Paralegal (Field Organizer)

Job Description

Title: Paralegal (Field Organizer)

Company Name: Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST)

Vacancy: 1

Location: Dhaka (Kakrail)

Minimum Salary: Tk. 17000 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ At least 2 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO

Published: 12 Sep 2024

Education:
∎ Bachelor of Arts (Pass)

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Relevant work experience is preferable.
∎ Should have significant experience working on Worker's Rights/ Industrial relations issues.
∎ Have knowledge of the RMG industry in Bangladesh.
∎ Self-motivated and organized.
∎ Able to work quickly and well under pressure, both independently and as a team member, juggling multiple tasks and meeting tight deadlines.
∎ Communication skills, drafting, and report writing capability in Bangla/ English.
∎ Computer operating knowledge especially in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and in email communication.
∎ Relevant work experience is preferable.
∎ Should have significant experience working on Worker's Rights/ Industrial relations issues.
∎ Have knowledge of the RMG industry in Bangladesh.
∎ Self-motivated and organized.
∎ Able to work quickly and well under pressure, both independently and as a team member, juggling multiple tasks and meeting tight deadlines.
∎ Communication skills, drafting, and report writing capability in Bangla/ English.
∎ Computer operating knowledge especially in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and in email communication.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Form community-based Self-help groups of garment workers in project areas.
∎ Conduct Awareness sessions among workers/members of self-help groups.
∎ Handle queries of the workers on workplace and GBV issues and provide legal advice to clients.
∎ Receive complaints 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 and Legal Cell to pursue 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 the victim's support.
∎ Make referrals for legal aid or other servicer seekers to service-providing organizations on the 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 levels 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 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.
∎ Key Responsibilities:
∎ Form community-based Self-help groups of garment workers in project areas.
∎ Conduct Awareness sessions among workers/members of self-help groups.
∎ Handle queries of the workers on workplace and GBV issues and provide legal advice to clients.
∎ Receive complaints 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 and Legal Cell to pursue 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 the victim's support.
∎ Make referrals for legal aid or other servicer seekers to service-providing organizations on the 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 levels 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 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.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ T/A, Mobile bill, Tour allowance, Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Lunch Facilities: Partially Subsidize
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
∎ Costs in relation to any field work will be borne by the organization.
∎ Costs in relation to any field work will be borne by the organization.

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Dhaka (Kakrail)

Read Before Apply:

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.



Company Information:
∎ Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST)
∎ YMCA Development Center, 1/1 Pioneer Road, Kakrail, Dhaka-1000.
∎ 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.

Address::
∎ YMCA Development Center, 1/1 Pioneer Road, Kakrail, Dhaka-1000.
∎ 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.

Application Deadline: 23 Sep 2024

Category: NGO/Development

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