Job responsibilities
Provide legal opinions on dossiers and contracts engaging the Province: - Deal with legal issues, providing legal advice on contractual, staff, financial and institutional matters to ensure their compliance with applicable laws, instructions, regulations and procedures; - Prepare modal contracts and decisions to be adopted and used by the Province; - Propose necessary amendments to contracts and agreements to avoid possible misinterpretations in support of the best interests of the Province; - Prepare documents and conclusions concerning litigious issues involving the institution for the Attorney General; - Facilitate the interpretation of the applicable laws, instructions, regulations and procedures; - Monitor the implementation of the applicable laws, instructions, regulations and procedures; Give legal opinions on litigious issues involving the Province - Advise management on litigation risks and contribute to finding solutions to avoid litigations; - Advise management on the validity and conformity of procedures with the standing/ applicable laws and regulations and seek for legal texts related to these requests; - Analyze contentious files and/ or requests emanating from users or agents of the Province; - Propose solutions with competent authorities; Develop legal and regulatory provisions (by laws, instructions) of the Province: - Drafting legal texts regarding the Province and deliver legal opinions on the draft laws, instructions, regulations and procedures - Collect, safeguard decisions carrying jurisprudence on Province appeal, and establish the documentation to serve the institution in legal matters, and inform regularly the services concerned; - Propose amendments on legal texts in order to improve quality of services and/or to facilitate reaching objectives set by the Province; To analyze citizen complaints involving legal matters
Qualifications
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ÂMaster's Degree in Law
1 Years of relevant experience
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ÂBachelor's Degree in Law
3 Years of relevant experience
Required competencies and key technical skills
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ÂDecision making skills
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ÂKnowledge of substantive law and legal procedures
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ÂLegal research and analysis in complex areas of law
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ÂExperience in contract drafting and negotiation
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ÂKnowledge and understanding of the Rwandan cooperative sector;
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ÂComputer Skills
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ÂExcellent Communication Skills
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ÂTeam working Skills
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ÂVery effective organizational skills
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ÂHigh analytical and problem solving skills
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ÂFluent in Kinyarwanda ,English and/or French ;knowledge of all is an advantage
Psychometric Languages
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ÂEnglish
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ÂFrançais
Psychometric Domains
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ÂCritical thinking
Competence / Skills
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ÂProblem solving
Competence / Skills
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ÂDecision making
Competence / Skills
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ÂAnalytical skills
Competence / Skills
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ÂTime management
Competence / Skills
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ÂKnowledge/Awareness
Behavior and attitude
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ÂAttention and concentration
Behavior and attitude
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ÂCoordination
Behavior and attitude
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ÂClear and Effective Communication
Communication skills
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