Project Officer, Associate Legal Officer, Protection, Bhasan Char, HCMP

Job Description

Title: Project Officer, Associate Legal Officer, Protection, Bhasan Char, HCMP

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Noakhali (Hatiya)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 1 year
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Bachelor of Law (LLB)

• At least 1 year
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• English competency in writing skill i.e. experiences of developing/constructing Qualitative and Narrative reports.

• Ability to organize and prioritize work and completing tasks, meet deadlines and maintain composure without supervision

• Excellent communication, listening and observation skills, including ability to create trust, support, maintain confidentiality, respect of all ages, background and diversity.

BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh in 1972 that

partners globally with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty to create

opportunities to realise their potential.

Programming

• Close coordination with respective supervisor to ensure quality, time and effective delivery of legal assistance and awareness to persons of concern (PoCs) as per BRAC and UNHCR guidelines.

• Provide legal counseling and advice to PoCs on legal matters/issues.

• Subsistence /supporting Legal Officer to provide legal support to PoC at police stations and courts

• Facilitate and conduct legal awareness sessions for refugees in the camps including community, refugee leaders, religious leaders, and PSN.

• Supporting Legal officer to conduct mediation to resolve disputes among PoCs and follow up on settlement of disputes resolved and maintain mediation files, records, and register.

• Support Legal Officer for drafting file complaints, FIR, GD, and cases at police stations and to the courts

• Conduct visits to detention centers and advocate or intervene with law enforcement agencies including police and courts to release PoCs who are held in detention

• Inform and facilitate with PoCs to appear before the court when required

• Organize and facilitate prison visits for refugees to visit their immediate/close family members in prison

• Collaborate with police to rescue refugees who are victims of human trafficking or smuggling including offering legal support to the victims

• Facilitate and conduct training and build capacity of refugee volunteers (paralegals) on legal assistance

• Maintain effective interfaces, coordinate with PoCs, local authorities, and protection as well as ensure PoCs access to legal assistance, remedies to their needs, and appropriate responses are identified.

• Attend coordination, protection, etc., or meetings, at camp level as required.

• Analyze the probable outcomes of cases, using knowledge of legal precedents

• Support legal officer to Evaluate findings and develop strategies and arguments in preparation for presentation of cases

• Gather evidence to formulate a defense or to initiate legal actions, by such means as interviewing clients and witnesses to ascertain the facts of a case

• In the absence of a legal officer, an associate legal officer can represent clients before government agencies.

• Examine data or records of cases involving refugees to determine the advisability of defending or prosecuting the lawsuit

• Maintain communication with concerned CiC, APBn post, other stakeholders, Block-Majhee /Sub-Majhee, and Head-Majhee yet these communication priority will be set by Legal Officer.

• Perform all other duties as and when required by the

Manager/ Supervisor.

Grant Management and Reporting

• Assist the Legal Officer in preparing monthly/quarterly/half-yearly/yearly legal statements/ reports and work plans as per guideline

• Assist the Legal Officer in preparing internal and external reports within agreed deadlines using BRAC and donor formats

Staff Management and Development

• Maintain open, supportive, and professional relationships with team members, and promote a strong team spirit

• Provide related feedback to paralegal volunteers, develop action plans

• Coach, train, and mentor paralegal volunteers to strengthen their technical capacity, exchange knowledge, addressing gaps and providing professional development

Coordination

• Collaborate with the Project Manager, Senior Case Management Lawyer, and Legal Officer to ensure programming is properly supported and that all activities are conducted according to BRAC Administration, HR, Logistics, Finance, and other policies and procedures

• Coordinate with BRAC’s other departments as required to ensure effective and collaborative working relationships

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all relevant stakeholders including community members, NGOs, government authorities, and UN agencies;

• Participate in internal coordination meetings as required and liaise with BRAC's other programs as needed to ensure effective collaboration.

• Coordinate and follow-up with partner organizations and other project stakeholders as required

Safeguarding

1. Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organization, and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the program’s goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.

2. Practice, promote, and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

3. Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so.