Paralegal
Job Description
Title: Paralegal
Company Name: Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST)
Vacancy: 2
Job Location: Dhaka (Ashulia), Gazipur (Tongi)
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Minimum Bachelors or equivalent degree from any reputed institution.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Help select workers in the RMG factory as Shojag Shathi/ human rights defenders.
∎ Conduct Awareness sessions in factories among workers with the support of Shojag Shathi.
∎ Arrange Legal aid Camps and other field-level programs.
∎ Handle queries of the workers on workplace and GBV & worker rights issues, Provide legal information to clients.
∎ Help/respond to the sexual harassment/ GBV survivor with relevant services on an emergency basis.
∎ Receive complaints and applications from clients for legal aid in the project area.
∎ Ensure implementation and reporting of project activities and achieve project objectives.
∎ Ensure project visibility in the project area.
∎ Communication with GO/NGO offices in project areas.
∎ Make referrals to Dhaka Head Office, Legal Cell for pursuing mediation and litigation in appropriate cases and accompany clients to the Head Office if necessary.
∎ Liaise between lawyers and clients, other service providers, and community leaders for victim support.
∎ Make referrals for legal aid or other servicer seekers to service-providing organizations on workplace, family/land matters, or livelihood issues.
∎ Meet and network with business bodies, local authorities, service providers, and community leaders to ensure timely and efficient referrals of victims for comprehensive support.
∎ Assist in carrying out advocacy activities at the local and national level for law and policy reform aimed at better protection of workers’ rights.
∎ Follow up on cases.
∎ Maintain an applications database register, input legal services information in BLAST CMS, and preserve certified and signed printouts of each application and advice form.
∎ Prepare and preserve relevant information and documents for each applicant.
∎ Prepare monthly, event, and other data reports, as required.
∎ Carry out any other activities as and when required.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 25 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Hardworking, proactive, and able to work in a team under pressure.
∎ Have knowledge of workers’ rights/ Industrial relations/ GBV/ Human rights issues.
∎ Proficient in MS Office.
∎ Good in communication both in English and Bangla.
Salary: Tk. 17000 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
∎ Costs in relation to any field work will be borne by the organization.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 29 Mar 2023
Company Information:
∎ 16 Mar 2023
∎ 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
: BLAST is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified candidates from all religious, gender, and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. However, qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply to achieve significant gender equality at all levels of the organization.
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 29th Mar 2023
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