Deputy Head, Postgraduate Legal Studies & Legal Aid

Job Purpose:
To deputies the Head Postgraduate Legal Studies and Legal Aid in providing academic leadership for
staff within the department.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• To participate in the process of timetabling and allocating subjects to Lecturers.
• To assist in the development, review and update of curricula.
• To assist in the oversight of the teaching activities (including oversight of Heads of Subject,
• lecturers, teaching, preparation of teaching materials and student assessment) of the department.
• To assist the Head of Department in the evaluation and review of the syllabi and programmes.
• To co-ordinate clerkship programmes.
• To assist the Head of Department in supervising and assessing the performance of Heads of Subject in the department.
• To contribute to the development of research, and knowledge exchange within the department.
• To coordinate the teaching activities of the Bar Course department at regional centres.
• To contribute to the development and implementation of departmental work plans and budgets.
• To prepare quarterly performance reports and other relevant reports and submit to the Head,
• Postgraduate Legal Studies and Legal Aid.

Qualifications and Experience:
• Bachelor of Law – LLB (Hon) degree.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from Law Development Centre.
• LLM or Master of Business Administration or Master of Education Management.
• Must be an enrolled advocate of the Uganda Bar.
• Experience in administration or Management at a senior level shall be an asset.
• Broad knowledge of curriculum management at an institution of higher learning will be an added advantage.
• Broad knowledge of supervising and coordinating academic programs.
• At least six (6) years’ work experience in private or public legal practice, 4 of which must have been incourts of record.
• At least six (6) years’ work experience teaching law in an institution of higher learning, three (3) of which should have been as a head of subject or equivalent level.

Key Competences:
• He/she should be a strategic planner.
• He/she should possess interpersonal relationship management skills.
• Creative and innovative.
• Ability to initiate and facilitate change.
• He/she should be a person of high integrity.
• Ability to produce quality results.
• Effective communication skills.
• He/she should be a good team player.
• He/she should possess reporting writing skills.