Project Officer (Legal Officer), Legal Protection, HCMP
Job Responsibilities
- Closely coordinate with UNHCR Legal Protection to ensure quality, timely and effective delivery of legal assistance and awareness to persons of concern (PoCs)
- Provide legal counseling and advice to PoCs on legal matters/issues
- Provide legal representation and support to PoC at police stations and courts Facilitate and conduct legal awareness sessions for refugees in the camps including community, refugee leaders and religious leaders
- Facilitate and conduct mediation to resolve dispute disputes among PoCs and follow up on settlement of disputes resolved and maintain mediation files and records
- Assist refugees to file complaints, FIR, GD and cases at police stations and courts
- Conduct visits to detention centers and advocate or intervene with law enforcement agencies including police and courts to release PoCs held in detention
- Inform and facilitate PoCs to attend court when required
- Organize prison visits for refugees to visit immediate/close family members in prison
- Collaborate with the police to rescue refugees who are victims of human trafficking or smuggling and offer legal support to the victims
- Facilitate and conduct training and build capacity for project staff and refugee volunteers (paralegals) on legal assistance
- Maintain effective interfaces and coordinate with PoCs, local authorities, protection and assistance partners to ensure PoCs access legal assistance and remedies and their needs and appropriate responses are identified.
- Attend coordination, protection, and other meetings, as may be required, at camp level
- Participate in initiatives to capacitate authorities, relevant institutions, assistance and protection partners to improve access of justice to PoCs
- Interpret laws, rulings and regulations to refugees
- Analyze the probable outcomes of cases, using knowledge of legal precedents
- Evaluate findings and develop strategies and arguments in preparation for presentation of cases
- Gather evidence to formulate defense or to initiate legal actions, by such means as interviewing clients and witnesses to ascertain the facts of a case
- Represent clients in court or before government agencies
- Examine data or record of cases involving refugees to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuit
- Maintain communication with concerned CiC, APBn post, other stakeholders, Block-Majhee /Sub-Majhee, Head-Majhee as required.
- Search for and examine public and other records of cases and draft legal opinion
- Prepare monthly/quarterly/half-yearly/yearly legal statements/ reports and work plan as per guideline
- Perform administrative and management functions
- Perform all other duties as and when required by the Manager/ Supervisor.
- Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the program's goals on 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, encourage.
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Industry :
Functional Area :
Corporate And Commercial Law
Location :
Coxs Bazar , BANGLADESH
Salary :
Negotiable
Gender :
Any Gender
Work Type :
Contract
Age :
18-60
Education :
Graduate
Years of Experience :
0-3
Apply By :
26 of Jan 2022
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