Legal Officer

Job Description

Title: Legal Officer

Company Name: Manabik Shahajya Sangstha (MSS)

Vacancy: 1

Age: At most 35 years

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: Tk. 27900 - 35600 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 2 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Banks, NGO, Micro-Credit

• LLB/LLM from any reputed university/Institute with a good academic record.

• Must be an Advocate.

• At least 2 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Banks, NGO, Micro-Credit

• Age At most 35 years

• Familiarity with judicial systems.
• Good understanding of the law and practice of Bangladesh.
• Should be good at drafting Legal documents both in Bangla and in English.
• Should have good MS office application skills, especially in MS Word & MS Excel with Bangla (Bijoy) and English typing.
• Must have the ability to translate Bengali to English and/or English to Bengali of Legal documents.
• Patient and calm in pressurized situations.
• Flexibility and willingness to work out of office hours when necessary.
• Should have analytical multi-tasking skills to meet deadlines consistently and adapt well to change over the scope of a project or program.
• Display strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
• Analyze occurrences and merits for taking legal actions.

Responsibilities & Context:

Job Summary: Manabik Shahajya Sangstha (MSS) is a leading national-level NGO engaged in socio-economic development since 1974 and providing microfinance to over 200,000 people in rural and urban areas with financial support from PKSF, banks, and other financial institutions. MSS intends to recruit for the following position. MSS is looking for a competent person for the position of Legal Officer. S/he is expected to contribute effectively to oversee the organization’s litigations and legal affairs.

Key Responsibilities: 

Key Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Regularly update ongoing legal cases and investigations, and take necessary legal steps.
• Make a schedule for Court attendance, takes necessary preparation, and follow up on them.
• Ensure follow-up on court attendance dates and the presence of the defendant for a hearing.
• Ensure maintained communication with the assigned Lawyer and visit (if needed) to get clarifying instructions.
• Prepare Zone, Area, and Branch wise monthly reports regarding the (ongoing, dismissible) legal cases and report them with the concerned department.
• Prepare a monthly report based on ongoing cases regarding default loan amount by members, embezzled amount by the staff, and collected amount both from the members and staffs.
• Ensure preservation of copies of a set of documents in Head Office regarding every ongoing legal case.
• Ensure regular communications with the assigned lawyers and legal advisers of MSS locally.
• Ensure appropriateness and prior approval of all the expenses related to the legal procedure.
• Ensure up gradation of litigation database.
• Any other relevant task assigned by the management of MSS.

Compensation & Other Benefits

• After confirmation: BDT 27,900 - 35,600 per month (negotiable during the probation period).

• T/A, Mobile bill, Tour allowance, Medical allowance, Contributory Provident fund, Gratuity, Two festival bonuses in a year, yearly increment, special "Staff Welfare Fund" to cover health expenses for self and family. The death benefit from a Special "Staff Welfare Fund". Stipend facility for meritorious children.