Legal Officer (Prosecution) The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)

The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) was established under the National Environment Act, Cap. 153 and continued under the National Environment Act No-5 of 2019 as the Principal Agency for Environment Management in Uganda with mandate to Regulate, Monitor, Supervise and Coordinate all activities relating to the environment in Uganda.

Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified NEMA staff to fill the following vacant positions on the new NEMA structure.

Main purpose of the job
To support effective management of the prosecution function at NEMA

Duties and responsibilities
1. Contribute to the development and implementation of the Work Plans, Budgets and prepare timely reports including status reports of court cases
2. Support prosecution of all offenders in liaison with the DPPs office
3. Support investigations to ensure successful prosecution service
4. Manage exhibits and other forms of evidence for effective prosecution
5. Liaise with the Office of the DPP to ensure successful prosecution of environment offenders
6. Support implementation of Administrative and express fines schemes for environment breaches
7. Draft Restoration Orders, Stop Notices, Improvement Notices and all other Statutory Notices to support law enforcement
8. Provide legal support and advice to NEMA on issues relating to prosecution, compliance and enforcement of environmental laws
9. Provide legal support to Legislative drafting processes
10. Provide legal support to Multi-Lateral Environmental Agreements, Treaties and Conventions negotiations and implementation
11. Manage witness appearance in court for all criminal matters
12. Undertake awareness creation and capacity building on environmental law
13. Support training and assist in the formulation of bye laws and ordinances for Local Governments
14. Supervise and ensure appraisal of staff in the unit
15. Develop bankable proposals for sustainable resources mobilization and collaboration efforts to support the legal function
16. Perform any other official duties as may be assigned by the supervisor

Qualifications
• An Honor’s Bachelor’s degree in Law from a recognized University;
• Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice

Key competencies and skills
a) Leadership, team building and supervision skills
b) Strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills
c) Excellent scholarly writing and publication skills
d) Excellent analytical and presentation skills
e) Financial and human resource management skills
f) Excellent report writing skills
g) Resource Mobilization skills
h) Risk management skills
i) Excellent Information Communication Technology skills
j) Excellent command of the English language

Details of the Job Descriptions and Person Specifications for the above positions are available on the NEMA website www.nema.go.ug

Staff of Uganda Police Force, Uganda People’s Defense Forces, Uganda Wildlife Authority and the Uganda Intelligence Services who have requisite requirements for the positions of Manager Environment Protection Force, Principal Environment Intelligence Officer, Principal Investigations Officer and Environment Protection Officer may respond to this Internal Advert for only the said positions subject to their internal clearance processes as appropriate.

Potential candidates should download an application form from the NEMA website, fill the form and attach “O” and “A” level certificates, Bachelor’s and Postgraduate Degree Transcripts and Certificates, Professional certificates where applicable and Employment letters in one pdf file named: “Position-Name of Applicant”.

The one pdf file should be submitted to ed@nema.go.ug not later than 16th April 2023. Applications not in one pdf file and those arriving after closing time will not be considered.

Applicants are allowed to apply for not more than two posts. Those who applied for the re-advertised jobs, need not to reapply except if they have now acquired requisite qualifications.

Only succesful candidates at any stage shall be contacted.

Any form of lobbying to Executive Director, Board or any other authority or individual will lead to automatic disqualification of the Applicant.