Legal Lead, Protection Cluster (Contractual); Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme
Job Description
Title: Legal Lead, Protection Cluster (Contractual); Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme
Company Name: BRAC
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ LLM or LLB from any recognised University/ Institutions
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Coordinate all activities of legal protection team
∎ Supervise the Staff Lawyers, Legal Officers, Paralegals placed in the camps
∎ Lead capacity building of Legal staffs through need assessments
∎ Representing any clients in court if needed
∎ Design the vision of the legal advocacy program
∎ Manage complex or high-risk cases
∎ Attending camp coordination meeting and advocacy meeting with external partners
∎ Oversee BRAC’s community-based legal protection activities
∎ Manage a multi-sectoral team of Staff Lawyers, Legal Officers, Paralegals and Panel Lawyers
∎ Liaise, cooperate and create partnerships with other organisations to ensure cohesive service coverage
∎ Conduct regular legal consultations with refugee community to ensure feedback on services
∎ Ensure ongoing monitoring and evaluation of projects on site
∎ Manage budget and expenses of legal protection activities
∎ Work with donors to create ongoing partnerships
∎ Integrate gender-mainstreaming principles throughout legal protection activities
∎ Train BRAC team on legal protection principles, SGBV principles and refugee rights
∎ Provide technical support to the legal protection team to ensure a high standard of implementation of strategy and activities
∎ Develop proposals, budgets, result frameworks for the project implementation
∎ Prepare periodic reports (narrative and quantitative) for donors, government and organisation
∎ Attend visitor from inside and outside BRAC as suggested by Senior Management
∎ Maintain regular communication with probable donor for creating further funding opportunities
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 7 years of experience in relevant sector including 3 years of working experience in NGO/ INGO preferred. Enrolled as an advocate in Bangladesh Bar Council
∎ Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of theories, concepts and approaches relevant to the
∎ International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, National Laws and SGBV context
∎ Good Knowledge of project planning and implementation
∎ Proven skills and competencies to work as a team lead
∎ Knowledge on managing budget and developing PPA
∎ English: fluency in the language, expected to work independently using the language required, to prepare a variety of written communications (correspondence, reports, working papers, etc.), to participate actively in meetings and in work related discussions
∎ Teamwork spirit and community mobilisation skills
∎ Excellent communication and articulation skills, awareness of socio-economic, cultural and political sensitivities
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ As per organisation policy
Application Deadline: July 29, 2019
Company Information:
∎ BRAC
Category: NGO/Development
