Legal Advisor – Newham Asian Women’s Project – 23rd September 2011
Newham Asian Women’s Project (NAWP) is a leading women’s organisation in East London. Set up in 1986 to provide specialist support services to Asian women and their children experiencing domestic violence, the project has since developed a range of other services to support Asian women and girls. These services include four refuges, a resource centre, a counselling service, a youth project, a legal advice service, a training department and a mental health project called Zindaagi (meaning ‘Life’)
We are seeking an experienced Legal Advisor to work in our Legal Advice Service providing support, information and advice to women in the community.
The person should have the following skills:
* Experience in legal advice and information work, capacity building and advocacy including case management
* Experience working with issues such as domestic violence and sexual abuse and exploitation
* To be qualified to degree level
* Experience of monitoring and evaluation
* Ability to speak fluently one of the main South Asian languages
Closing date for applications: 23 September 2011 at 5pm.
For an Application Pack please contact Shahina Begum on 0208 472 0528 or email sbegum@nawp.org
This post is open to South Asian women only and is exempt under the Sex Discrimination Act 7(2) (d) and (e) and the Race Relations Act 5(2) (d) 1976
Charity Registration No: 1001834
