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Job Title:      Access
to Justice, Natural Resources Officer

Organization: Avocats
Sans Frontieres (ASF)

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

Reports to:
Coordinator of Programs

About US:

Avocats Sans
Frontieres (ASF) is a development aid non-governmental organization whose work
focuses on giving access to justice and protecting the fundamental rights of
all people with a focus on most marginalized groups.

Job Summary:  The Access to Justice in Natural Resources
Officer implements ASF projects and activities around natural resources. He/she
is also the Legal Officer for the Uganda country office. He/ she brings in a
technical expertise on legal issues in natural resources governance. The
Officer reports to the Coordinator of Programs, works in functional link with
the AFL Department and the Knowledge Manager. He/she coordinates actions with
ASF partners and ensures participation in relevant networks and forums

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Project Management

• Prepare work plans and operational forecasts for projects under the
  natural resources programme
• Design and supervise implementation of ASF activities under the
  projects
• Prepare quarterly reports to the Coordinator of Programs
• Prepare and is responsible for financial reports and accountability
  on implemented activities
• Support ASF‘s partners‘ in the development and implementation of
  their work plans
• Centralize, store and archive all relevant documents informing the
  implementation of the projects
• Participate in evaluations and surveys by availing all required
  information
• Ensure ASF visibility throughout the projects’ management cycle
  Legal support
• Supervise the work of ASF-trained community-based mediators and
  conduct regular observation sessions of the mediation they deliver
• Facilitate peer to peer learning exchanges among mediators,
  including through the digital platform
• Deliver trainings and mentoring to CB mediators based on the ASF
  training manual
• Supervise and manage pools of Lawyers established under relevant
  projects ~ Support Public interested Litigation cases managed by ASF and
  its partners
• Monitors development in the natural resources management and
  provides legal analysis to inform ASF interventions

Knowledge
Management

• Responsible for implementation and use of all Monitoring and
  Evaluation tools and devices through ASF and partners’ activities
• Collect data through all activities and encode it into ASF databases
• Assist the Knowledge Manager and the Coordinator of programs in
  analysing M&E data
• inject lessons learnt and knowledge gained into the project
  management cycle and into the formulation of new programmes

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The applicant must hold an LLB (Bachelor of Laws) & PGD Legal
  Practice
• Must be an enrolled advocate of High Court of Uganda with valid
  practicing certificate
• Three years in the area of legal aid provision and project
  Management
• Full proficiency of the project management cycle
• Proficiency with international Human Rights norms pertaining to the
  management of natural resources
• Strong writing skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a multicultural team
• Computer literacy i.e. proficiency in MS Office

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified and interested applicants should send a Cover letter, detailed
Curriculum Vitae, copies of academic transcripts; three reachable references
and salary expectations. Applications must be addressed to the: Coordinator of
Programs by e-mail to oug-cp2@asf.be with copy to the Country Director (
rravet@asf.be ), and with the reference “A2J in NRM application” in
the subject heading. ASF will only contact short-listed candidates

Deadline: 27^th October 2019

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