Legal Officer

Your tasks

Provide professional legal support, compliance reviews, and advisory services to ensure that the Institute operates within applicable legal frameworks and mitigates institutional liability.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice and advisory support on operational, corporate, and administrative matters.
• Interpret and provide guidance on statutory laws, judicial rulings, and administrative regulations applicable to the Institute.
• Review, draft, and vet institutional contracts, Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs), service level agreements, and procurement tenders.
• Monitor institutional compliance with statutory bodies (e.g., URA, NSSF, PPDA, URSB, professional medical boards).
• Keep executive management updated on emerging legislative changes, statutory amendments, and legal precedents.
• Guide review and formulation of internal institutional policies, service charters, and standard operating procedures to verify legal conformity.
• Conduct legal research, prepare legal briefs, opinions, and defense reports.
• Assist in implementing corporate governance best practices in alignment with statutory standards.
• Maintain institutional legal registries, registers of contracts, deeds, and statutory compliance documentation.
• Conduct training and sensitization workshops for staff on workplace legal matters, medical ethics, patient rights, and employment laws.

Requirements

Person/Job Specifications

• Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B) from a recognized university.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Dip. LP) from the Law Development Centre (LDC), Uganda.