Job Purpose:

To provide high level administrative and secretarial support to the Director and senior level management to facilitate the smooth operation of the Centre.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor of Laws - LLB (Hon) degree.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre.
• Must be an enrolled Advocate of the High Court of Uganda.
• Postgraduate training in management is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 5 years’ work-related experience, 2 of which must have been supporting senior level Executives.

Key Competencies:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• High integrity.
• Strong Interpersonal skills.
• Great organisation & time management skills.
• He /she must be a proactive problem solver.
• ICT and digital literacy

• To manage an extremely active and dynamic calendar of appointments for the Director, ensuring that he/she knows his/her schedule at least 48 hours in advance and keeping appointments and meetings on time or changing schedules when necessary.
• To prepare an agenda in advance for meetings scheduled by the Director; assist with and provide research/background information, content development, and creation of presentations, and coordinate meetings including ordering meals and refreshments, booking meeting rooms, setting up projector or video conferencing units.
• To serve as the Director’s administrative liaison with LDC’s Management Committee and Senior Management.
• To coordinate activities, such as conferences, field visits, internally and externally organised workshops/conferences/meetings and other tasks that facilitate the Director’s ability to effectively lead the organisation.
• To manage external and international contacts for the Director.
• To make arrangements for Director’s travel within Uganda and abroad including visa applications, travel insurance, processing facilitation, flight bookings and accommodation.
• To coordinate activities and leave schedules of all staff under the Office of the Director.
• To conduct research relevant to operations of the Office of the Director.
• To review correspondences (letters and email) addressed to the Director and promptly take the appropriate follow-up actions required.
• On own initiatives to process/compose correspondence/reports for Director’s and/or senior management’s responses.
• To provide support services including word processing and typing, composing and proofreading correspondence, indexing and filing documents to the Director and senior management.
• To supervise administrative, secretarial and other support staff in the Office of the Director.
• To perform any other duties assigned by the Director.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• High integrity.
• Strong Interpersonal skills.
• Great organisation & time management skills.
• Proactive problem solver.
• ICT and digital literacy

• Bachelor of Laws - LLB (Hon) degree.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre.
• Must be an enrolled Advocate of the High Court of Uganda.
• Postgraduate training in management is an added advantage.