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Goals and objectives

The Legal Aid Commission shall develop its staff in an environment that makes the Commission an employer of choice by:

• Increasing human resources and professional development in new areas of law, including encouraging further studies, capacity building and overseas training.

• Securing a sufficient budget to ensure that the high demand for legal services can be met without subjecting the staff to undue workloads.

• Ensuring that the vacant staff positions are filled to meet the increasing demand for legal aid services.

• Commissioning an independent survey and analysis for consideration by the Board to ensure that staff receive competitive salaries.

• Including in the Human Resources Manual a system whereby the Board can create career paths for promotion purposes without advertising externally.

• Ensuring that staff have been trained to present public legal awareness workshops effectively.

Key activities

• Both support and professional staff are given continued training and encouraged to further their studies, and some are sent for overseas training and study visits - ongoing.

• A sufficient budget is secured to ensure that the high demand for legal services can be met without subjecting the staff to undue workloads – ongoing.

• Vacant staff positions are filled to meet the increasing demand for legal aid services - ongoing.

• By the June of 2017, an independent survey and analysis of comparative salaries is commissioned and presented the Board for consideration to ensure that staff receive competitive salaries.

• By the end of March 2017, the Draft Human Resources Manual is amended and submitted to introduce a system whereby the Board can create career paths for promotion purposes without advertising externally.

• Staff are trained in how to conduct public legal awareness effectively - ongoing.