Job Purpose:

To develop, implement, review and monitor Legal Aid Clinic (LAC) Programs and Operations.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor of Laws - LLB (Hon) degree.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre.
• Masters degree in Law, Business Administration, or Management.
• Must be an enrolled Advocate of the High Court of Uganda.
• Training in Project Planning and Management is an added advantage.
• At least eight (8) years’ work experience in private or public legal practice.
• At least six (6) years’ work experience in legal aid practice, 3 of which should have been at a managerial level in a reputable organisation providing Legal Aid Services.

Key Competencies:

• He/she should be a strategic planner.
• Interpersonal relationship and management skills.
• Should be creative and innovative.
• Ability to initiate and facilitate change management.
• He/she should be a person of high integrity.
• Ability to produce quality results.
• Effective communication skills.
• He/she should be a team builder.
• Reporting writing skills.
• ICT and digital literacy.

• To develop and implement LAC work plans and budgets.
• To develop project proposals for fundraising for the Clinic’s programmes and operations.
• To implement and monitor all LAC projects.
• To teach on the Clinic Legal Aid program and follow up students’ field placements.
• To represent LAC clients in the courts of law.
• To handle court cases involving LDC.
• To assist in the development of curriculum for clinical legal education and pro bono.
• To participate in the supervision of students practicing in courts of Law.
• To supervise, guide and manage staff performance under his/her supervision.
• To monitor and evaluate LAC field activities.
• To provide technical input and support the Manager Human Resource & Administration in the recruitment of project staff.
• To organise the Clinic Advisory Board meetings and provide the secretariat.
• To make periodic reports to the Clinic Advisory Board and donors.
• To carry out any other duties as assigned from time to time by the Director.

• Strategic planning
• Interpersonal relationship and management skills
• Creativity and innovation
• Ability to initiate and facilitate change management
• High integrity
• Ability to produce quality results
• Effective communication skills
• Team building
• Reporting writing skills
• ICT and digital literacy

• Bachelor of Laws - LLB (Hon) degree.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre.
• Masters degree in Law, Business Administration, or Management.
• Must be an enrolled Advocate of the High Court of Uganda.
• Training in Project Planning and Management is an added advantage.