VACANCIES AT UGANDA CHRISTRIAN LAWYERS FRATERNITY (UCLF)

                                                                

                                                                        

Uganda Christian Lawyers’ Fraternity (UCLF) a faith based legal aid service provider invites applications for qualified candidates for the following vacancies;

1.       Advocate

Location: Moyo

Duties:

-          Provide legal advice and court representation to indigent persons

-          Mobilise lawyers for pro bono case work and visit prisons

-          Collaborate with other legal aid service providers and criminal justice actors

-          Ability to speak Madi is an added advantage

Academic qualifications: Bachelor of laws degree, Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Enrolled as an Advocate of the High Court.

2. Volunteer

Location: Moyo District

Duties:

-          Legal research and study the existing criminal law

-          Interviewing clients and selecting cases for representation

-          File management, keeping updated list of cases and documentation 

-          Collaborate with PAS paralegals on identifying cases and tracking files for public defence

-           Generate monthly progress reports for submission to the Project Director and donors

Qualifications

-          Diploma in  law

3. Programme officer/administrator Juvenile Justice

Location: Kampala

Duties:

-          Legal research and study the existing laws on children in conflict with the law

-          Assess and explore the issues around Juvenile Justice  rights as established in the recent case law and constitutional judgments

-          Conduct a needs assessment and review relevant literature/studies

-          Interviewing clients and selecting cases for representation

-          File management, keeping updated list of cases and documentation 

-          Liaise with the CPD Coordinator to mobilise a team of lawyers for pro bono work

-          Work with criminal justice agencies and build and maintain close links stakeholders

-          Generate issues affecting criminal justice system work for policy and practice advocacy

-          Formulate advocacy responses to feed into LASPNET and JLOS

-          Submit monthly work plan detailing activities Juvenile project

-          Liaise with the Project Director in identifying advocacy issues and developing an advocacy strategy

-          Liaise with the Project Director and any other staff on publications of articles and packaging information for external audience – including documenting case studies

-          Collaborate with LASPNET for purposes of filtering through advocacy issues on trends of justice.

Qualifications:

Bachelors of law (Hons)

Programme Assistant Juvenile Justice

Location: Kampala

Duties

-          Legal research and study the existing laws on children in conflict with the law

-          ‘Interviewing clients and selecting cases for representation

-          File management, keeping updated list of cases and documentation 

-          Collaborate with the different remand home in collaboration with the J-FASTER project to identify cases and tracking files for representation –

-          Case preparation  up to the point of case representation and work along side programme officer and CPD coordinator

-          Liaise with the CPD Coordinator to mobilise a team of lawyers for pro bono work

-          Work with criminal justice agencies and build and maintain close links stakeholders

-          Visit the different remand homes prisons and conduct field monitoring

-          Prepare quarterly progress reports for submission to the Project Director and donors

-          Generate issues affecting prisons work for policy and practice advocacy

-          Formulate advocacy responses to feed into LASPNET

-          Defence project

Qualifications

All applicants must have the following qualifications;

-          At least 2 years’ experience

-          A mature Christian faith

-          Proven commitment to justice for the poor

-          Good communication and inter-personal skills

-          Good report writing and computer skills

-          The ability to lead,  mobilise staff, volunteers and members

-          Proven understanding of the laws of Uganda

-          Experience of Court representation and drafting in criminal and civil matters

-          Proficient in English and computer.

-          Ability to work with minimum supervision

Only short listed applicants will be contacted

Applicant should submit a covering letter (including a telephone number) and full CV with details of three referees, of whom one should be your pastor, by   8^th November 2012 to:

The Project Director

UCLF

Baptist House, Bombo Road, Wandegeya

P.O. Box 29375 Kampala