Applications are now open for the Assistant Legal Aid Officer (5 Positions) position at Malawi Legal Aid Bureau based in Zomba, Mzuzu, Lilongwe and Blantyre. Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their applications before the closing date on September 8, 2026. Read the details below to apply. Please ensure to mention you found this opportunity on NyasaJobs.com website when submitting your CV and application to the employer or when making online applications for organizations.
Malawi Legal Aid Bureau
The Malawi Legal Aid Bureau, established under the Legal Aid
Act of 2011, is a national public institution mandated to provide legal aid to
persons with insufficient means.
In a bid to provide quality legal aid services to the
nation, the Bureau invites applications from qualified candidates to fill the
following vacant post:
Vacancy Number: LAB/2/26
Title:Â Assistant Legal Aid Officer (5 positions)
Grade:Â Grade K
Reporting to:Â Legal Aid Officer
Salary:Â Salary range of Grade K in the Legal Aid Bureau
Duty Station:Â Zomba, Mzuzu, Lilongwe and Blantyre
Duties and Responsibilities
- Interview
and record statements from persons seeking legal aid. - Draft
legal documents such as demand letters, legal opinions, and court
documents, among others. - Provide
limited legal advice to persons of insufficient means. - Provide
legal literacy services to the general public. - Accept
service and cause the filing of legal documents in the Courts. - Compile
quarterly returns in Civil and Criminal cases. - Keep
cases organized by creating and organizing files, monitoring calendars,
meeting deadlines, documenting actions on files, inputting information
into the file database and electronic case management system, and
confirming case status with Legal Aid Advocates. - Assist
Legal Aid Advocates to develop and manage cases by maintaining contact
with clients and other persons involved in a case, communicating case
progress, scheduling depositions, organizing evidence, preparing exhibits,
contacting and ensuring that witnesses are ready when needed, taking
courtroom notes and generating status reports, among others. - Supervise
Process Servers and advise management on their needs; and - Attend
to any other duties assigned by superiors from time to time.
Qualifications and Experience
- Diploma
in Law, Legal Studies or any relevant qualification from a recognised and
accredited institution. - A
minimum of 1-year experience.
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
Legal Aid Bureau
Ulongwe Villas, Golden Peacock Building,
off Presidential Way, Area 48,
opposite Life Changers International Church
P.O. Box 675,
Lilongwe.
All applications should reach the Director not later than
4:30 pm on Friday 8th, September, 2026.