Legal Officer 7 Posts Full-time Job

Legal Officer (entry level) - 7 Posts

Reports to: Head of Division

Contract type: Permanent and Pensionable

Job Purpose:

To provide legal services and advice to management to facilitate compliance with the Act establishing the Bank, other legislation and its internal policies and regulations.

Education/Professional Qualifications required:

Bachelors degree in Law from recognized institution with at least an

Upper Second Class grade.

Professional certification from Law School of Tanganyika and registered as an Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania.

Candidate must be a fresh graduate or with relevant post- qualification working experience of not more than three (3) years.

General Conditions:

a) Applicants working in the public service must apply through their current employers. Applications not meeting this condition will be rejected forthwith;

b) Applicants must attach the following:

i. An up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (CV) with reliable contact address, emails and telephone numbers.

ii. Certified copies of Degree, Postgraduate, Advanced Diploma or

Ordinary Diploma certificates.

iii. Certified copies of transcripts of Degree, postgraduate, Advanced

Diploma or Ordinary Diploma.

iv. Certified copies of Form IV and Form VI National Examination Certificates. Form IV and form VI results slips are strictly not acceptable;

v. Certified Professional Certifications from respective professional

bodies.

vi. Certified Birth Certificate.

vii. One recent passport-size photograph.

c) Applicants should indicate two reputable referees with their reliable contacts.

d) Certificates from foreign examination bodies for ordinary and advanced level education must be verified by the National Examination Council of Tanzania (NECTA).

e) Certificates from foreign Universities must be verified by Tanzania

Commission for Universities (TCU).

f) Applicants are required to apply for one position only. Applicants who will apply for more than one position will be disqualified.

g) Applicants must indicate the position applied for on top of the

envelope with the application letter.

h) Applicants are required to disclose relevant information in their applications. Giving false or incomplete information will lead to disqualification at any time during the recruitment process or after the appointment.

i) Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

How to Apply:

Interested applicants must submit a duly signed application letter, Curriculum Vitae (CV) and certified certificates and transcripts to the following address:

Deputy Governor,

Administration and Internal Controls, Bank of Tanzania,

2 Mirambo Street,

P.O.Box 2939,

11884 DAR ES SALAAM.

Closing Date and Time: 17th October, 2022 at 16.00 hours.

Bank of Tanzania is a banker and fiscal agent to the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and to the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar (Governments). It is also a banker to public authorities and commercial banks. These functions are as mandated by the Bank of Tanzania Act 2006