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Under the direct supervision of the Head of Social Justice and Strategic Litigation Program,

the incumbent is required to perform the following functions:

• Coordinates with and assists the Head of Litigation Program (HLP) to ensure efficient judicial support services to the judicial offices.
• In cooperation with the HLP, she/he acts as the focal point on all judicial support services, including interpretation, translation, transcription, AV recordings, and trial management- related issues.
• Attends the hearings before the court and aids before and during the hearings in cooperation with the Court Officers; he/she provides secretariat support to legal teams.
• Assists in the formulation of internal policies and directives for the litigation program
• Is responsible for content management of the CEFROHT website so far as litigation postings are concerned.
• Advises the CEFROHT Communications’ department on issues of litigation and right to food
• Provides legal advice to vulnerable community groups on issues of food, nutrition, public health law, and economic rights as and when required;
• Assists in drafting periodic litigation reports to the HLP
• Assist Litigation Program in administering legal research, advisory, and litigation activities, ensuring availability of appropriate resources to the litigation teams.
• Contribute to the development, design, and planning of litigation projects so that projects have a clear and feasible strategy towards impact that is in line with CEFROHT’s mission and strategy.
• Develops and implements food industry monitoring strategies
• Monitors and supports the organization in countering food industry interference in the th ree thematic areas of food security, food safety, and food sovereignty
• Drafting the relevant pleadings and ensuring that documents are served to the court in time.

Key Performance Indicators

• To facilitate tracking of the job holder’s performance during the year, the following
• performance indicators have been identified and agreed upon:
• Petitions and affidavits are adequate and appropriate, and hard copies of the same are kept under safe custody.
• Follow-up plan of activities on court proceedings and communications.
• Plan of communication activities on the litigation program.
• Plan of activities on legal empowerment and advisory towards vulnerable groups, local governments, policy makers & CSOs.
• Plan of activities on legal policy advocacy and social accountability
• Draft and submit periodic food industry monitoring reports.