Title: Disability Rights Fellows
Company Name: Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST)
Vacancy: 2
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor of Social Science (BSS), Bachelor of Law (LLB)
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Assisting Small Grantees to develop advocacy (e.g., reports, case studies, keynote papers and presentations, etc.) and training tools/materials (e.g., handouts, training modules, schedule etc.);
∎ Reviewing documents developed by Small Grantees, such as meeting minutes , training plans, advocacy conference papers and presentations;
∎ Assisting Small Grantees with preparing DRPA’s. 36 & 37 complaints and also with organizing and coordinating legal aid camps and other legal assistance activities with BLAST’s Unit Offices
∎ Visiting fields and participating directly in Small Grantee meetings with DRPA committee members, trainings and awareness-raising events (one to one and courtyard meeting), advocacy conferences, and legal aid camps (approximately once per month);
∎ Assist in organizing training on DRPA 2013 for unit and panel lawyers
∎ Supporting Small Grantees to enter data into the Electronic DRPA Case Tracking System (CTS), and analyzing data and producing reports as requested based on data available on CTS;
∎ Developing case studies and success stories relating to Small Grantees’ advocacy activities to be used in EPD project promotion materials and for updating the EPD project’s website;
∎ Upload necessary project related documents in Dropbox.
∎ Attending EPD project coordination calls as needed and providing updates on the activities and following decisions made during the calls;
∎ Assisting BLAST’s EPD project support staff in following up on Unit Offices’ support for Small Grantees' activities and assisting, as appropriate, EPD partners’ project support staff, including NCDW and NGDO’s project support staff and Blue Law International’s In-Country Coordinator.
∎ Any other task as required by line management
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 25 to 28 years
Salary: Tk. 21500 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ As per policy of BLAST
Application Deadline: October 16, 2019
Company Information:
∎ Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST)
∎ Address : YMCA Development Center, 1/1 Pioneer Road, Kakrail, Dhaka-1000.
∎ Web : www.blast.org.bd
∎ Business : BLAST is one of the leading legal services organizations in Bangladesh, and the only one that provides access to legal aid across the spectrum, from the frontlines of the formal justice system to the apex court. It prioritises support to women, men and children living in poverty or facing disadvantage or discrimination. It also provides legal aid, advice and representation across a range of areas, including civil, criminal, family, labour and land law, as well as on constitutional rights and remedies, providing access to judicial remedies alongside alternative dispute resolution wherever appropriate. Alongside individual legal aid, BLAST undertakes strategic litigation, or public interest litigation, as a key part of its advocacy for law and policy reforms to ensure effective legal protection of rights.
Category: NGO/Development
Read Before Apply: BLAST is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified candidates from all religious, gender and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. However, qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply to achieving significant gender equality at all levels of the organization.
Source: bdjobs.com