“Right Side” Human Rights Defender NGO announces vacancy for the position of an Attorney-Lawye
Job title: Attorney-Lawyer
Working hours: Monday-Friday, 4 hours a day with flexible schedule
Duration: Contractual (1 year with possible prolongation)
Probation period: 1 month
Place of employment: Yerevan (centre), Republic of Armenia
JOB DESCRIPTION: “Right Side” Human Rights Defender NGO is looking for an Attorney-Lawyer. The key priority for “Right Side” Human Rights Defender is acceptance and respect towards Trans and LGBQI+ people.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
– Provide legal counselling to beneficiaries
– Do legal representation of NGO and its beneficiaries in State bodies, Courts and in other governmental and non-governmental local and international institutions
– Answer hotline phone calls if necessary; provide night-time presentation at the police
– Mutually cooperate with state, local self-governing and legal bodies
– Propose legislative initiatives, if needed
– Conduct legal researches
– Document human rights violations of beneficiaries
– Prepare reports and analysis on human rights violation issues
– Prepare necessary legal documents of the NGO/ employment contracts, by laws updates, internal regulations, etc.
– Prepare a national report about the violations of rights of beneficiaries
– Develop and deliver training modules on human rights, discrimination and torture prevention, freedom of speech, hate speech and hate crime and on gender equality issues
– Prepare different statements and communicate with local and international governmental and non-governmental bodies
– Perform other activities related to the job
NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS:
– Law degree
– At least 3 years of work experience
– LGBTQ inclusive and non-discriminative approach
– Excellent knowledge of the RA Criminal and Civil Code
– Knowledge of European and International law
– Experience in legal research and reporting
– Knowledge of legal terminology in English, as well as an attempt to prepare legal contracts (or bilingual agreements)
– Excellent knowledge of Armenian and English, knowledge of Russian language is highly encouraged
– Individual responsibility to be self-disciplined, punctuality, great inter-personal communication skills,
– Teamwork and effective time management skills
– Work experience with civil society organizations and advocate qualification will be considered as an advantage
– Computer literacy.
REMUNERATION/ SALARY: 190,000 AMD (including taxes)
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: To apply for this job opportunity, please send CV to: rightsidengo@gmail.com. Please indicate the position title (“Attorney-Lawyer”) in the subject line of the Email.
Please clearly mention in your application letter that you learned about this job opportunity through Career Center and mention the URL of its website – www.careercenter.am. Thanks.
OPENING DATE: 09 October 2020
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 25 October 2020
ABOUT COMPANY: “Right Side” human rights defender NGO is the first and only transgender-led and transgender working organization in Armenia. For more information, please visit: http://rightsidengo.com/
Sep 30, 2021 Armenia Yerevan