Senior Manager / Manger (Legal)

Job Description

Title: Senior Manager / Manger (Legal)

Company Name: Friendship

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ The candidate who is seeking this position should have a minimum degree of LLB (Hon’s)

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Work with the Inclusive Citizenship (IC) team
∎ Be the focal point for all legal information searches for the program and Organization.
∎ Gather law and legislation for Organizational purposes
∎ Lead to develop IC’s Friendship Community paralegals, by guiding, assisting and developing all legal manual, which includes law and procedures and advise on all legal matters to them.
∎ Work with Head Office and Field Office regarding community litigation and give all assistance that might arise from running an ‘access to justice’ and ‘human rights’ program.
∎ Involvement in legal translation work.
∎ Stay on top of current national and international laws and rules, and assist to the Department head to incorporate these in different issues.
∎ Keep in touch with various Courts, NGOs, and other national and international organizations that deal and handle matters of law, justice and governance.
∎ Have a good understanding of Good Governance so that actively participating and assist to develop strategies for legal support to the marginalized community.
∎ Have the ability to apply the correct law and interpret it for the various Sectors and Central Service Units (CSUs).
∎ 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 submissions, articles and reports for submission to external agencies and or presentation at conferences and public forums.
∎ Maintain professional knowledge of the law to enable provision of high-quality advice, referral, guidance and advocacy to staff, including participation in all relevant meetings, training and programs.
∎ Any other relevant duties as required or delegated.

Additional Requirements:
∎ work experience in combination with Chamber work and Court experience.
∎ Skilled in research, documentation and drafting.
∎ Have good knowledge in overseeing civil documents and papers, read land documents, deeds. It is essential that he has experience in land and administrative law to ensure legal compliance of the organization in various aspects of work.
∎ Have good knowledge of the functions of the legal procedures of the land. Included in this is the necessity to understand development issues.

Salary: Negotiable

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 14 Apr 2021

Company Information:
∎ 6 Apr 2021
∎ Friendship
∎ Address : K-14/2A, Baridhara North Road (Kalachadpur), Dhaka - 1212, Bangladesh
∎ Web : www.friendship.ngo

Category: Law/Legal

: “FRIENDSHIP is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and adults, and employees, Donors, visiting Doctors, visiting Journalists, visitors, 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”.

Source: bdjobs.com