1. Court Case Follow-up and Monitoring
● Follow up on ongoing trafficking cases before the courts and monitor their progress
. ● Maintain an updated status of assigned cases, including hearing dates, proceedings, rulings, and applications.
● Attend relevant court proceedings and provide timely feedback to the organisation.
● Identify delays, challenges, or risks affecting case progression and recommend appropriate action.
● Follow up on outstanding actions arising from court proceedings
2. Survivor Preparation and Support
● Prepare survivors for court appearances and testimony in a clear, respectful, trauma informed manner.
● Explain the court process, including what survivors can expect before, during, and after testimony.
● Ensure survivors understand their rights and responsibilities within the justice process.
● Coordinate with the organisation's Programmes/Protection Officer and caseworkers on psychosocial and practical support.
● Identify concerns affecting survivors' participation in court and recommend measures to address them.
● Maintain confidentiality and uphold survivors' dignity throughout all legal engagements.
3. Liaison with Prosecutors and Investigating Officers
● Maintain regular communication with prosecutors and investigating officers handling assigned cases.
● Follow up on investigations, witness requirements, exhibits, statements, and hearing dates. ● Liaise to minimise avoidable postponements and adjournments.
● Where postponements are unavoidable, establish reasons, follow up revised hearing dates, and promptly inform the organisation.
● Facilitate effective communication between the organisation and justice-sector
stakeholders
4. Support for Cases Under Investigation, Shelter Referral, and Repatriation
** ** ● Provide legal support and follow-up for cases still under active investigation, including those involving survivors referred to and residing in the organisation's shelters
. ● Monitor the status of investigations for shelter-referred cases and advise on their legal implications for the survivor.
● Advise on the legal requirements and processes surrounding survivor repatriation, working in collaboration with relevant foreign missions/embassies and other authorities.
● Liaise with foreign missions and relevant government agencies on the legal and documentation aspects of repatriation.
● Continue to follow up on cases after a survivor's repatriation, until their successful closure, coordinating with counterparts in the survivor's home country where necessary.
5.Strategic Litigation, Compensation and Restitution
** **● Liaise with the Programmes/Protection Officer on cases requiring strategic legal intervention.
● Identify cases where strategic litigation may advance survivors' rights and access to justice. ● Provide legal advice on avenues for compensation, restitution, and other remedies.
● Advise on legal and procedural requirements for pursuing compensation or restitution.
● Support legal applications, referrals, or interventions as agreed with the organisation.
● Document lessons and emerging legal issues to inform future survivor-support and advocacy work.
- Legal Documentation and Reporting
● Maintain accurate, confidential records of assigned cases and legal follow-up activities.
● Provide timely written updates after court proceedings and significant case developments. ● Submit periodic case status reports to the organisation in writing.
● Immediately communicate urgent legal developments, risks, or matters requiring management attention.
● Provide recommendations for action on cases requiring further legal intervention.
● Prepare a final consultancy report summarising activities, case progress, outcomes, and recommendations.
7. Cross-Team Collaboration, Trends Analysis, and Data Management
● Collaborate with the organisation's Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), Research, and Programmes teams, sharing insights on trends and patterns emerging from cases to inform programming and reporting.
● Continuously provide recommendations on ways to strengthen collaboration with criminal justice actors (police, prosecutors, judiciary) and increase successful convictions against traffickers and smugglers, while ensuring victims' rights are upheld throughout.
● Support the improvement of the organisation's systems and processes for accurately collecting data and information relating to ongoing and concluded cases.
● Work with the M&E team to help ensure the correct and accurate collection of data linked to the criminal justice process for assigned cases.
● Use the organisation's designated data management systems for recording, updating, and reporting all case-related data and information.
● Comply fully with the organisation's data management policy in the handling, storage, and sharing of all case data and information.
Required Qualifications and Experience
** ** ● Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with a valid practising certificate.
● Demonstrated experience in criminal justice and court case management.
● Experience working on human trafficking, gender-based violence, child protection, or
related cases.
● Experience liaising with prosecutors, investigating officers, and other justice-sector actors. ● Experience or familiarity with repatriation processes and liaison with foreign missions/embassies is an added advantage.
● Ability to comply with shelter security protocols and work collaboratively with shelter staff
and other consultants when engaging with victims.
● Analytical skills to identify trends and patterns in case data and translate these into actionable recommendations.
● Experience or willingness to work with organisational data management systems and
comply with data management policies.
● Knowledge of survivors' rights and trauma-informed approaches to legal support.
● Knowledge and experience in compensation, restitution, victim participation, or other legal remedies.
● Strong communication, coordination, case follow-up, and reporting skills.
● High standards of professional ethics, confidentiality, and integrity
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