Job Summary: Provide legal and institutional defense for communities facing urban vulnerability, mediate land-related conflicts, and coordinate with various stakeholders. Key Highlights: 1. Legal representation of vulnerable communities 2. Focus on mediation of land-related conflicts and housing policies 3. Collaboration with social movements and public agencies **INFORMATION** =============== **Employment regime:** Statutory **Workload:** 40 hours per week **Modality:** Hybrid **Working hours:** To be agreed upon **Location:** Rua Boa Vista, 200, Centro, São Paulo – SP **COMPENSATION** =============== **Base salary:** R$ 11\.889,68 **Representation allowance:** R$ 1\.711,15 **Transportation voucher:** R$ 20.40 per workday **Meal allowance:** R$ 80.00 per workday **OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS** ================================ * 13th-month salary * Vacation leave * Health assistance * Qualification allowance * Performance bonus * IAMSPE \- Institute for Medical Assistance to State Public Servants * Programs: Pró\-Hardware, Pró\-Software, and Pró\-Livro * UNISA (Psychiatric Care) #### **Job Mission:** Provide legal and institutional defense for communities facing urban vulnerability—especially favelas, cortiços, and informal occupations—contributing to the mediation of land-related conflicts, drafting technical opinions and reports, and coordinating with social movements, public agencies, and academic institutions. The Legal Technical Assistant will be an essential member of the Communities Observatory, a strategic Defensoria space dedicated to knowledge production, institutional innovation, and strengthening the Defensoria’s public presence in popular territories. #### **Main Responsibilities:** * Conduct collective legal services both at the Defensoria headquarters and in territories and communities; * Draft technical opinions and legal reports on land-related conflicts, evictions, land regularization, and housing policies; * Participate in meetings with public agencies, universities, social movements, and community leaders; * Monitor administrative proceedings and extrajudicial negotiations related to urban and housing rights defense; * Produce recommendations, technical notes, and legal narratives aimed at promoting human rights and institutional advocacy; * Conduct inspections and technical visits to communities and conflict-affected areas; * Support the training and capacity-building of interns, scholarship holders, and technical teams of the Observatory; * Contribute to data collection, diagnostics, and publications on the right to housing and inclusive urbanization. #### **Essential Requirements:** * Law degree; * Proven experience in legal practice addressing urban land conflicts, settlement regularization, or housing/urban policies; * History of engagement in socially vulnerable contexts, preferably with communities, social movements, or human rights organizations; * Proficiency in legislation and legal instruments related to urban and housing policy (e.g., City Statute, Law No. 13\.465/17, REURB, Master Plan, urban instruments, ZEIS); * Ability to produce technical writing and draft legal and institutional reports; * Availability for field visits and external work in communities and metropolitan regions. #### **Desirable Differentiators:** * Master’s degree or specialization in Urban Law, Right to the City, Public Policies, Urban Planning, or related fields; * Experience in collective conflict mediation and inter-institutional dialogue practices; * Experience in applied research or participation in academic groups and social projects focused on housing and urbanism; * Social sensitivity, empathy, and ability to work in interdisciplinary environments; * Public communication skills and ability to engage diverse audiences (communities, managers, social movements, press, universities).
João Silva
Indeed · HR
João Silva
Indeed · HR
