Principal Legal Officer - East African Community


(EAC/HR/2015-2016/001)

The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organization comprising the Republic of Burundi, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Rwanda, the United Republic of Tanzania, and the Republic of Uganda with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
The EAC mission is to widen and deepen economic, political, social and cultural integration to improve the quality of life of the people of East Africa through increased competitiveness, value added production, trade and investments.
Applications are invited from highly motivated and result-driven professionals who are citizens of East African Community Partner States (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) to apply for the following positions tenable at the East African Community-Secretariat, in accordance with the availability of Quota Points per Partner State.
Interested candidates who may have applied for these positions when they were previously advertised do not need to apply.
Organ / Institution: The Secretariat
Duty Station: Arusha, Tanzania
Job Grade: P3
Job reports to: The Counsel to the East African Community

Job Purpose:

To provide legal advice to the Community as well as rendering other legal services.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  1. Responsible for EAC Programme on Approximation of National Laws in the East African Community context;
  2. Facilitation of research and articulation of regional best practices in Harmonization of National Laws;
  3. Responsible for coordination of the EAC Regional Judicial Education/Training Programme;
  4. Draft and review agreements, contracts and other legal documents ensuring consistency with Community Mandate;
  5. Representation of the Community in legal disputes in the East African Court of Justice, other Courts of Judicature and other fora; and
  6. Drafting legal instruments, reviewing and negotiating tripartite Protocols, Agreements, MOUs, funding and grant agreements

Qualifications and Experience:

A Master’s Degree in Law from a reputable university, with a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, or a certificate of enrolment on the Bar or a diploma to practice law in the respective Partner State.
A minimum of ten (10) years relevant experience at national/international level.

Skills and Competencies:

Excellent Communication and leadership skills;
Highly developed negotiation and interpersonal skills;
Effective legal research and report writing skills;
High level commitment to the legal profession and professional development;
Adequate computer skills.

Education Qualifications and Relevant Working Experience:

Education Qualifications:
All candidates applying must have qualifications that are recognized by the relevant national accreditation body in their respective countries. This condition is applicable for locally and internationally attained qualifications.
All professions that require registration with the specific professional bodies will be expected to do so in compliance with the requirements of their respective Partner States.
Relevant Working Experience:
Internship, training, apprenticeship and clerkship will not be considered as relevant work experience.

Eligibility:

Considering the current status of quota points per Partner State under East African Community Secretariat, only Applicants from the Republics of BurundiRwandaUganda and the United Republic of Tanzania are eligible to apply.

Terms and Conditions of Service:

This position is tenable for a contract of five (5) years renewable once and is subject to the application of the EAC Quota System.

Fringe Benefits:

This position offers attractive fringe benefits including housing allowance, transport allowance, education allowance, a medical scheme, and insurance cover.

Equal Opportunity:

The EAC is an equal opportunity employer; therefore, female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
EAC will only respond to those candidates who strictly meet the set requirements.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates who meet the qualification and experience requirements for the above mentioned position are advised to send their applications, detailed curriculum vitae, photocopies of academic certificates, names and contact details of three referees, and copy of National Identity Card, or Birth Certificate or Passport showing date of birth.
Please quote the respective reference number on both on the application letter and envelope. For electronic submission, please quote the respective reference number on the subject of the email and send to the address given below.
Applications should be submitted to the address below not later than Friday, 8th July 2016.
Please note:
  1. You may submit your application either electronically or in hard copy but not both.
  2. Applications which do not: indicate nationality and age; the reference number; or have an application letter attached; have certified copies of their academic degrees and other professional Certificates ; or fail to provide three referees will be disqualified.
  3. Only qualified candidates will be contacted

Please note that EAC does not require candidates to pay money for the recruitment process.
All invitations for interviews will be done in writing.
The Director,

Executive Selection Division

Deloitte Consulting Limited

10th Floor PPF Tower 

Cnr of Ohio Street & Garden Avenue:
P O Box 1559 Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Fax +255(22) 2116379

E-mail: esd@deloitte.co.tzwww.deloitte.com

Application Deadline:

Friday, 8 July 2016 - 5:00pm
Principal Legal Officer - East African Community Principal Legal Officer -  East African Community Reviewed by Unknown on 7:49:00 AM Rating: 5

JOBS CATEGORY

Tanzania Kenya NGO JOBS Uganda Best Jobs Consultancy Rwanda ICT JOBS Administrative United Nations Sudan Best Jobs Finance Health - Medical Engineering Ethiopia Education Agricultural Lecturer Human Resources Somalia Media Congo - Kinshasa Legal Jobs Bank Jobs Monitoring and Evaluation Mining World Vision Burundi Procurement African Barrick Gold Accountant Zambia Sales and Marketing US EMBASSY East African Community Mozambique Telecoms Research CARE International Save The Children Plan International Arusha Malawi South Sudan Oxfam Scholarships African Development Bank Finance and Administration SafariCom Aviation The Commonwealth American Embassy Sales Zanzibar Environmental Catholic Relief Services Dar es salaam USAID Operations FHI 360 UNDP Security World Bank Economist TradeMark East Africa Unicef Hospitality Managers International Rescue Committee (IRC) Restless Development Accounting Civil Engineers AMREF Morogoro Utumishi AfDB African Development Bank COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale Driver - Logistics Path International Mwanza African Union Tigo Jobs Marketing Mbeya Teaching Au African Union PSI Population Services International Pwc PricewaterhouseCoopers East African Breweries North Mara Gold Mine ACTED Djibouti Malaria Consortium Bulyanhulu Gold Mine DFID Driver Buzwagi Gold Mine Jhpiego COMESA FINCA JOBS International Jobs Adeso Danish Refugee Council Kilimanjaro Nairobi Coca-Cola Handicap International Pact International Rio Tinto Solidarités International Tender EGPAF Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Logistics Serengeti Breweries Ltd Nation Media Group Africare Norwegian Refugee Council Samaritan's Purse Chemonics International COUNTRY DIRECTOR ICAP of Columbia University InterShips Precision Air RwandAir Marie Stopes International (MSI) Serengeti Breweries Volunteer Climate Change IGAD Tetra Tech ARD Agriculture Jobs Dodoma Iringa One Acre Fund Project Management Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI Technoserve Twaweza East Africa ActionAid Lutheran World Federation SADC Secretariat Tanga Vso International ACDI/VOCA Halmashauri Agha Khan Kenya Commercial Bank World Agroforestry Centre Deloitte East Africa International Organization for Migration (IOM) COMESA Secretariat: Software Engineering Safety and Security Shinyanga Jobs Tanzania Breweries Pathfinder International World Health Organization KPMG TANROADS Tanzania Electric Supply Company British Council Futures Group KCB BANK UN-Habitat WFP World Food Programme Barclays GEITA GOLD MINING TANESCO Electrical Engineer Food and Agriculture Organization GOAL Mombasa Tabora WWF World Wide Fund for Nature Microsoft Tanzania Ports Authority East African Development Bank Family Health International (FHI) IBM EAST AFRICA IntraHealth International Mercy Corps SERIKALINI - GOVERNMENT OF TANZANIA AccessBank Community Development Jobs Data Base Management Google Africa ICAP - TZ KEMRI/CDC Program WaterAid Tanzania Auditor SNV International Stanbic Bank Amnesty Horn Relief Kampala Management Systems International (MSI) Standard Chartered Bank VETA Christian Aid DIAMOND TRUST BANK Helen Keller International Help Age Mtwara Uganda Telecom Airtel Africa Equity Bank Internships Marie Stopes TCRA Web Development B B C WORLD SERVICE Human Rights Kigali Makerere University Nile Basin Initiative Kenyatta University Kigoma Mzumbe University NSSF National Social Security Fund Nile Breweries Limited Tulawaka Gold Mine University of Nairobi kenya Airways Bank of Tanzania Graduates MTN Muhimbili National Hospital Nepad Partners in Health Room to Read SUMATRA UNWOMEN African Wildlife foundation (AWF) KEMRI Kagera Librarian MENTOR Initiative Trainee USAILI - INTERVIEW Uiversity of Nairobi WaterAid International icipe Project CAFOD - Catholic Agency for Overseas Development Egerton University EngenderHealth Goal Ireland Kenyan Banks Lake Victoria Basin Commission Peace Corps TANAPA TASAF Tanzania Social Action Fund Zanzibar University ACB AKIBA COMMERCIAL BANK AGRA Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Advans Bank Ethiopian Airlines Freedom House IITA International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Legal Moshi NMB BANK Resolute Tanzania Singida Uganda Uganda National Roads Authority University of Dar es salaam University of Dodoma British High Commission ChildFund EWURA FilmAid International NECTA TPDC Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) United States International University World Concern Aga Khan Foundation CBA Commercial Bank of Africa Ecomist Ernst and Young IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature International Medical Corps Islamic Relief Kakira Sugar Musoma National Institute for Medical Research OPEN UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA Relief International TAA Tanzania Airports Authority Trócaire Uganda Revenue Authority VODACOM TANZANIA VSF Belgium Architects Hivos IFC International Finance Corporation Ifakara Health Institute Inoorero University International Commercial Bank Kenya Red Cross Society MADEREVA Medical Oil and Gas Pwani University College SOKOINE UNIVERSITY Tumaini University Water Engineering AWF African Wildlife Foundation Acacia Mining Accounts African Virtual University Altima Africa Ardhi University Bank of Uganda Business Development Concultancy Del Monte Kenya Embassies Kenya Airports Authority Lake Victoria South Water Services Board Mara National Bank of Commerce RECORDS MANAGEMENT JOBS RUKWA Ruvuma Search for Common Ground Songea TTCL Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited Unilever War Child International Zinduka Afrika ACORD AKU ​Aga Khan University Africa Nazarene University Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Aga Khan Health Services CRDB BANK Commercial Bank of Africa Daraja Tanzania Engineers Registration Board (ERB) Fina Bank International Potato Center International Potato Center (CIP) Intrahealth Jomo Kenyatta University Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre Kyambogo University Lindi Jobs MCL Mwananchi Communications MUHAS-harvad Moi University NBC BANK National University of Rwanda Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority Njombe Nuru International Nzoia sugar Company RTI International SUA SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE THE LAW SCHOOL OF TANZANIA TRA Tanzania Revenue Authority Tanzania Postal Bank The Foundation For Civil Society Udhamini wa Masomo Western Union AIR TANZANIA Action Against Hunger (ACF) Agricultural Society of Kenya BRALIRWA Bondo University College Caritas Comoros Concern Worldwide Conservation Jobs Consolidated Bank of Kenya DHL Express Ewaso Ngiro South River Basin Development Authority Geologist Gulf African Bank INSTITUTE OF ADULT EDUCATION Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Kabale University Kabale University (KAB) Kenya Ports Authority KickStart International MORUWASA Morogoro Urban Water and Sanitation Authority MSH Management Sciences for Health Mumias Sugar Company Nairobi Hospital Nkumba University Rural Electrification Agency SOKINE UNIVERSITY SONGWE STAMIGOLD Stores TACAIDS TARURA TCU Tanzania Commission for Universities Tullow Oil World Lung Foundation (WLF) ALAF Limited Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) Aga Khan Hospital Air Malawi American Refuge Committee BENKI YA POSTA - TPB BANK BTC Belgian Technical Cooperation Bhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifank of Tanzania Bioversity International CHF International Customer Service Jobs DANGOTE DIT DAR ES SALAAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Danida Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology Daystar University ECOBANK ETDCO Electrical Transmission and Distribution Construction and Maintenance Company European Union IFM INSTITUTE OF FINANCE MANAGEMENT INSURANCE JOBS - BIMA ITECH Internews® Network KUITWA KAZINI Kenya Accreditation Service Kenya Polytechnic University College Kilombero Sugar Company Kisii University College Kisumu Laboratory Jobs MSD MEDICAL STORES DEPARTMENT MSF Switzerland Management Sciences for Health Manyara Maseno University Ministry of State for Planning Muteesa 1 Royal University Médecins Sans Frontières NIDA National Identification Authority Narok University College OSHA Occupational safety and Health Authority Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA) PA PAC PEPSI POLICE - POLISI Petroleum EngineerS RWANDA HOUSING AUTHORITY Seychelles Songas TBC TANZANIA BROADCASTING CORPORATION TBS TANZANIA BUREAU OF STANDARDS TFDA TANZANIA FOOD AND DRUGS AUTHORITY TIB - Tanzania Investment Bank Tanzania Mortagage Refinance Company Tanzania Teachers’ Union Transmara Sugar Company Tropical Pesticides Research Institute Tumba College of Technology Twiga Cement UNESCO UNOCHA Umma University University WRP Walter Reed Project ZANTEL ao uga
Powered by Blogger.