Legal Officer
Job Description
Title: Legal Officer
Company Name: RDRS Bangladesh
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Rangpur
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ LLB/ LLM with experience
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s):
Contract, Criminal Law, Land, Liaison, Tax Law
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):
Law Firm, NGO
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Maintain evidential portfolio of ongoing Civil & Criminal court cases updated.
∎ Furnish necessary information/ documents to the investigation officer and necessary support, legal knowledge & basic facts/ information are provided to the informant, complainant and witnesses.
∎ Provide full support to engage lawyers in preparing complaint petition/plaint/written statement and assist lawyer during filing court cases/charge hearing/ preemptory hearing and argument stage.
∎ Prepare appropriate written reply if RDRS will notice from government offices, autonomous bodies regarding payment of TAX, VAT, LAND Development Tax etc. and hearing before the respective authority on schedule date.
∎ Prepare draft of all kind of agreement such as house lease agreement, commodities purchase/ sell agreement, Security/cleaning service related agreement, any kind of servicing/maintenance agreement, Affidavit of motorcycle ownership transfer, Partnership agreement and various entrepreneurship agreements.
∎ Prepare legal notice, written reply of legal notice, written reply of the different notices sended by government institutions, semi government institutions, autonomous body or individual and send the reply as appropriate.
∎ Provide support to prepare official letters or legal notice to the suspected guilty or loan money defaulters.
∎ Prepare draft of General Diary (GD)/ First Information Report (FIR) against the miscreants who cause threats and hampers peaceful atmosphere of the office and lodge GD or FIR to the respective Police Station.
∎ Check & examine the record of rights before purchasing any land, signing any lease or rental agreements.
∎ Tasks for better management of the court cases and all possible support on legal matters offer to projects unit and the Directors.
∎ Undertake frequent field visits to legal support as and when needed.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Language Proficiency: Good communication skill in English and Bengali - both spoken and written
∎ Excellent in drafting contracts/ TOR/ MOU/ Legal notices/ deeds/ agreements etc.
∎ Master in vetting of property documents irrespective of leasehold and freehold land of different area.
∎ Capacity to keep liaison with the Bankers and corporate clients.
∎ Excellent skills in report writing and generating reports
∎ Excellent computer skills (MS word, Excel, Power point)
∎ Ability to work under stressful situations.
∎ Willingness to frequently field visit.
∎ Willing to work beyond duty hours as and when required.
Salary: Tk. 45000 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ As per organization's own policy.
Application Deadline: December 17, 2019
Company Information:
∎ RDRS Bangladesh
∎ Address : RDRS Bangladesh, Jail Road, Radhaballav, Rangpur
∎ Web : www.rdrsbangla.net
∎ Business : RDRS Bangladesh is a national development NGO works for rural development by empowering the rural poor in northwest Bangladesh. RDRS was formally established as the Bangladesh field programme of the Geneva-based Lutheran World Federation/Department for World Service (LWF/DWS) on 8 February 1972. Its development aim is to achieve sustainable increases in their living standards. With this aim, RDRS enables those who participate in its programme to gain the necessary skills, understanding, confidence, institutions and services; and ensure that the rural communities have the necessary economic, social and environmental resources. RDRS employees approximate 3,000 staff and works with a further approximately 3,000 volunteers and daily paid workers. The vast majority of staff are in field positions, with specialist sectoral and support units in Rangpur and Dhaka.
Category: NGO/Development
Read Before Apply: Qualified persons are requested to apply to the Head of HR, RDRS Bangladesh, Jail Road, Radhaballav, Rangpur with detailed CV including contact telephone/ cell phone number, email, recent passport size photographs, national ID. Only short listed candidates will be called for interview through cell phone/ SMS/ email. Any persuasion will disqualify candidature. Women are especially encouraged to apply. RDRS is a non smoking working environment.
