Senior Legal Officer

Job Description

Reports to: Assistant Director
Salary grade: LS5
Type of Contract: Full time (4 years)
Duty Station: Any campus
Supervisory Authority Over: Legal Officer

Job Purpose:
To provide Legal Aid services to indigent persons, petty offenders and children in need of care and
protection.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. To interview and counsel clients.
2. To prepare legal documents.
3. To attend to walk-in clients.
4. To represent clients in court.
5. To develop training tools for stakeholders.
6. To train and sensitize stakeholders of Legal Aid.
7. To facilitate Continuing Legal Education and street law programmes.
8. To provide legal advice to LDC and handle court cases involving LDC.
9. To supervise and report on the performance of LAC field staff and volunteers.
10. To perform any other duties assigned by the Assistant Director.

Qualifications and Experience:

•  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.
• 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

1. Possess supervisory and relationship management skills.
2. Should be creative and innovative.
3. He/she should be a person of high integrity.
4. Ability to produce quality results.
5. Effective communication skills.
6. He/she should be a team player.
7. Possess report writing skills.

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:
1. Submitted by email addressed to hr@ldc.ac.ug OR;
2. 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 for submission of application is Friday 22nd November, 2024 at 5:00pm

NOTE: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted