Legislative drafting and Advisory Specialist at Chamber of Deputies (COD): (Deadline 16 July 2025)

Legislative drafting and Advisory Specialist at Chamber of Deputies (COD): (Deadline 16 July 2025)

Job responsibilities

– Provide legal advice on draft bills, different contracts and tender documents; – Prepare a draft proposal of new amendments and revise existing legal instruments; – Provide legal advice on various legal documents as may be required; – Participate in Standing committee meetings, provide legal advice while reviewing draft laws or citizen requests and ensure that amendments are incorporated into the bill; – Verify the conformity between the standing committee’s report and the draft bills; – Participate in the plenary sittings, follow up debates and verify the incorporation of amendments after the adoption of laws; – Analyze various policies, legislation, and government programs that are covered by the bills or private member’s bills; – Produce an advisory notice on bills or private member’s bills to verify the opportunity, relevance, and compliance with the legislation, various policies and government programs; – Conduct comparative studies with international best practices; – Collect and review policies, legal documents, or any other document in relation to the private Member’s bill; – Provide a draft private Member’s bill for consideration by Members of Parliament. – Verify the conformity between published bills and those adopted by the Parliament; – Make an assessment report of the conformity between published laws and laws adopted by the Parliament; – Review of published laws to verify if different orders provided therein have been published; – Prepare presentations to the Bureau or Standing Committees as may be required.

Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Law1 Years of relevant experience

Bachelor’s Degree in Law3 Years of relevant experience

Bachelor’s(A0) Degree in Business Law3 Years of relevant experience

Master’s Degree in Business Law1 Years of relevant experience

Master’s Degree in International Law1 Years of relevant experience

Master’s Degree in Administrative Law1 Years of relevant experience

Master’s Degree in Legal Studies1 Years of relevant experience

Master’s Degree in Civil Law1 Years of relevant experience

Master’s Degree in Legislative Drafting1 Years of relevant experience

Master’s Degree in Public Law1 Years of relevant experience

Bachelor’s Degree in International law3 Years of relevant experience

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Law3 Years of relevant experience

Bachelor’s Degree in Public law3 Years of relevant experience

Bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies3 Years of relevant experience

Bachelor’s degree in Administrative Law3 Years of relevant experience

Bachelor’s degree in legislative drafting3 Years of relevant experience

Required competencies and key technical skills

Resource management skills

Problem solving skills

Decision making skills

Time management skills

Risk management skills

Results oriented

Digital literacy skills

Knowledge of Government policy-making and legislative processes

Report writing and presentation skills

Coordination, planning and organizational skills

Research skills

Knowledge to analyse complex legal information and to present it clearly, comprehensively and accurately, both orally and in writing;

Knowledge of Rwandan legal system with a good knowledge of other legal systems;

Legislative drafting skills;

Knowledge of the Justice sector policies and issues

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Administrative skills

Knowledge and understanding of the Rwandan legal system

Analytical skills;

Collaboration and team working skills

Psychometric Languages

• English

Psychometric Domains

• • Critical thinkingCompetence / Skills
• • Decision makingCompetence / Skills
• • Analytical skillsCompetence / Skills
• • Time managementCompetence / Skills
• • Processing speedBehavior and attitude
• • Attention and concentrationBehavior and attitude
• • PatienceBehavior and attitude
• • Work preferencesAptitude
• Conflict ResolutionCommunication skills

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