Working Student (Legal Field)

Your Role

As a Working Student in the legal field you will support Malengos legal and operations team in handling legal questions and challenges faced by our students in Germany. You will contribute to developing practical creative solutions in areas such as but not limited to: 

• Immigration and residence law (e.g. visas residence permits student status)

• Labour law (e.g. student employment contract conditions workplace rights)

• Tenancy law (e.g. rental agreements landlord disputes housing issues)

You will help ensure that our students are treated fairly and have access to accurate information and support in navigating German legal systems. 

Your Tasks

• Administrative and organizational support for the legal department in day-to-day operations

• Handling and monitoring of correspondence including assistance with deadline and document management

• Support in preparing templates forms and legal correspondence

• First point of contact for students public authorities courts and other external stakeholders

• Assist in case management and maintain internal legal documentation

• Contribute to creating informational materials and workshops for international students

• Provide practical out-of-the-box solutions to legal and administrative challenges

Qualifications :

• Enrolled student in Law Business Law or a related field (at least enrolled in 3rd semester higher semesters preferred)

• Native German speaker with excellent written and spoken communication skills

• Very good English skills (C1 level or above)

• Basic understanding of German legal principles ideally with knowledge in immigration labour and tenancy law

• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset with a creative approach to challenges

• Reliable independent and detail-oriented work style

• Intercultural competence and enthusiasm for working with students from East Africa and other regions

• Commitment to Malengos mission of social impact and educational equality

Additional Information :

What we offer

• Meaningful work contributing to fair treatment and empowerment of international students

• Insight into real-life legal issues related to migration labour housing and others 

• A diverse supportive and mission-driven international team

• Opportunity to gain hands-on experience in applied legal work within a non-profit context

• Flexible remote work compatible with your studies

• Regulated overtime compensation

• Transparent salary bands (first-year salary 1440/hour for Bachelor students 1540 for Master students)

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Application documents: Curriculum Vitae motivation letter

Anticipated start date: as soon as possible

Malengo is committed to diversity and we believe that our work is strengthened by our differences in background culture experience national origin religion sexual orientation gender identity race ethnicity disability and more.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Part-time