Law Careers – Access to Justice Support Officer at Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF)

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Organisation: Avocats Sans
Frontières (ASF)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
About ASF:
Avocats Sans Frontières
(ASF) is an independent non-governmental organisation. Its mission is to
independently contribute to the creation of fair and equitable societies
through the promotion of access to justice, in which the law and its
institutions serve society’s most vulnerable groups. The organisation aims to
realise this objective through field interventions in the field of law in
general, and in the area of legal and judicial assistance in particular. ASF
has its headquarters in Brussels and currently implements long-term projects in
Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Nepal, Tunisia, Chad,
Tanzania. Context: ASF has a young and evolving mission in Uganda. Through a
careful analysis of the needs in the field and a strategic and coordinated
approach to the implementation of its programming, Avocats Sans Frontières has
gradually been establishing itself as an important actor in the protection of
the rights of the most vulnerable. ASF implements programs that combine legal
awareness raising with the opportunity to access free legal aid and judicial
assistance, in partnership with local actors such as the Uganda Law Society.
Since 2011 ASF has a leading position on transitional and international
justice, and focuses on the protection of human rights defenders.
Job
Summary: The Access to
Justice Support Officer is in charge of implementing access to justice
projects’ activities and assisting the Access to Justice Program Coordinator,
ensuring the proper monitoring and evaluation and implementation of access to
justice projects activities in capacity building, using human rights based
approach when considering the strategy for ASF’s interventions on access to
justice.
Key
Duties & Responsibilities:
1. Capacity Building
Projects’ Activities:
  • Actively
    contribute to the development of the ASF’s capacity building strategy in
    Uganda
  • Prepare,
    implement, follow-up and evaluate trainings and capacity building
    activities
2. Monitoring &
Evaluation (M&E):
  • Data
    collection
  • Monitor
    the quality of ASF’s projects
3. Advocacy, Sensitization
and Strategic Litigation: Assist
in the development and implementation of strategic litigation cases, advocacy
strategies and sensitization strategies
4. Project implementation:
  • Ensure
    the proper implementation of projects
  • Plan
    and coordinate logistics and financial needs related to the implementation
    of projects’ activities
  • Assist
    in program planning
5. Reporting: 
Prepare activity reports, meeting reports, under the supervision of the
Coordinator
6. Research:  Stay
updated on developments in domestic and international law relating to ASF’s
thematic areas of intervention as well as of the general judicial context of
the country and assist in legal researches
7. Other: – Perform any other tasks required by the
Mission.
Qualifications,
Skills and Experience:
  • The
    applicant should hold an LLB and an LLM (or other graduate degree) in
    human rights law, project management and/or related field;
  • Good
    grasp of international human rights instruments and principles;
  • A
    minimum of three (3) years of professional experience in project
    management;
  • Sound
    professional experience in the legal field (familiarity with procedures);
  • Good
    organizational capacities;
  • Proficiency
    in computer programs (Word, Excel, Access, etc.);
  • Ability
    to work under pressure and respect deadlines;
  • Ability
    to work in team;
  • Dynamic,
    reliable, with good negotiation skills;
  • The
    ability to analyze complex legal, human rights issues is a strong asset;
  • Good
    working knowledge of relevant government institutions governing this area
    is an asset.
Contract
Terms: One-year contract
(renewable) starting on December 10th, 2013.
How
to Apply:
All interested applicants
should send a cover letter and an updated C.V addressed to: Head of Mission,
ASF Uganda Office, Plot 832 Old Kira Rd, Bukoto, Kampala, Uganda Or send your
application to oug-cm@asf.be. More information on ASF and its projects is
available on our website at www.asf.be
Deadline: 29th
November, 2013

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