Legal Advisor at Southern Province

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Job Description

Organization SOUTHERN PROVINCE

Level 3.II

Reports To Executive Secretary of Province

No. of Positions 1

Deadline 03/Jul/2020

“Duties and Responsibilities:

A. Develop legal and regulatory provisions (decrees and instructions) of the institution:

– Deliver legal opinions argued on the texts of laws and regulations

– Develop proposals for decrees and/or instructions

– Propose amendments of legal texts in order to improve quality of
services and/or to facilitate reaching objectives of the institution

– Follow- up legal texts submitted to Cabinet of Ministers or the Parliament

– Produce information memoranda for users on the decisions of authorities

B. Provide legal opinions on cases and contracts engaging the institution:

– Analyze draft contracts from different units

– Provide legal advice to the institution in its commitments to avoid bad
interpretation of legal texts and/or contracted agreements

C. Give legal opinions on litigious cases engaging the institution:

– Analyze contentious cases within the institution

– Develop preparatory instructions for contentious cases and evaluate
the implementation of legislation and legal texts

” A0 in Law with 3 years of working experience or Master’s Degree in Law with 1 year of working experience

Key Technical skills and Knowledge required :

– Extensive knowledge and understanding of the Rwandan Cooperative Sector

– High analytical and problem solving skills;

– Legal research

Closing Date : 3rd July, 2020.