Legal Officer

Job Description

Title: Legal Officer

Company Name: Manabik Shahajya Sangstha (MSS)

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ LLB/LLM from any reputed university/Institute with a good academic record. Licensed Advocates will get preference.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Job Summary: MSS is looking for a competent person for the position of Legal Officer. S/he is expected to contribute effectively to overseeing the organization`s litigations and legal affairs.
∎ Job Location: Dhaka with travel outside Dhaka as needed.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ 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.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 35 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ At least 2 years of practical experience in the relevant field.
∎ Experience working in any reputed Bank, MFI in a similar role will get preference.
∎ 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.

Salary:
∎ During probation Tk. 30,000-35,000. After confirmation Tk. 40,000-45,000

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Contributory provident fund,
∎ Gratuity,
∎ Staff welfare fund,
∎ Two festival bonuses,
∎ Yearly salary increment
∎ And other benefits as per the organization's service rule.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 9 Feb 2023

Company Information:
∎ 26 Jan 2023
∎ Manabik Shahajya Sangstha (MSS)
∎ Business : Manabik Shahajya Sangstha (MSS), a national level non-government organization, started its mission to stand by the distressed people with humanitarian aid when the country was hit by a massive flood in 1974. Having an organizational shape in 1977, MSS redirected its focus to poverty alleviation and empowerment of the poor, especially the urban and rural women of Bangladesh. Thereafter, MSS started health and population services in 1982; an integrated savings and credit program for the urban poor in 1984 which has since become sustainable. MSS was again in the front line when focus of development shifted to building democratic societies and promoting good governance.

Alongside working for poverty alleviation of the marginalized people, MSS is also promoting child rights, food security, health and nutrition services, housing and non-formal primary education with a vision to establish a society free from poverty where there is equality among citizens and citizens’ rights are respected.

Women’s Credit Program (WCP), the flagship program of MSS is operating with nearly 230,000 members through 154 branches in 124 upazillas and thanas of 17 districts all over the country.

REGISTRATION DETAILS:
Registration Authority: Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, Registration # S-657, Registration Date: April 17, 1979
Registration Authority: Bureau of NGO Affairs, Registration # 130, Registration Date: November 23, 1982
Registration Authority: Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA), Registration # 00165-01033-00233, Registration Date: May 14, 2008

Category: Law/Legal

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Source: bdjobs.com