Bachelor’s Degree in Law with (3) years of relevant working experience with Diploma in Legal Practice or a Diploma in Legislative Drafting; or

Master’s Degree in Law with (1) years of relevant working experience with Diploma in Legal Practice or a Diploma in Legislative Drafting.

A transition period for professional certification requirement is three (3) years starting from 1^st January, 2021. However, a new entrant without the required professional certification for a given job position shall not be eligible, one (1) year before the expiration of the transition period.

Required competencies and key technical skills

• Capacity for legal research and analysis in complex areas of law;  
• Analytical and problem solving skills;
• Knowledge of substantive law and
•   legal procedures;
•  Experience in legal advisory
•  Experience in legal drafting an
•  negotiation;
• Knowledge in civil litigation
• management;
•  Collaboration and team working skills;
•  Resource Management skills;
• Analytical skills;
• Problem solving skills;
• Decision Making skills
•  Time management Skills;
• Risk Management skills;
• Result oriented;
• Digital Literacy skill;
• Time management skills;
• Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all is an advantage.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Initiate and draft instructions and laws for the Ministry in line with best practices in legal drafting;
• Attend Parliamentary sittings when Bills pertaining to the Ministry or impacting the Ministry’s operation are being considered;
• Examine draft laws, orders and instructions emanating from others Ministries or Agencies;
•  Ensure that the legal texts which concern the Ministry are translated appropriately in Kinyarwanda, English and French and applicable;
• Establish legal work relations with national organizations and international ones for the benefit of the Ministry;
•  Carry out research on legislation and legal trends;
•  Undertake a comparative analysis of legislations
• Vets Cabinet Paper submitted by other departments and agencies and provide feedback to the respective departments or agencies before submission;
• Participate in negotiations of transactions concerning the Ministry;
• Provide legal opinion on legal matters regarding the Ministry;
•  Participate in negotiating and drafting of contracts on behalf of the Ministry;
•   Participate in negotiating and the drafting of international conventions on behalf of the Ministry;
•  Participate in civic activities on behalf of the Ministry and/or its agencies ensuring adequate support to the Attorney General ‘s department as required;
• Support and advise other lawyers of public institutions in legislation matter;
• Code legal texts on behalf of the Ministry and follow up on their publication;
• Hold Laws, collections, instructions, Ministerial Order and other legal decisions;
•  Hold the alphabetical tables and chronology of the legislation pertaining the Ministry;
•  Coordinate the legal texts with their successive modifications and take care of their disclosure;
• Maintain documentation and legal files of the Ministry;
•  Work closely with other Institutions including the Office of Attorney General by providing necessary information on legal issues involving the institution.; Represent the institution before the court in case he/she is entitled to do so;
•  Attend regular coordination and validation meetings organized by the Ministry of Justice and other Institutions.
•  Carry out legal research and highlight potential problems that may engage the liability of the institution;
•  Propose new amendments and revision of existing legal instruments related to the mission and mandate of the institution;