Community Paralegal (CP)

Job Description

Title: Community Paralegal (CP)

Company Name: DALIT

Vacancy: 8

Location: Khulna (Dumuria)

Minimum Salary: Tk. 25556 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ At least 2 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO

Published: 18 Mar 2024

Education:
∎ Higher Secondary.
∎ Higher Secondary.

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ 2 years of professional experience in the development sector or experience in social work, with community.
∎ Familiarity with community work will be an advantage.
∎ Appropriate interpersonal skill.
∎ Good mobilizer.
∎ Self-starter, Proactive, team player
∎ Previous experience with dalit/marginalized communities will be a plus.
∎ Candidates belonging to Dalit community will be given preference.
∎ 2 years of professional experience in the development sector or experience in social work, with community.
∎ Familiarity with community work will be an advantage.
∎ Appropriate interpersonal skill.
∎ Good mobilizer.
∎ Self-starter, Proactive, team player
∎ Previous experience with dalit/marginalized communities will be a plus.
∎ Candidates belonging to Dalit community will be given preference.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Identify and select Restorative Justice Facilitators (RJF) and Community Volunteers (CV) from the community.
∎ Organize and facilitate orientation and training courses to develop capacity of RJF, CV and local level actors.
∎ Introduce Restorative Justice (RJ) mechanisms at the community level through RJ facilitators with support of CV.
∎ Regular communicate, guide & mentoring to RJF to select appropriate cases and observe RJ meeting to provide feedback to RJF.
∎ Implement and deliver the project activities coordinating with RJF and CV at ward/union level as per work plan.
∎ Organize monthly & bi-monthly coordination meeting between RJF and CV as well as quarterly mixed group meeting between RJF & CV.
∎ Organize monthly, bi-monthly coordination meeting with different stakeholders at ward/ union and upazila level.
∎ Maintain liaison with local actors and institutions to create scope for diversion, referral, dispute resolution through RJ mechanism and inclusion in social safety net program.
∎ Organize and facilitate courtyard meeting at union/ ward level.
∎ Coordinate to organize legal aid clinic for providing legal information and legal assistance among the justice seekers and others.
∎ Organize and support to different day observance
∎ Prepare monthly work plan along with progress report and present in coordination meeting.
∎ Provide support to District Project Officer (DPO) and Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (MEO) as required.
∎ Perform additional tasks as and when assigned by the project.
∎ Project Title: Access to Justice for Women.
∎ Job Location: Dumuria Upazila (Rudaghara, Kharnia, Atlia, Maguraghona, Shovna, Sarafpur, Dumuria and Gutudia Union).
∎ Responsibilities:
∎ Provide support to project team and community actors to implement planned activities to achieve the intended project results.
∎ Specific tasks include:
∎ Identify and select Restorative Justice Facilitators (RJF) and Community Volunteers (CV) from the community.
∎ Organize and facilitate orientation and training courses to develop capacity of RJF, CV and local level actors.
∎ Introduce Restorative Justice (RJ) mechanisms at the community level through RJ facilitators with support of CV.
∎ Regular communicate, guide & mentoring to RJF to select appropriate cases and observe RJ meeting to provide feedback to RJF.
∎ Implement and deliver the project activities coordinating with RJF and CV at ward/union level as per work plan.
∎ Organize monthly & bi-monthly coordination meeting between RJF and CV as well as quarterly mixed group meeting between RJF & CV.
∎ Organize monthly, bi-monthly coordination meeting with different stakeholders at ward/ union and upazila level.
∎ Maintain liaison with local actors and institutions to create scope for diversion, referral, dispute resolution through RJ mechanism and inclusion in social safety net program.
∎ Organize and facilitate courtyard meeting at union/ ward level.
∎ Coordinate to organize legal aid clinic for providing legal information and legal assistance among the justice seekers and others.
∎ Organize and support to different day observance
∎ Prepare monthly work plan along with progress report and present in coordination meeting.
∎ Provide support to District Project Officer (DPO) and Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (MEO) as required.
∎ Perform additional tasks as and when assigned by the project.

Skills & Expertise:

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ 10% tax will be deducted as per service rules; after this deduction, income tax will be deducted (if applicable).
∎ Gratuity
∎ Festival Bonus: 1
∎ As per project policy.


Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Khulna (Dumuria)

Read Before Apply:

Interested applicants who meet the above mentioned criteria should upload the cover letter and CV in English (max 4 pages) and send it by email to [email protected] by March 24, 2024. Only short listed candidates will be contacted. Any kind of persuasion will be treated as disqualification of the candidate.

Applicant must enclose his/her Photograph with CV.

Organization Information:

Dalit

Address: 37/1, Kedarnath Road, Moheshwarpasha, KUET, Daulatpur, Khulna-9203, Bangladesh

Web: www.dalitbd.org



Apply Procedure:

Email your CV:
∎ Send your CV to the given email [email protected] or Email your CV from My Bdjobs account

Company Information:
∎ DALIT

Application Deadline: 24 Mar 2024

Category: NGO/Development

Source: bdjobs.com