The Malawi Legal Aid Bureau, established under the Legal Aid Act of 2010, is a national public institution mandated to provide legal aid to persons with insufficient means. In a bid to provide quality legal aid service to the nation, the Bureau invites applications from qualified candidates to fill the following vacant posts:

Vacancy Number: LAB/1/24

Title: Planning Officer (1Post)

Grade: Grade I

Responsible to: Principal Planning Officer

Salary: Salary range of Grade I in the Legal Aid Bureau

Duty Station: Lilongwe.

Duties and responsibilities

• Collecting information on policy and programme interventions in the Bureau
• Preparing project proposals
• Implementing, assessing and reviewing projects
• Drafting terms and references for various project feasibility and pre-feasibility studies
• Preparing budgets and work plans for the Bureau
• Coordinating the preparation of budgets and annual work plans for the Planning Division
• Implementing, assessing and reviewing budgets
• Organizing budget related meetings
• Any other duties assigned from time to time by relevant authorities

Qualifications and other requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences or any other related field from a recognized institution
• At least 2 years’ experience in a similar role in a busy institution

Mode of Application

Interested candidates should submit application letters, Curriculum Vitae with three (3) traceable referees and copies of professional certificates by hand or through the following post address:

The Director, Malawi Legal Aid Bureau, 1st Floor Shire Building, Off Paul Kagame Road, P.O. Box 675, Lilongwe.

All applications should reach the Director not later than 5:00 pm on Thursday 3rd October, 2024.