National Legal Aid Clinic for Women (NLACW)

National Legal Aid Clinic for Women (NLACW) offers legal advice, legal assistance, internal/ in-house mediation (dispute resolution) and court annex mediation (dispute resolution) to vulnerable women and children on a pro bono basis. The organisation employs full time lawyers and also works with volunteer legal practitioners.

This is done by engaging communities, sensitising members such as chiefs, host community workshops, school workshops and more. National Legal Aid Clinic for Women’s (NLACW) goal is to help people understand human rights, value human rights, and take responsibility for respecting, defending, and promoting human rights.

National Legal Aid Clinic for Women (NLACW) works with policy makers to assist with policy reforms. This is done through development of policy briefs, written submissions to parliament and lobbying. NLACW’s goal is to advocate for policies that contribute to counter discrimination against women and to guarantee equal and fair treatment of women.

Engaging communities, sensitizing members like chiefs, hosting workshops for schools and local groups - these are just some of the ways National Legal Aid Clinic for Women (NLACW) works towards our goal of promoting human rights. Our aim is to help people understand and value their rights, and encourage them to take responsibility in defending and respecting these rights. Join us in this important mission

This is done by engaging communities, sensitising members such as chiefs, host community workshops, school workshops and more. National Legal Aid Clinic for Women’s (NLACW) goal is to help people understand human rights, value human rights, and take responsibility for respecting, defending, and promoting human rights.

The National Legal Aid Clinic for Women (NLACW) was established in 1990 by the Women’s Rights Committee (WRC) of the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) to provide affordable legal aid to women and children from marginalized social sectors. The overall objective of the NLACW is to empower women and children to know and realise their human rights through legal representation, human rights education and advocacy for policy and law reform as a distinct but integral part of the women’s movement. NLACW is implementing a Strategic Plan for the period 2019-2023 with core- support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The strategic objectives include Legal Representation, Legal and Human Rights Education and Advocacy for policy and law reform to address gender inequalities and ensure that the rights of women and children are safeguarded. NLACW now invites suitably qualified individuals to apply for the following positions. Assistant Accountant (2) Reporting to the Programme Accountant Location: Lusaka Job Function Assist the Programme Accountant in processing and recording daily transactions relating to payables and receivables Assist the Programme Accountant in the preparation of reconciliations such as bank, fuel and Clients Accounts Process and capture payments including statutory payments in a computerized accounting environment Perform reconciliations of payables and receivables Check the GL allocations to ensure that the split per payment requisition is correct. Assist checking compliance of payment requisitions against contracts Capture debit and/ or credit card payments & petty cash in a computerized accounting environment Assist the Programme Accountant with annual audit preparation Participate in addressing internal and external audit queries Assist with the maintenance of the Fixed Asset Register-FAR and preparing journals as required Assist the Programme Accountant in extracting reconciled computer based monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual reports for management, Board and donor reports Perform any other relevant duties that may be assigned by superiors Qualifications and Experience: Minimum required qualifications and experience: Grade 12 School Certificate with a minimum of five (5) O’ Levels (credit or better) Partly qualified CA Zambia/ACCA/CIMA Degree in Accountancy or equivalent Computer skills, experience in working with Accounting software specifically Sage Evolution with Voucher Management & Fixed Assets Modules ZICA Membership a must 4 years hands on experience in the field of Accounting and Finance, multi donor funded Projects is a distinct advantage Technical and Behavioral Competencies Strong Analysis Strong financial accounting skills Auditing background Advanced level of computer skills Results Focused and high attention to detail Good interpersonal skills Ability to plan and organize A self-starter Ability to work under pressure and with minimum supervision Method of Application Interested candidates who meet the above qualifications should send their application letters, Curriculum vitae, three traceable references and include photocopies of relevant certificates to:- The Executive Director National Legal Aid Clinic for Women Plot No. 110A/150 Musonda Ngosa Road Villa Elizabetha Private Bag E578 LUSAKA