Senior Legal Officer
Job Description
Title: Senior Legal Officer
Company Name: RDRS Bangladesh
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Rangpur
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master of Law (LLM) from reputed university with Bar Council Membership.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ RDRS Bangladesh, a reputed national NGO, is inviting eligible and deserving candidates to apply for the Position of "Senior Legal Officer". The position is based at Rangpur. Interested eligible candidates from Rangpur Division are requested to apply through online. Candidates from Rangpur Division will be called for interview.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Work across RDRS working area (Districts, Units, Upazilas, Branches) as needs, dictates and requires active involvement in the court cases and legal matters assigned by the Authority.
∎ a) Furnish necessary information/documents to the investigation officer and ensure necessary support, legal knowledge & basic facts/information are provided to the informant, complainant and witnesses in legal proceedings.
∎ b) Provide full support to the engaged lawyers in preparing complaint petition/Plaint/Written Statement and assist lawyer during filing of court cases/charge hearing/ preemptory hearing/argument and other stages.
∎ c) Prepare legal notice, written reply of legal notice, written reply of the different notice sending by government institutions, semi-government institutions, Autonomous Body or individual and send the reply as appropriate.
∎ Provide support to prepare official letters or legal notice to the suspected guilty or loan money defaulters.
∎ Prepare draft of General Diary (GD)/ First Information Report (FIR) against the miscreants who cause threats and hampers peaceful atmosphere of the office and assist in lodging GD or FIR to the respective Police Station.
∎ Maintain evidential portfolio of ongoing court cases updated.
∎ Furnish many other tasks for better management of the court cases and all possible support on legal matters referred by RDRS Management.
∎ Undertake frequent field visits to support legal matters as and when needed.
∎ To fulfill such other functions as assigned to him/her by the Authority.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 02 years experience as practicing lawyer.
∎ Ability to handle legal issues including drafting of legal notice, GD, Ejahar/FIR, agreements etc.
∎ Excellent skills in report writing and generating reports.
∎ Excellent computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Power Point).
∎ Good interpersonal communication skills and commands over English and Bangla-both Spoken and written.
Salary: Tk. 32892 - 45000 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays, Gratuity
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
∎ Each festival bonus is equivalent to monthly basic salary.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 28 Aug 2021
Company Information:
∎ 19 Aug 2021
∎ RDRS Bangladesh
∎ Address : RDRS Bangladesh, House no.43, Road no. 10, Sector 6, Uttara, Dhaka
∎ Web : www.rdrsbangladesh.org
∎ Business : RDRS Bangladesh is a national development NGO works for rural development by empowering the rural poor in northwest Bangladesh. RDRS was formally established as the Bangladesh field program of the Geneva-based Lutheran World Federation/Department for World Service (LWF/DWS) on 8 February 1972. Its development aim is to achieve sustainable increases in their living standards. With this aim, RDRS enables those who participate in its program to gain the necessary skills, understanding, confidence, institutions and services; and ensure that the rural communities have the necessary economic, social and environmental resources. RDRS employees approximate 3,700 staff and works with a further approximately 1,000 volunteers and daily paid workers. The vast majority of staff are in field positions, with specialist sectoral and support units in Rangpur and Dhaka.
Category: NGO/Development
: Eligible and deserving candidates are requested to apply only through online. Only shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview. Any persuasion will disqualify the candidature. Women are especially encouraged to apply. RDRS is a non smoking working environment. RDRS reserves rights to finalize any application.
