I have 18 years of experience in rule of law, criminal justice, access to justice, human rights, conflict prevention and peace building, gender justice and legal empowerment. My key functional areas are project management, designing and implementation, planning and budgeting, monitoring, reporting, coordination, and partnership building. I have extensive practical experience in resource mobilization, donors funded projects management, donor reporting and managing relationship with donors like DFID, USAID, US INL, EU, Netherlands, Government, SDC, UNDP Global funding, etc.
Based on my qualifications and experience I am the most suitable candidate for the position.
Sincerely,
Arshid Jan
Job Description:
• Supervised over 80 different agreements with NGO partners, public sector institutions and autonomous bodies in different rule of law-related areas: legal aid, access to justice, dispute resolution, community based paralegals, clinical legal education, encouragement of female legal education and females in legal profession, strengthening bar associations, capacity building of justice sector actors, lawyers, prosecutors, judges, court staff, community policing, community paralegals.
• Organized national conferences and workshops on the Right to a Fair Trail and Legal aid and Access to Justice in Pakistan.
• Initiated Clinical Legal Education (CLE) in law schools and prepared training manual on CLE resulted into training of over 150 law students.
• Developed trainees and trainers advocacy & skills training manuals for the lawyers which led to training of over 500 lawyers.
• Project management, preparation of contracts, agreements and MOUs, donor reporting, resource mobilization, proposal writing, budgeting.
• Served as focal person for the UN Cluster for Displaced Persons, preparation of annual work plan, field level monitoring, report writing, proposals and project evaluation.
• Coordinated with rule of sector actors (government institutions, NGOs/CSOs, UN agencies, academic, peace & development organizations/institutions and disaster management authorities).
• Undertake training need assessments, training manual development and imparting trainings.
• Manage training agreements related to training of police, judges, prosecutors, lawyers, paralegals and mediators.
• Implement awareness campaigns and ensure legal aid outreach.
• Provide support in development of technical and financial proposals for donors.
• Organize national and international level conferences and workshops.
• Manages the delivery of aspects of the access to justice, rule of law and human rights project workplans and their outputs through consultants, contractors and
Job Description:
• Performed as focal person for monitoring & evaluation system and indicators for input and output monitoring within the project.
• Developed monitoring & evaluation system for timely reporting and feedback to management units.
• Supported information systems assessments on agreed (1) indicators and targets for monitoring; (2) objective criteria (and data sources) for the evaluation, and (3) means for obtaining the needed information.
• Ensured implementation & documentation of targets and performance indicators by including in all monitoring systems for project activities, annual reviews and reports.
• Ensured proper action on qualitative and process-oriented gender-sensitive indicators of inputs, outputs, and outcome project for monitoring and evaluation.
• Supported management of five units for timely preparation and submission of reports to donors
• Developed and institutionalized a feedback system to provide regular feedback to districts and union councils on their performance and activities.
• Performed as project focal person and project website moderator for regular maintenance, updating and smooth performance of the website at provincial units.
Job Description:
• Prepared gender violence cases analysis reports.
• Prepared review reports of women’s protection laws in Pakistan.
• Conducted review of over 21,000 cases resolved by the community mediators in light of human rights standards, constitution and other laws of the Pakistan.
• Facilitated alternative dispute resolution trainings for community mediators, judiciary and bar associations.
• Developed Islamic-law based book on dispute resolution & rights.
• Conducted review of alternative dispute resolution legal regime in Pakistan.
• Coordinated with partners and stakeholders (police, bar, judiciary, civil society organizations).
• Supported a team of 18 members on legal, gender, human rights issues and conflict/dispute resolution matters.
• Coordinated and followed up with consultants and partners for timely completion of tasks and duties.
• Monitored, implemented and maintained quality control.
• Provided follow-up reports to management unit for the smooth implementation of activities.
• Reviewed newspapers, magazines and publications, bills, laws on gender, human rights, alternative dispute resolution.
• Prepared concept notes and followed up with the donors and resource generation for the project.
• Wrote progress reports annual, quarter and terminal report of the project.
• Prepared terms of reference for consultants and studies.
• Prepared working papers, agenda, and minutes of meetings.
• Contributed to development of a training manual on alternative dispute resolution and training of master trainers, resulting in training of over 600 community mediators.
• Provided training on mediation skills, alternative dispute resolution legal framework and national and international mediation practices to representatives of Federally Administered Areas (FATA) Pakistan.
Job Description:
• Performed as Research Officer with the Women Empowerment in Muslims Context covered 8 districts of Pakistan (2008). The Research Program consortium on ‘Women’s Empowerment in Muslim Contexts: gender, poverty, and democratization. The program focused on four nodal countries – China, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Iran – as well as cross-border communities.
• Conducted field research on legal empowerment, governance, family laws and women-specific policies.
• Conducted research on religious minorities’ rights.
• Prepared analytical reports based on legal regimes and practice in place.
• Developed tools for legal and human rights awareness and conducted legal awareness sessions.
• Provided legal aid to the indigent and vulnerable women.
• Participated in seminars and conferences on women’s and minorities’ rights.
• Collected data on family laws, human rights, social and cultural norms hindering women’s progress using various methods and tools: focus group discussions, transit walks, in-depth interviews and social mapping.
• Analyzed data prepared report based on data collected.
• Conducted research on use of FM radio to subordinate women during Talibanization of Malakand division of Pakistan.
• Conducted research on Christian Marriage and Divorce Laws in Pakistan and discriminatory effects upon women.
Job Description:
• Main areas of practices civil litigation, Intellectual property and copy rights cases.
• Practised as independent advocate in courts of law and tribunals.
• Conducted criminal and civil cases, including cases relating to Afghan refugees.
• Prepared legal documents, e.g. pleadings, writ petitions, criminal & civil petitions, appeals, reviews, revisions, mortgage deeds, agreements, contracts and written arguments.
• Conducted legal research.
Training in the following areas:
Legal drafting
Case and Chambers’ Management
Court appearance
Legal Research