Legal Advisor (on a retainer basis) 70 views1 applications

Background:

The Center for Victims of Trauma (CVT) is a US based non-profit humanitarian organization working on torture rehabilitation throughout the world. In Ethiopia, CVT is working with the Eritrean refugees in Adi Harush and Mai Ayni camps in Tigray region and South Sudanese refugees in Nguenyyiel camp in Gambella region, training and supervising local and refugee Counselors and providing trauma counseling interventions to the refugee population since 2013. CVT is registered with the Ethiopian Agency for Civil Society Organizations under registration number 3056 as a foreign organization.

At its program and administrative offices in Addis Ababa, Tigray, and Gambella, CVT employs a total of approximately 55 staff members, as well as about 40 incentive refugee workers in the three camps.

Scope of Work:

The Legal Advisor is engaged to:

1. Provide legal advice to CVT on all matters of legal issues, policies and procedures of the country relevant to CVT so as to ensure legal standing of CVT in Ethiopia.
2. Support and advice CVT on issues related to labor regulations, including but not limited to reviewing contracts as well as internal policies and procedures.
3. Institute, represent, appear, negotiate, defend, appeal, respond, intervene, plead, oppose or act in any manner whatsoever legally in any suit by or against involving the interest of CVT at Federal court, quasi-judicial tribunal, arbitral or other proceedings, in accordance with the rules, procedures and laws of the country.

Duration:

One year starting September 1, 2019, with a possibility for annual renewal

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

• Required: License to practice law in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
• Required: In-depth knowledge of the Civil Society Organizations  Proclamation, the Labor Proclamations, and immigration procedures for expatriate staff.
• Required: At least 5 years’ experience working as legal advisor for NGOs,
• Required: Fluency in Amharic and English.
• Strongly Preferred: Previous experience working as legal advisor for International NGOs.
• Preferred: Experience with NGOs working with refugees, including those in Gambella and Tigray regions

How to Apply

Interested and qualified professionals should email their CV outlining relevant qualifications and experiences, along with application letter articulating motivations as well as financial proposal. Please send application, prepared in English, to [email protected] before July 26, 2019, with the subject title “Legal Advisor [Your Name]”. Application E-mails with attachments should not exceed 1MB.  Include the names and contact information of three references. Submitting false information will result in your application being disqualified.  Only short listed candidates will be contacted.