Therefore, time is dedicated to meetings for collective reflection and decision-making across different decision-making spaces.

You are…

• Empathetic and positive in any situation. You know that humor and wit make things more manageable!
• Patient and practice active listening.
• Eager to share what you know with others.
• Committed to maintaining and strengthening organizational coherence sustainably.
• Resourceful and capable of improvisation. Problems are challenges for you.

Curious, and you enjoy learning and innovating.

• Comfortable building genuine and honest interpersonal bonds.
• You have initiative, critical thinking, and bring solutions.
• You’re comfortable testing, failing, and learning from mistakes and experiences to improve next time.

What we need

• At least one year of experience as a criminal defense lawyer
• Languages: Catalan and Spanish
• Immediate availability
• Technical skills: Proficient with office applications and online tools; team collaboration tools.

What you will do

• Take responsibility for direct support and comprehensive accompaniment for women and gender-diverse individuals who actively use drugs and survive various vulnerable and violent situations.
• Provide legal advice, accompaniment, and guidance to all women and gender-diverse people involved in Metzineres.
• Respond in urgent situations (accompanying to the police station, duty court, etc.) and manage the resources necessary for each case.
• Assist with judicial and/or administrative procedures.
• Support in drafting and presenting documents to courts and/or administration.
• Facilitate legal representation for women and gender-diverse people and coordinate with court-appointed lawyers.
• Act as legal representation in cases decided in coordination with the team.
• Track and support Metzineres women and gender-diverse individuals deprived of liberty.
• Coordinate with other entities providing free legal guidance and refer cases as decided by the team.

Preferred qualifications

• Training and/or experience in human rights defense.
• Experience defending victims of gender and sexual violence.
• Training and/or experience in immigration law, prison law, and in dealing with sanctions from public administration.
• Knowledge of a third language, especially spoken and written English.
• Activism experience in drug policy reform, human rights, harm reduction, and intersectional feminism.
• Familiarity with gender perspectives, drug policy, and/or working with vulnerable individuals.

Duration and working conditions

• Temporary contract for substitution.
• 20 hours per week with flexible hours.
• Hybrid work arrangement.

About Metzineres

Women and non-binary people who use drugs while surviving multiple forms of violence and vulnerability rarely access or adhere to health and social care networks and are often excluded from specialized services in drugs and gender violence.

In response, Metzineres was born in 2018, aimed at creating Shelter Environments exclusively for them, integrating the full harm reduction spectrum, intersectional feminism, and peer support. After three years under the umbrella of other organizations, in 2020, Metzineres became a non-profit cooperative and began a process of independence, now nearing completion. This journey, along with years of experience, has led to stability and maturity, allowing us to envision a promising future.

Interested candidates, please send your CV and cover letter to jurista@metzineres.org

Metzineres is a nonprofit cooperative based in the Raval neighborhood (Barcelona), creating safe environments for women and gender-diverse individuals who use drugs and survive multiple situations of vulnerability and violence.

We are looking for a social educator to join our intervention team full-time. This person will be responsible for managing the daily operations of the space with the women. We encourage women with lived experience as migrants, lesbians, bisexual, trans, gender-diverse, racialized, Indigenous, and Afro-descendant women, or women with functional diversity to apply for this position.

Interested individuals should send a motivation letter and resume or LinkedIn profile to admin@metzineres.org

Your day-to-day…

Your daily activities will involve direct attention to the personal needs of the women participants, accompaniment, and leadership in the activities and workshops held in the space.

You will work from a peer-based approach, which involves promoting participation channels and strategies in conflict management.

You will also participate in community actions aimed at creating social connections within the neighborhood. Additionally, you will be actively involved in the design and implementation of advocacy events related to political activism.

Metzineres operates with involvement and horizontality. Participation in decision-making is genuine, and every professional actively contributes from their area of responsibility. Therefore, time is dedicated to meetings and gatherings to reflect together and make collective decisions in various decision-making spaces.

You are a person who…

• Is empathetic and maintains a positive attitude in any situation. You know that with humor and wit, things are managed better!
• Has patience and practices active listening.
• Enjoys sharing knowledge with others.
• Is passionate about sustainably maintaining and strengthening coherence within your organization.
• Is resourceful and capable of improvisation. Challenges are opportunities for you.
• Enjoys learning and innovating, and is curious by nature.
• Values authentic and honest interpersonal relationships.
• Takes initiative, has critical thinking, and provides solutions.
• Feels comfortable trying, failing, and learning from mistakes and experiences to improve next time.

What we need

• Education: Diploma, Degree, or Bachelor’s in Social Education.
• Experience: At least 1 year in harm reduction; addressing gender-based violence; working with people in multiple situations of vulnerability; community and/or street work.
• Knowledge in: harm reduction in the use of psychoactive substances, transfeminism, gender-based violence, human rights.

What we value

• Master’s/Postgraduate degree in gender, drug policy, and/or working with people in situations of social vulnerability.
• Experience in activism for drug policy change, human rights, harm reduction, and intersectional feminism.
• Experience in networked work and community action.
• Knowledge of a third language, mainly spoken and written English or other Eastern European languages.
• Lived experience in surviving situations of multiple vulnerability.

Competencies

• High proficiency in Catalan and Spanish
• Initiative and problem-solving attitude
• Flexibility and adaptability to the changing reality of Metzineres
• Teamwork and cooperation
• Commitment to feminist, anti-prohibitionist, anti-colonialist principles, and human rights advocacy
• Leadership
• Analytical and critical thinking
• Intercultural sensitivity
• Strategic vision
• Networking and collaboration

What you will do

• Take responsibility for direct care and comprehensive support for women and non-binary people who are actively using drugs and surviving multiple situations of violence.
• Facilitate activities and workshops with women and non-binary people.
• Record information for each action in the established computer systems.
• Know and follow protocols, procedures, and work instructions, and communicate through Metzineres’ coordinator and management team, as well as propose improvements you deem appropriate for the services.
• Prepare social and action reports.
• Contribute to individual assessments for prioritization proposals.
• Participate in team meetings.
• Participate in some community events and activities.
• Coordinate with other services and resources, both within standard social care networks and other informal community and neighborhood networks.
• Contribute to the design and leadership of Metzineres’ intervention model, from a holistic and transdisciplinary perspective.

Duration and work conditions

• Type of contract: Permanent
• Workplace: Raval neighborhood, with the possibility of travel for support purposes
• Schedule: 38.5 hours per week, primarily in the afternoon shift
• Salary: According to the Social Action Agreement and profile

Why Metzineres

• We are a young cooperative with a horizontal structure, offering opportunities for growth and development.
• Genuine creativity, transformative passion, and radical tenderness are among our core values.
• Possibility of becoming a cooperative member in the future.
• Access to training.
• Access to services of the Cooperative of Health and Integrative Medicine Cos at member prices.

About Metzineres

Women and gender-diverse people who use drugs and survive multiple forms of violence and vulnerability often struggle to access or engage with social and health care networks, and are frequently excluded from specialized services, both for drugs and gender-based violence.

In response to this situation, Metzineres was established in 2018 to create Safe Environments exclusively for them, integrating the full spectrum of harm reduction, intersectional feminism, and peer-based approaches into its intervention model.

After three years under the umbrella of other organizations, Metzineres became an independent nonprofit cooperative in 2020, completing a process of independence that is currently being finalized. This, combined with years of work and experience, has led to stability and maturity as a project, allowing us to envision an exciting future.
After a long journey of learning and growth, today we can say that Metzineres is composed of a cohesive group of people involved in decision-making, participatory and responsible, where companionship, solidarity, and mutual support prevail.
Thanks to this social ecosystem that has developed, and the need to consolidate it, along with the recent approval of some projects for future development, Metzineres is expanding its team! We aim to grow in diversity, heterogeneity, and complexity without losing unity.