Legal Assistant job at The Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA)

The Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA)

Legal Assistant job Post

Location: Jobs in Uganda 2023 - 2024

Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day

Salary: UGX

No. of vacancies: 01

Deadline: 06 October 2023

Hiring Organization: The Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA)

Job Details:

A. JOB PURPOSE
Conduct analysis of financial reports from licensed entities and ensure compliance with reporting and accounting standards.

B. KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Conduct legal research and prepare legal documents and retrieving information and documents for legal staff,
2. Examine legal documents and correspondence, procedural instructions and assist the Directorate in the preparation of responses.
3. Provide administrative support required in the Directorate like drafting the correspondence, pleadings, briefs, opinions, legal memoranda, and any other related legal documentation
4. File and serve court documents, pleadings and managing correspondences made with the office of the Solicitor General, external lawyers, judicial officers and courts of judicature.
5. Compile, verify and deliver all documentation related to the any case involving the Authority are properly prepared and filed;
6. Receive and review complaints submitted to the Authority regarding sector players
7. Followup sector players to provide reponsses to complaints submitted.

C. PERSON SPECIFICATIONS
i. Minimum qualifications
1. An Honors Bachelor’s degree of Laws from a recognized institution
2. Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.

COMPETENCIES:
Technical
• Knowledge of legal and regulatory provisions
• Strategic Planning and Implementation
• Negotiation skills
• Analytical skills

Behavioural
• Communication skills
• Leadership skills
• Decision making
• Confidentiality
• Interpersonal skills

Application procedure

Candidates who meet the above requirements should submit applications complete with an application letter, CV (include names, address and daytime contacts of three referees) and copies of academic certificates by email to recruitment@urbra.go.ug

The above documents should be attached to the email as one PDF document. Applications should ONLY have the position name in the subject line.
Or hand delivered to:
The Chief Executive Officer
Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority
Plot 1, Clement Hill Road, 5th Floor
P.O. Box 7561 Kampala, Uganda

The deadline for receiving applications; Friday 06th October 2023 at 5:00pm

Only candidates who follow the above instructions and meet the minimum requirements shall be contacted.