JOB OPENING: Legal
Officer – Botswana
Salary: Grade C BWP
127, 900 per annum approx. (This is the pro rated salary for 3 days a week.)job
Duration: This is a
part time post, 3 days per week, starting in July 2016 until October 2018 in
the first instance with possibility of extension, funding permitting.
Closing date: Extended
till further notice
Do you have at least
two years’ experience of human rights advocacy, lobby, media, or campaigning
work? Have you designed and run human rights and paralegal trainings? Do you
have strong comm
unication skills and good working knowledge of Setswana?
MRG is looking to
recruit a Legal Officer based in Botswana to help us achieve our mission to
realise the rights of minorities and indigenous peoples round the world,
through the use of litigation, legal empowerment, legal tools and other
advocacy. Specifically, working with our Senior Legal Officer, the post-holder
will work with civil society partners to increase and deepen their engagement
in human rights in Botswana, particularly minority rights, with the overall
objective of reducing discrimination against and lack of recognition of members
of minority tribes in Botswana.
The Legal Officer
based in Botswana will work with partners and lawyers in order to (i) build
communities’ human rights knowledge through the provision of human rights
training and support to community trainers; (ii) build communities’ legal
skills through the provision of paralegal training and ongoing support to
paralegals; and (iii) enable community representatives and partners to improve
their advocacy at the local, regional and international levels. Candidates
should have a degree in law and/or human rights, and at least 2 years’
experience of project management. Additionally, they will need to have a good
working knowledge of Setswana as well as at least 2 years’ experience of
working with partners in the global south.
For more details
please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Qualified candidates
should send a completed application form and equal opportunities form by email
to recruitment@mrgmail.org .
Should you have any
queries about the post, please contact Human Resources: hr@mrgmail.org.
MRG values
diversity. Applicants from ethnic, religious or linguistic minority communities
are particularly encouraged to apply as they are currently under-represented in
this Department of our organisation.
Forms available at:
http://minorityrights.org/…/job-opening-legal-officer-bots…/
