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ACANCY FOR A PARALEGAL – POSITION IN CAPE TOWN

Ilitha Labantu is a social service and educational organization with a specific focus on addressing violence against women and children and supporting those affected by it. This is accomplished through individual and family counseling, workshops, skills training and empowerment, and acting as a trusted advisor in government and community processes. The client base is particularly focused amongst women living in townships and rural areas of South Africa.

Ilitha Labantu seeks to appoint a Paralegal to be based at Ilitha Labantu head office in Gugulethu this position is a full-time one-year contractual post.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

  • Provide legal advice to clients either face to face or telephonically
  • Provide critical legal information and assist clients on legal questions and procedures
  • Capture cases and create an electronic and hard filing system;
  • Provide legal guidance to clients
  • Court support, court preparation and liaise with saps/investigating officer/prosecutors etc
  • Identify and share trends and initiate suitable responses and recommendations and mediate dispute resolutions;
  • Public Legal education and training such as talks and workshops on issues such as Succession etc
  • Simplification and training on legislation and policies in line with Women & Children’s rights
  • Formulate stakeholder networks and engage in social mobilisation against gender-based violence.
  • Strengthen a results orientation culture within the organisation.
  • Identify internal and external service delivery challenges.
  • Conduct on-going quality assurance, impact assessment and contribute formulation of relevant research questions.
  • Programme monitoring and evaluation.
  • Conduct advocacy actions together with community groups to achieve rights through a change in policy
  • Initiate and support Ilitha Labantu and other campaigns to achieve policy change through providing information; promoting a message; recruiting support; consulting with stakeholders;
  • Collaborate and comment on the development of written submissions;
  • Capture data accurately, identify trends and give input into analysis;

COMPETENCY PROFILE

  • A minimum of a LLB
  • Has worked in an NPO/NGO working environment
  • Strong inter-personal skills to liaise with senior management
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, both oral and written
  • Above average experience and knowledge in family law etc
  • A strong sense of responsibility and urgency and the ability to deliver regularly on time
  • Strong human resource management skills
  • Essential Driving Skills (Must have a driver’s licence)
  • Must have their own transport
  • Willingness to travel

NB. Must have a Police Clearance Certificate

Closing Date: 10 February 2021

Terms of Employment & Salary: Market related / Negotiable, Please submit letter of application, CV and names of three references (they must be available), indicate the position you are applying for in the subject line; Contact person & details: Ms Zoliswa Mbekwa [email protected] or call 021 633 2383 for any further queries.

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Ilitha Labantu

Ilitha Labantu is a social service and educational organization with a specific focus on addressing violence against women and children and supporting those affected by it. This is accomplished through individual and family counseling, workshops, skills training and empowerment, and acting as a trusted advisor in government and community processes. The client base is particularly focused amongst women living in townships and rural areas of South Africa. Ilitha Labantu is committed to empowerment through education and participatory practices.

The organization was established in 1989 and registered as an NPO with the Department of Social Development in 2003. Ilitha Labantu will be celebrating it’s twenty one years of service in 2010. Ilitha has been operating for over twenty years in greater Cape Town. The organization was established after it became clear that the problem of violence against women and children represented a critical obstacle to development in township communities. When Ilitha Labantu the brain child of Mandisa Monakali when it started it was the only organization in the Western Cape that served to empower township women and to address issues related to gender violence. The organization developed of community work conducted by handful of committed women from the township. Ilitha Labantu has now grown and has established satellite offices in five provinces in both townships and rural areas.

Ilitha is the only organization in the area that provides this service in an accessible way because of its location within the residential areas of its target group in a language that is understandable and used by survivors. There are other organizations in South Africa that render services of similar kind. However, their services are not easily accessible to many survivors of violence in the townships and rural communities. Firstly, geographical location is far from where most black women live and secondly, the predominant language used by these organizations is English while most women in the townships are illiterate and can only speak their African languages. These barriers prevent women in the townships and rural communities from making use of the services organizations offer.

The legacy of apartheid in South Africa includes deep- rooted racial discrimination and domination of women. Violence and conflict has been interwoven in the fabric of South African society and manifest itself in a variety of mutually reinforcing ways. Violence against women and children represents a dimension of the crisis, which is often overlooked.

Even after the dawn of democracy in South Africa and adoption of a bill of rights women are still living in the same conditions as before – facing violence both inside and outside their homes, dealing with the same inadequate services and critical economic sparsity. Ilitha Labantu was established after a series of workshops and seminars in the townships in an attempt to gauge interest in a woman’s center for development.

Through this process, it became clear that here were particular issues that had such an immediate affect on women’s lives that they represented obstacles to any further development work. Most notably, it was found that the problem of violence against women and children would first have to be addressed before women could be empowered through any other development training process.

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0 USD CAPE TOWN CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Ilitha Labantu

ACANCY FOR A PARALEGAL – POSITION IN CAPE TOWN

Ilitha Labantu is a social service and educational organization with a specific focus on addressing violence against women and children and supporting those affected by it. This is accomplished through individual and family counseling, workshops, skills training and empowerment, and acting as a trusted advisor in government and community processes. The client base is particularly focused amongst women living in townships and rural areas of South Africa.Ilitha Labantu seeks to appoint a Paralegal to be based at Ilitha Labantu head office in Gugulethu this position is a full-time one-year contractual post.RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

  • Provide legal advice to clients either face to face or telephonically
  • Provide critical legal information and assist clients on legal questions and procedures
  • Capture cases and create an electronic and hard filing system;
  • Provide legal guidance to clients
  • Court support, court preparation and liaise with saps/investigating officer/prosecutors etc
  • Identify and share trends and initiate suitable responses and recommendations and mediate dispute resolutions;
  • Public Legal education and training such as talks and workshops on issues such as Succession etc
  • Simplification and training on legislation and policies in line with Women & Children’s rights
  • Formulate stakeholder networks and engage in social mobilisation against gender-based violence.
  • Strengthen a results orientation culture within the organisation.
  • Identify internal and external service delivery challenges.
  • Conduct on-going quality assurance, impact assessment and contribute formulation of relevant research questions.
  • Programme monitoring and evaluation.
  • Conduct advocacy actions together with community groups to achieve rights through a change in policy
  • Initiate and support Ilitha Labantu and other campaigns to achieve policy change through providing information; promoting a message; recruiting support; consulting with stakeholders;
  • Collaborate and comment on the development of written submissions;
  • Capture data accurately, identify trends and give input into analysis;

COMPETENCY PROFILE

  • A minimum of a LLB
  • Has worked in an NPO/NGO working environment
  • Strong inter-personal skills to liaise with senior management
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, both oral and written
  • Above average experience and knowledge in family law etc
  • A strong sense of responsibility and urgency and the ability to deliver regularly on time
  • Strong human resource management skills
  • Essential Driving Skills (Must have a driver’s licence)
  • Must have their own transport
  • Willingness to travel

NB. Must have a Police Clearance Certificate

Closing Date: 10 February 2021

Terms of Employment & Salary: Market related / Negotiable, Please submit letter of application, CV and names of three references (they must be available), indicate the position you are applying for in the subject line; Contact person & details: Ms Zoliswa Mbekwa [email protected] or call 021 633 2383 for any further queries.

 2021-02-11

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