Paralegal
Job Description
Title: Paralegal
Company Name: Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST)
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Dhaka (Tejgaon)
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree in any discipline
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Form community based Self-help groups of garments workers in project area.
∎ Conduct awareness session among workers/members of self-help groups.
∎ Handle query of the workers on workplace and GBV issues, Provide legal advice to clients.
∎ Receive complain and applications from clients 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 necessary referrals for legal aid or other service seekers to service providing organisations 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, including certified and signed printouts of each claim forms.
∎ Prepare and preserve relevant information and documents for each applicant.
∎ Prepare monthly reports, event reports and other data reports, as required.
∎ Carry out any other activities as and when required.
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 2 years experience in relevant field.
∎ Good writing and speaking skill in Bangla and English.
∎ Proficient in MS Office Package.
Salary: Tk. 15102 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Commensurate with experience and BLAST's salary scale.
∎ Costs in relation to field work will be borne by the organization according to its rules.
Application Deadline: August 17, 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
Read Before Apply: Application Procedure: Apply online through bdjobs. Interested candidates are request to submit a comprehensive curriculum vitae that includes names and contacts (telephone, fax, and e-mail addresses) of two (2) professional referees who are familiar with the candidate's qualifications and work experience through Bdjobs online application.Only short listed candidates will be invited for interview. To find out more about the organization, see www.blast.org.bd NOTE: any type of communication with anyone linked to BLAST to solicit for the position, will be treated as disqualification
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 17th Aug 2019
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