Job Description
Title: Programme Officer-Legal
Company Name: Friendship
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Completion of Bachelor of Laws (Masters of Laws will get preference)
Experience Requirements:
∎ 2 to 3 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Work with the Inclusive Citizenship (IC) team
∎ Analyze law and policy developments in Bangladesh that may impact the project's intervention and provide recommendations for strategic responses.
∎ Review, draft, and manage contracts, agreements, MOUs, and other legal documents.
∎ Engage in legal advocacy efforts to promote the project's objectives, including collaborating with government agencies, partners, and stakeholders.
∎ Assist to prepared different training manual, flip chart content and others educational materials for Friendship Community Paralegals.
∎ Contribute to the growth and enhancement of Friendship Community paralegals through collaboration with the legal team, providing guidance and support.
∎ Collaborate with both the Head Office and Field Office to address community legal matters and provide support to ensure 'access to justice' and 'legal aid' programs.
∎ Involvement in legal translation work.
∎ Keep in touch with various Courts, NGOs, and other national and international organizations that deal and handle matters of law, justice and governance.
∎ Maintain different written record of staff counsel, instruction and action.
∎ Travel to regional courts and remote communities, as and when required, to provide legal advice and representation.
∎ Prepare regular reports on paralegal activities and project intervention.
∎ Any other relevant duties as required or delegated.
∎ Ensure legal empowerment through legal movement in marginalized communities
∎ Conduct regular outreach programs to raise legal awareness in marginalized communities.
∎ Prepared educational materials on relevant topics for Friendship Community Paralegals
∎ Assist to prepare different manual for Friendship Community Paralegals
∎ Support to organize the training session for the local mediators from the community to handle disputes effectively
∎ Ensure that important legal documents are properly executed and filed.
∎ Collaborate with local and national authorities to address systemic legal issues.
∎ Regular monitoring on-going cases
∎ Promote alternative dispute resolution methods like arbitration and negotiation.
∎ Train community members in Traditional Salish techniques to resolve conflicts amicably as
∎ Maintain a comprehensive database of legal cases in the area.
∎ Analysis Friendship Community Paralegals monthly report
∎ Maintain Communication with DLAC, SCLAC and NLASO
∎ Maintaining good coordination/collaboration with other partners and stakeholders Ensuring the safety and security of project and office equipment/materials and documents.
∎ Following the organizational Code of Ethics and policies.
∎ Handling any other responsibilities as requested by the supervisor.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 28 to 35 years
∎ Applicants should be highly organized and able to prioritize multiple tasks.
∎ Very comfortable with Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, Excel, Bangla composing skills, internet navigation, etc.).
∎ Demonstrated interest in judicial reform, access to justice, and legal aid services for the poor.
∎ Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team to achieve complex results under strict deadlines.
∎ Demonstrated commitment to ethics, transparency, and accountability in program implementation.
∎ Excellent spoken and written English and Bangla.
Salary: Negotiable
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 21 Oct 2023
Company Information:
∎ 15 Oct 2023
∎ Friendship
∎ Address : K-14/2A, Baridhara North Road (Kalachadpur), Dhaka - 1212, Bangladesh
∎ Web : https://friendship.ngo/
Category: NGO/Development
: “FRIENDSHIP is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and adults, and employees, Donors, visiting Doctors, visiting Journalists, visitors, beneficiaries including communities where we work and volunteers/interns. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with, has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation - regardless of age, race, religion, and gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment policy and procedure fully include background checks and disclosure of criminal records in order to ensure safeguarding. FRIENDSHIP is an equal opportunity employer and will do everything possible to ensure that those who are suitable to work within our values and beliefs are recruited to work for us. Any personal persuasion will result in a disqualification of candidature”.Photograph must be enclosed with the resume.
