Mediation Officer
Job Description
Title: Mediation Officer
Company Name: Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST)
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree in MSS/LLB with adequate knowledge and working experience in legal aid services.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ BLAST is a leading national legal aid and human rights organization providing legal advice, mediation, and litigation services, and undertaking advocacy to ensure the rights of women, men and children living in poverty or facing discrimination/social exclusion. BLAST works through its Head Office in Dhaka and 19 District-level Offices with 2500+ panel lawyers and 100+partner organizations.
∎ BLAST is looking for a Mediation Officer for Mohakhali Hub Office under the project Action for Security and Rehabilitation Initiative (ASROI). The ASROI project is focuses for fighting poverty, inequality and discrimination through provision of access to justice for marginalised people, workers, ethnic minorities and PWDs.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Perform all duties and responsibilities under the direct supervision, instruction, direction and control of the Head of the Legal Cell;
∎ Receive and classify clients' applications for legal aid after her/his interview;
∎ Provide information to clients directly and/or through telephone, e-mail including at legal aid camps;
∎ Ensure follow-up of settled mediation according to action plan;
∎ Refer clients to partners for basic services and emergency medical support;
∎ Conduct and monitor mediation at BLAST Head Office;
∎ Prepare notes and take initiative for approval through Assistant Director, Mediation and Training and Head of the Legal Cell;
∎ Ensure proper procedures are duly followed and maintained of records and registers as per guide lines;
∎ Conduct awareness sessions for workers on rights, remedies and services;
∎ Participate in meetings, fact finding activities organized by other partners' organizations;
∎ Prepare and preserve the consolidated quantitative report/statement (monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual) on mediation activities along with case studies on important settled mediation;
∎ Assist in preparation of draft report on legal cell activities relating to mediation and awareness;
∎ Perform all other duties as and when required by management.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum of three years' experience in development sector in similar position.
∎ Proficiency in MS Office.
∎ Have in depth knowledge in Mediation Process.
∎ Strong analytical & problem solving ability.
∎ Should be proactive, innovative, energetic, hardworking, dedicated and target oriented.
∎ Strong written and verbal communication skills in Bangla and English.
∎ Dynamic, Self-Motivated, Interpersonal Skill with sound job Knowledge.
Salary: Tk. 29781 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Costs for field work/visit will be borne by BLAST according to its policies.
Application Deadline: October 23, 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
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 23rd Oct 2019
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