PHOEBE Zimbabwe
DUE: 20 APR 2025
Legal Advocate
Reporting to: Executive Director
Employer: PHOEBE Zimbabwe
Salary: To be advised (TBA)
About the Organization:
PHOEBE Zimbabwe is a dynamic, women-led non-governmental organization committed to addressing the gendered inequalities that disproportionately affect women and girls. We acknowledge that women and girls live multi-faceted lives and face a range of complex challenges. In response, we provide a holistic and integrated model of care, focusing on multiple issues that impact their daily lives, empowering them through legal and socio-economic support systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Providelegal counsel for women and girls in cases of gender-based violence, discrimination, and other legal issues.
- Oversee and manage a caseload, ensuring timely follow-up, appropriate legal interventions, and support for clients.
- Conduct workshops and community awareness sessions on legal rights, with a focus on empowering women and girls to access justice.
- Work closely with other departments within organisation to integrate legal services into the broader care model, ensuring clients receive comprehensive support.
- Contribute to the development of policies and advocacy strategies aimed at addressing systemic legal inequalities for women and girls.
- Maintain accurate and detailed records of all cases and activities, providing regular updates to the Executive Director.
- Provide training to staff and partners on legal frameworks impacting women and girls, including domestic and international human rights law.
- Plan, design and implement field activities based on implementation plans and budgets and ensure contribution of activities to project results as outlined in the results frameworks
- Design advocacy interventions, conduct and facilitate meetings, workshops, trainings based on the organisation’s approach
- Prepare and process activity plans and reports in a timely and accurate manner.
- Mobilise stakeholders, beneficiaries and participants and organise the logistics for activities as outlined in activity plans;
- Provide and compile relevant project information for communications purposes and support media engagements;
- Support the writing of project reports for internal purposes as well as for funding partners and project stakeholders.
- Develop and implement social media strategies to enhance the organisation’s online presence and drive engagement
Qualifications & Skills:
- Law degree (LLB)
- Minimum of 1 year of experience with focus on gender-related issues.
- Experience working with marginalized communities and understanding the specific challenges faced by women and girls.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work sensitively and effectively with diverse groups.
- Knowledge of Zimbabwean laws relating to women’s rights, gender-based violence, and legal frameworks.
- Ability to work independently, with initiative and in a collaborative team environment
- Knowledge and experience in local governance, youth and gender mainstreaming are an added advantage
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills and good writing and reporting skills
- Attention to detail, diligence and integrity and good team player
- Strong time management skills and ability to pro-actively set targets and self-organise work
- Clean Driver’s License
TO APPLY
If you are interested to work in a small team of dedicated colleagues and have the necessary qualification, experience and attitude, we are looking forward to receiving your CV and application letter via email by 20 April 2025. In your application letter please outline your motivation and the special attributes, skills or work experiences which distinguish you from other applicants. Credible references are essential. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Kindly email your application to [email protected]
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