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| Legal Counselor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Herat, |
| Categories | Health Care, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2024-11-24 | Close Date | 2024-11-26 |
| Vacancy No | W-HRT-249 | Gender | Female |
| No Of Jobs | 1 | Contract Duration | Until Dec-2024 with extension possibility |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree in law or a related field (advanced degree preferred). | Experience | At least 3 years of experience in providing legal counselling or legal services, preferably in humanitarian or development settings. |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | Based on WASSA salary's Scale |
About Company
About Women Activities & Social Service Association (WASSA): Women Activities & Social Service Association (WASSA) established in 2002 in Afghanistan, as non-governmental organization, committed to seeking ways for women empowerment in Afghanistan. WASSA aims to promote women equal participation in socio-economic sectors of the country. WASSA works directly with communities in order to bring change in social attitude of the community regarding women. An envision “Equal participation of women & men in all sectors of the country. Equal Opportunities: WASSA is dedicated to offering equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified candidates, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, ethnicity, age, or disability. Safeguarding and Conduct: WASSA will contact previous employers to inquire about any history of sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment during the candidate's employment, including incidents under investigation at the time the candidate left. Job offers are conditional on satisfactory reference checks. By applying, candidates confirm they understand and accept these procedures. Final Selection: The selected candidate must pass a background check and reference check. They will also be required to sign WASSA's Code of Conduct, PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse), Safeguarding, and other relevant policies before receiving a final job offer/contract.
Job Description
- CONTEXT
The Women and Girls Empowerment Project is funded by UNICEF and implemented in The Western Region (Herat, Farah, and Badqhis provinces). The primary purpose of the program in Afghanistan is to reduce the violence and harmful practices against families.
- OBJECTIVES
The project needs to recruit a legal counselor working full–time. The overall aim is to improve the quality of legal support services to survivors of violence for the WGE project
RESULTS/OUTPUTS OF WORK
Under the overall supervision of the team leader, the legal counselor will work on the following tasks to coordinate the implementation of the project with following activities:
- Assist in the preparation of an action plan for each session and activity.
- Conduct interviews, problem identification, and finding realities with keeping confidential of the cases related information within a trusted environment.
- Conduct outreach campaigns to improve understanding of violence against girls and children’s issues in the targeted communities. Topics must be included triggers of violence in the home, and the impact of violence on children, the family, and the community.
- To refer to the entities to find and track the cases.
- Preparing monthly and weekly reports to submit to the supervisor.
- Follow up on the individual cases to be solved through counseling,
- Follow up on the cases after the reintegration of the beneficiaries.
- Participate in workshops, seminars, and meetings and maintain communication with the project supervisor and manager and all parties related to the beneficiary.
- Perform any other related tasks as directed by the project supervisor.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
4. METHODOLOGY
The legal counselor will be supervised by the team leader to give accurate and timely counsel to women and girls in WGFS of the project, on a variety of legal topics. The legal counselor will work on a full-time basis and be located in one of the WGFS of the project. She/he is expected to travel to the field and related places of the project.
Job Requirement
- Advanced University Degree in law, gender, development studies, international relations, or other related disciplines;
- Minimum 4 years of progressively responsible relevant experience, preferably in the promotion of women’s access to justice, legal training, and international and national laws and policies on gender equality and women’s rights;
- At least 5 years of experience in the development and provision of support programs for survivors of Violence, including legal services and advice;
- At least 3 years of professional experience in women’s human rights programming
- Sound knowledge of international standards on human rights, women’s rights, and related instruments
- At least 3 years of experience in program design, implementation, reporting, and monitoring, preferably in the field of Access to Justice ;
- Good experience in conducting workshops and management, including participatory training approaches;
- Excellent writing and oral communication skills in English.
Submission Guideline
- Interested qualified candidates should submit their information/request thourgh this link (https://airtable.com/appwndwkZ6AkhywTJ/shrLJvNpy9kO3XHkc).
- Academic certificates or references do not need to be submitted at this time. These will be requested if called for an interview.
- Only short-listed candidates will be invited for written tests and interviews upon project approve.