MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
To oversee the provision of legal services and enforcement of compliance with the Commission’s decisions to ensure that the Commission operates within the confines of the Law and redress human rights violations.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The successful candidate will report to the Director General and will be responsible for:
Undertaking effective storage and retrieval of legal documents and instruments to ensure their safety and availability for use.
Overseeing timely drafting of legal opinions to facilitate investigation and compliance with the Law.
Overseeing timely preparation of contracts and other legal documents to ensure compliance with the Law and safeguard the interests of the Commission.
Overseeing effective litigation involving the Commission to realise its interests.
Overseeing effective mediation between parties to facilitate redress of human rights complaints.
Overseeing effective imposing of sanctions on non-compliant duty bearers to promote future compliance.
Overseeing effective prosecution of offences under the Act to enforce compliance with human rights standards.
Overseeing effective processing of appeals relating to access to information to facilitate consideration by the Commission.
Managing effective development of work plans and implementation of the performance management system to monitor, evaluate and enhance performance.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Must have Full Form V/Grade Twelve School Certificate
- Must have a Bachelor of Laws degree
- Must have a minimum of 10 years post-qualification experience, 4 of which must be at management level
- Valid Practicing certificate
- Member of the Law Association of Zambia
- Advocate of the High Court
SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES REQUIRED
Managerial, computer literacy, initiative, Negotiation, Confidentiality, Integrity, Advocacy, Interpersonal and analytical
