Legal Officer Employment Opportunity – Kabale University (KAB)

Job Title:  Legal Officer
Organisation: Kabale University (KAB)
Duty Station: Kabale, Uganda
About US:
Kabale
University (KAB) was established as a not-for-profit community institution in
2002 and it has transformed from a private into a public University. Kabale
University is, therefore, a unique institution, enjoying the status of being
the first ever institution of its kind in Uganda, to metamorphose from private
to public – and having been granted a Charter – the last stage of accreditation
by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education.
Job Summary: The Legal
Officer will offer legal advisory services to Kabale University.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Provide legal advisory and interpretation
    services to Management and Council to ensure statutory compliance with
    existing laws and regulatory requirements
  • Regularly review and draft contracts,
    agreement and internal policies and ensure that they are in compliance
    with all statutory or legal requirements
  • Review progress of outstanding litigation and
    liaise with and manage external lawyers
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The applicant should hold a Bachelors of
    Legal Laws (LLB) from a recognized Institution, and a Postgraduate Diploma
    in Legal Practice from Law Development Centre (LDC) or its equivalent.
  • A minimum of three years’ experience in legal
    practice or legal work
How to Apply:
All
candidates are encouraged to send their applications, with copies of detailed
typed Curriculum Vitae, giving full details of applicants’ education and
qualifications, work experience, present salary, postal and telephone contacts,
names and telephone contacts of three referees, and copies of transcripts and
certificates, should be sent to:
The
University Secretary
Kabale
University
Kikungiri
Campus
P.O
Box 317 Kabale, Uganda.
Deadline: 25th April 2016

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