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Are you looking for Legal jobs in Uganda 2024 today? then you might be interested in Senior Legal Officer job at Law Development Centre (LDC)
Kampala, Uganda
Full Time
About the Organisation
The Diploma in Law Course is an introductory course in Law for non-lawyers.
Law Development Centre (LDC) will provide legal education to lawyers and non-lawyers, undertake research in topical legal issues, contribute to legal reforms, produce legal publications, teaching materials and law reports, and also provide community legal services.
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Senior Legal Officer job at Law Development Centre (LDC)
Law Development Centre (LDC)
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Legal Officer
Organisation: Law Development Centre (LDC)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Assistant Director
To provide Legal Aid services to indigent persons, petty offenders and children in need of care and protection.
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
To interview and counsel clients.
To prepare legal documents.
To attend to walk-in clients.
To represent clients in court.
To develop training tools for stakeholders.
To train and sensitize stakeholders of Legal Aid.
To facilitate Continuing Legal Education and street law programmes.
To provide legal advice to LDC and handle court cases involving LDC.
To supervise and report on the performance of LAC field staff and volunteers.
To perform any other duties assigned by the Assistant Director.
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Qualifications, Education and Competencies
Education:
A Bachelor of Laws –LLB (Hon) degree.
Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre.
MBA or Masters in Law – LLM degree shall be an added advantage.
Additional training in project management and evaluation shall be a added advantage.
Experience: At least four (4) years’ work experience in legal aid practice in a reputable organisation dealing in the provision of legal aid services or related field.
Key Competences:
Possess supervisory and relationship management skills.
Should be creative and innovative.
He/she should be a person of high integrity.
Ability to produce quality results.
Effective communication skills.
He/she should be a team player.
Possess report writing skills.
How to Apply
Applications clearly indicating the position applied for should be addressed to The Secretary/Head Human Resource & Administration, Law Development Centre, P.O Box 7117, Kampala and should be:
Submitted by email addressed to hr@ldc.ac.ug OR Hand delivered to the LDC Reception at Kampala Campus, Mbarara Campus or Lira Campus.
NOTE: Applicants should attach up-to-date Curriculum Vitae, certified copies of academic documents and any other relevant documents that will support their application, day time telephone contacts and addresses of two referees (including the current employer where applicable). For applications by email, applicants should submit scanned copies of the application and supporting documents in Portable Document Format (PDF) as a single file.
Deadline: 22nd November, 2024 at 5:00pm
NOTE: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
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