Senior Project Officer, Legal, Humanitarian Development Coexistence Nexus, HCMP

Job Description

Title: Senior Project Officer, Legal, Humanitarian Development Coexistence Nexus, HCMP

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: 02

Age: Na

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

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

LLM/ LLB from any reputed university or institute

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

• Enrollment in BAR Council is mandatory

KNOWLEDGE:

• Strong understanding of national and international legal frameworks relevant to refugee law, human rights, and anti-trafficking.·      

• Awareness of gender-sensitive legal approaches and protection principles.

• Familiarity with community-based legal interventions and humanitarian contexts.

SKILLS:    

• Legal drafting, representation, and negotiation.

• Public speaking and training facilitation.

• Conflict resolution and mediation.

• Report writing and legal documentation.

• Proficiency in MS Office; experience with case management databases preferred.

COMPETENCIES:

• Empathy and ethical judgement

• Communication and diplomacy

• Team leadership and mentoring

• Resilience and adaptability in crisis environments

• Strategic thinking and planning.

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.

The Senior Project Officer, Legal, is responsible for delivering legal aid and justice services to Persons of Concern (PoCs), with a focus on trafficking survivors and other vulnerable populations in humanitarian settings. The position supports access to justice through legal counselling, representation, and coordination with law enforcement, courts, and other stakeholders. This role ensures the integration of legal services with protection programming, particularly around GBV and trafficking cases.

Legal Service Delivery and Case Management

• Operate the video testimony hub for trafficking survivors and coordinate timely testimonies.

• Provide legal counselling, advice, and representation to PoCs at police stations and courts.

• Assist PoCs with the filing of complaints, GDs, FIRs, and legal proceedings.

• Conduct legal awareness sessions for community leaders, refugees, volunteers, and religious figures.

• Visit detention centres to advocate for the release of PoCs and offer legal support.

• Collaborate with law enforcement and legal protection actors to facilitate rescue operations for trafficking victims.

• Support the development and implementation of individual legal action plans based on case-specific needs. 

• Capacity Building, Coordination, and Representation

• Facilitate training on legal rights and procedures for volunteers and staff.

• Supervise and mentor Associate Legal Officers and paralegal volunteers to ensure service quality.

• Participate in coordination meetings with UN focal agency, law enforcement, protection actors, and government authorities.

• Maintain strong working relationships with courts, police, and community stakeholders to strengthen referral pathways.

• Represent BRAC’s legal programme in inter-agency meetings and legal forums when delegated. 

Documentation, Monitoring, and Reporting

• Track arrest data, legal case status, and outcomes in line with BRAC and funding agency’s requirements.

• Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly, and annual legal reports, including qualitative and quantitative data.

• Maintain accurate and confidential case documentation, ensuring data protection compliance.

• Support grant management activities including budgeting inputs, compliance tracking, and donor reporting. 

Safeguarding Implementation:

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

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

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

• Festival Bonus

• Health & Life Insurance

• Paternity/ Maternity leave

• others as per Organisation policy.