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 [email protected] with copy to the Country Director (
[email protected] ), and with the reference “A2J in NRM application” in
the subject heading. ASF will only contact short-listed candidates
Deadline: 27th October 2019
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