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Job Title: Legal Officer
Organisation: War Child Canada (WCC)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Senior Legal Officer
About US:
War Child Canada (WCC) is a registered Canadian charity and operating in the Middle East and South Asia regions (Afghanistan, Iraq, and Jordan) and Sub-Saharan Africa (Sudan, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda).
Currently, WCC is implementing Education and Protection/Access to justice programs for refugees and host communities in Adjumani and Isingiro districts and expanding to additional six refugee hosting districts.
Job Summary: The Legal Officer is responsible for the management of the War Child Canada’s Uganda Legal Aid Clinic where he/she is attached to. He/ She coordinates all the Legal Aid activities the project is to undertake, including clients’ management, awareness raising, and legal trainings. She / he supervises the work and builds up the capacity of the community-based volunteers. He/ She will be actively engaged in the strategic development and implementation of the War Child Canada “Legal Defense Program for Women and Children in Uganda”. He/ She oversees ensuring a solid and effective cooperation with key partners of War Child Canada.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the overall client’s management system, including:
- Receiving, interviewing, and developing an adequate legal intervention for survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) that report to War Child Canada Legal Aid Clinic.
- Supervising the enforcement of the legal intervention through making sure the necessary evidence for each case is collected, legal documents are correctly drafted, clients are offered with the possibility of amicable mediation of their case, cases are adequately filed in court and any other legal action relevant to the specific case is carried out.
- Overseeing, in close cooperation with the Senior Legal Officer, the process of court representation for those clients that are seeking to access the formal justice system.
- Referring clients to other services not provided by WCC Legal Aid Services, such as healthcare.
- Providing legal advice and counseling to vulnerable people whose claim falls outside War Child Canada mandate.
- Maintain accurate, up to date and safe records/files (both electronic and hard copies) of clients, and according to agreed/standard data protection protocols/guidelines.
- Support the design of monitoring, evaluation and learning systems of specific projects including developing indicators and data collection instruments.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a University degree in Law.
- At least three years of relevant experience in Legal Aid Service provision
- Lobbying and Advocacy Skills.
- Excellent communication skills both in written and spoken English, including report writing.
- Strong teamwork with the ability to interact proactively and collaboratively with WCC and partners staff at all levels of the organization.
Desirable:
- Experience of developing and using information systems and running a range of reports.
How to Apply:
Submit a curriculum vitae of not more than 4 pages with an accompanying cover letter as one PDF document to: jobs_uganda@warchild.ca OR: War Child Canada Plot 1006, Kironde Road Muyenga Kampala. Please indicate the position title in the Email subject.
War Child Canada is committed to providing a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Final candidates will be vetted in accordance with War Child Canada’s Child Safeguarding Policy, including appropriate reference and security checks. Only those applicants selected for interview will be notified.
Deadline: 9th February 2022
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Job Title: Legal Officer
Organisation: War Child Canada (WCC)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Senior Legal Officer
About US:
War Child Canada (WCC) is a registered Canadian charity and operating in the Middle East and South Asia regions (Afghanistan, Iraq, and Jordan) and Sub-Saharan Africa (Sudan, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda).
Currently, WCC is implementing Education and Protection/Access to justice programs for refugees and host communities in Adjumani and Isingiro districts and expanding to additional six refugee hosting districts.
Job Summary: The Legal Officer is responsible for the management of the War Child Canada’s Uganda Legal Aid Clinic where he/she is attached to. He/ She coordinates all the Legal Aid activities the project is to undertake, including clients’ management, awareness raising, and legal trainings. She / he supervises the work and builds up the capacity of the community-based volunteers. He/ She will be actively engaged in the strategic development and implementation of the War Child Canada “Legal Defense Program for Women and Children in Uganda”. He/ She oversees ensuring a solid and effective cooperation with key partners of War Child Canada.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the overall client’s management system, including:
- Receiving, interviewing, and developing an adequate legal intervention for survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) that report to War Child Canada Legal Aid Clinic.
- Supervising the enforcement of the legal intervention through making sure the necessary evidence for each case is collected, legal documents are correctly drafted, clients are offered with the possibility of amicable mediation of their case, cases are adequately filed in court and any other legal action relevant to the specific case is carried out.
- Overseeing, in close cooperation with the Senior Legal Officer, the process of court representation for those clients that are seeking to access the formal justice system.
- Referring clients to other services not provided by WCC Legal Aid Services, such as healthcare.
- Providing legal advice and counseling to vulnerable people whose claim falls outside War Child Canada mandate.
- Maintain accurate, up to date and safe records/files (both electronic and hard copies) of clients, and according to agreed/standard data protection protocols/guidelines.
- Support the design of monitoring, evaluation and learning systems of specific projects including developing indicators and data collection instruments.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a University degree in Law.
- At least three years of relevant experience in Legal Aid Service provision
- Lobbying and Advocacy Skills.
- Excellent communication skills both in written and spoken English, including report writing.
- Strong teamwork with the ability to interact proactively and collaboratively with WCC and partners staff at all levels of the organization.
Desirable:
- Experience of developing and using information systems and running a range of reports.
How to Apply:
Submit a curriculum vitae of not more than 4 pages with an accompanying cover letter as one PDF document to: jobs_uganda@warchild.ca OR: War Child Canada Plot 1006, Kironde Road Muyenga Kampala. Please indicate the position title in the Email subject.
War Child Canada is committed to providing a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Final candidates will be vetted in accordance with War Child Canada’s Child Safeguarding Policy, including appropriate reference and security checks. Only those applicants selected for interview will be notified.
Deadline: 9th February 2022
For more of the latest jobs, please visit https://www.theugandanjobline.com or find us on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/UgandanJobline