Coordinator-Anti Discrimination Law

Job Description

Title: Coordinator-Anti Discrimination Law

Company Name: Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST)

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: Tk. 75000 - 75000 (Monthly)

Experience: --

Published: 2026-09-29

Application Deadline: 2026-10-12

Education:

Requirements: --

Skills Required:

Additional Requirements:

Responsibilities & Context:

1. Coordination and Stakeholder Engagement

• Coordinate with MJF, FMA-CEF, BLAST teams, the Lead Consultant and other relevant stakeholders throughout the ADL development process.

• Maintain regular communication with legal experts, government representatives, civil society organizations, community-based organizations, thematic partners and representatives of marginalized communities.

• Participate in and, where appropriate, facilitate community-, district- and divisional-level consultations and dialogues on anti-discrimination law and policy.

• Support the organization of meetings, workshops, consultations, technical discussions and stakeholder dialogues related to ADL development.

• Coordinate with BLAST's relevant thematic and advocacy teams to ensure that consultation findings are appropriately reflected in the law-development process.

2. Community Consultation and Documentation

• Attend consultations with marginalized communities and document their experiences, concerns, priorities and recommendations relating to discrimination and access to justice.

• Pay particular attention to the experiences and legal concerns of Dalits, Indigenous/ethnic minority communities, persons with disabilities, religious minorities, women, transgender communities, climate-affected communities and other socially excluded groups.

• Identify common patterns of discrimination, barriers to accessing justice, gaps in existing legal and institutional mechanisms, and areas requiring legal or policy reform.

• Prepare structured consultation notes, issue briefs and summaries for submission to the Lead Consultant.

• Ensure that community voices and recommendations are accurately recorded and presented without misrepresentation.

• Follow up on issues raised during consultations and provide additional information or clarification to the Lead Consultant when required.

3. Legal and Policy Research Support

• Review existing laws, policies, rules, regulations and institutional mechanisms relevant to equality and non-discrimination.

• Support the identification of gaps, inconsistencies and limitations in the existing legal and institutional framework concerning discrimination.

• Conduct desk-based research on relevant national and international anti-discrimination standards, legal frameworks and good practices.

• Assist in identifying key areas that may require legislative reform, including definitions of discrimination, prohibited grounds of discrimination, remedies, institutional mechanisms, enforcement and accountability.

• Prepare analytical notes, background papers and issue briefs for the Lead Consultant.

• Review relevant research reports, case studies, judgments, policy documents and stakeholder submissions and extract key findings relevant to the ADL process.

4. Support to the Lead Consultant

• Provide timely research, consultation findings, documentation and analytical inputs to the Lead Consultant.

• Review existing drafts and consultation materials and identify issues requiring further consideration.

• Assist the Lead Consultant in incorporating relevant stakeholder and community inputs into the draft law.

• Facilitate communication between the Lead Consultant and relevant stakeholders when required.

• Support the organization of technical consultation sessions to review and discuss different components of the draft ADL.

• Assist in preparing materials for review and validation of the draft law.

5. Reporting, Documentation and Work Planning

• Develop monthly work plans with clear activities, timelines and deliverables.

• Monitor progress against agreed activities and deliverables and provide regular updates to the Team Lead – PROKAS and BLAST management.

• Prepare consultation reports, meeting minutes, concept notes, issue briefs, progress reports, recommendation papers and other relevant documents.

• Maintain systematic documentation of consultations, stakeholder contributions and recommendations.

• Support budget tracking and logistical arrangements for consultations, workshops and meetings.

• Ensure compliance with BLAST's organizational policies and relevant donor requirements.

• Mobile bill,Weekly 2 holidays
• Lunch Facilities: Partially Subsidize
• Festival Bonus: 2