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Legal Officer job Post
Location: Jobs in Uganda 2023 - 2024
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
UGX
No. of vacancies: 01
Deadline: 07April2023
Hiring Organization: Electricity Regulatory Authority
Job Details:
Supervisor Manager Legal Services
Contract Length 5 years
Job Purpose
To provide legal services, monitoring and enforcement of compliance bylicensees.
Duties/Responsibilities
• Strengthen and disseminate industry competition rules, guidelines and protection of consumers.
• Monitor licensees to ensure adherence to their licenses, the Electricity Act and the regulations thereto and to ensure that performance standards and targets are achieved.
• Develop ethical codes and principles aimedatenhancing compliance.
• Review and advise the Authority about key legal issues arising from contracts entered into by licensees like power Purchase or sales Agreements, Concession Agreements, Fuel Supply Agreements,
• Implementation Agreements and any other Agreements
• Enforce compliance by permit holders and installation permitholders.
• Liaise with external counsel to enforce compliance and follow up on judicial processes instituted or pending.
• Determine License and Permit enforcement procedures and sensitize public about key issues in licensing procedure and withdrawal mechanism.
• Communicate compliance issues to licensee companies and attend to conflict and dispute resolution aspects.
• Prepare and update dispute resolution guidelines and handle customer complaints and disputes between ERA and other organizations.
• Attend to any other duties as may be reasonably assigned by the Supervisor or Management.
Academic Qualifications and Working experience
• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Hons) 2nd Upper from a reputable University.
• Post Graduate Diploma (PG.DipLP) in Legal Practice.
• Enrolled Advocate of High Court of Uganda.
• Minimum of 3 years relevant working experience in a reputable organization or law firm and industry experience in regulated or compliance industries.
• Should be 35 years of age and below.
Additional Skills/Competencies
• Compliance and or litigation
• Negotiation and influencing skills.
• Excellent Planning and organizational skills.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and high level of integrity
Application procedure
Visit (www.pila‐consultants.com) to download and read full job descriptions. If you believe you have the relevant qualifications and experience, please send your detailed Application and CV demonstrating possession of the relevant competencies, current position, names and addresses of three referees via email topila3consultants@gmail.com ; not later than 5.00pm. 7th April, 2023 quoting the position of interest in the subject line.
N.B: Members of the Electricity Regulatory Authority or Staff of ERA shall not be accepted as referees. Canvassing or any attempt thereof will lead to immediate disqualification. ERA is an equal opportunity employer.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
PILA Consultants Ltd
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Plot 648, Nanfumbambi RoadKikoni, Makerere West
P. O. Box 9092 Kampala‐Uganda,
E‐mail: pila3consultants@gmail.com
Date Posted: 2023-03-19
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