Open Positions

Join the Laws.Africa team and help make African legislation freely available to everyone.

Head of LawLibrary

Laws.Africa is hiring a senior role to own LawLibrary.org.za, our South Africa legal research product. This person will drive growth, lead the content strategy, and ensure the collections that power LawLibrary are timely, trusted, and useful for legal professionals. Over 1 million visitors use our products every year, supporting the rule of law, business, government and human rights.

This is a senior, high-ownership role in a small organisation. You will work directly with leadership, shape priorities across content and sales, and be accountable for LawLibrary’s strategic targets and protect the quality and trust that makes the product valuable.

Responsibilities

  • Own LawLibrary’s growth and outreach targets (presentations, demos, partner engagement), in coordination with leadership
  • Set and deliver the LawLibrary content strategy, with a strong focus on judgments and user-relevant collections
  • Own delivery of judgment collections: planning, prioritisation, scheduling, editorial standards, anonymisation policy, and QA
  • Own key external content relationships (courts and other providers) for LawLibrary
  • Own and report on LawLibrary operational metrics (content throughput, coverage, timeliness, etc.)
  • Coordinate with our technical teams on quarterly roadmap inputs and scope alignment
  • Lead a small caselaw editorial team and ensure delivery is predictable and high-quality, including onboarding
  • Prepare editorial strategies and commitments (timelines, coverage, quality) within budget and roadmap constraints
  • Support LawLibrary user training and success
  • Contribute guidance for similar strategies as needed

How we work

  • We’re a small team that values ownership and clear accountability.
  • This role reports directly to leadership and is expected to drive outcomes, not just activities.
  • We work remotely, across South Africa and other countries.
  • We prioritise trust, quality, and predictable delivery over volume.

Requirements

  • Senior experience owning a product, program, or commercial outcome
  • Proven ability to carry a growth target
  • Three to four years’ experience in legal publishing or legal content workflows
  • Excellent project management, prioritisation and delivery planning skills
  • Strong writing, editing, and proofreading ability
  • Clear, confident written and oral communication with stakeholders and partners
  • High ownership, bias for action, and strong partner service ethic
  • Highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to work under pressure
  • Comfortable with digital content tools, CMSs, and reporting workflows
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a small team
  • LLB or relevant humanities degree is advantageous, not required
  • Based in Cape Town, South Africa, with ability to travel nationally and internationally when required

Position: Full-time
Location: Cape Town, South Africa (remote-friendly)

Digitisation Specialist

Laws.Africa is hiring a Digitisation Editor to support the sourcing, preparation, and processing of legal source materials across our platforms. This role focuses on converting physical and digital source documents into structured, high-quality digital legal information that meets Laws.Africa’s standards.

The Digitisation Editor works within the digitisation pipeline, ensuring that gazettes, legislation, caselaw, journals, and other legal materials are accurately scanned, processed, and prepared for publication. The role is hands-on and detail-oriented, contributing directly to the reliability and completeness of our collections.

The Digitisation Editor is responsible for executing key steps in Laws.Africa’s digitisation workflow, including sourcing materials, scanning and document preparation, OCR processing, metadata capture, and preparing clean, import-ready outputs.

The role ensures that source documents are handled carefully, processed accurately, and handed over in a structured, consistent format that downstream editorial and technical teams can rely on.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the sourcing, acquisition, and cataloguing of gazettes, legislation, caselaw, journals, and other official legal materials, maintaining accurate jurisdiction-level coverage records and identifying gaps
  • Coordinate with research and content teams to align sourcing and digitisation priorities with publication plans and project timelines
  • Oversee the preparation and scanning of physical documents, ensuring correct handling, batch organisation, and application of Laws.Africa digitisation standards
  • Manage OCR and conversion workflows, configuring tools appropriately and producing accurate, structured, import-ready outputs (PDF/A and editable formats)
  • Review and correct OCR errors, structural inconsistencies, and formatting issues to ensure outputs meet Laws.Africa accuracy and formatting standards
  • Capture and verify required metadata, ensuring consistent file naming, folder structures, manifests, and handover documentation
  • Maintain clear intake, processing, and handover logs to ensure traceability and visibility of digitisation batches
  • Conduct quality control on outputs produced by junior or part-time digitisation editors and consultants, logging issues and enforcing standards
  • Provide hands-on guidance, feedback, and practical training to junior contributors, improving accuracy and consistency over time
  • Contribute to the refinement of workflows, SOPs, and training materials based on operational experience and recurring issues

How we work

  • We’re a small team that values ownership and clear accountability.
  • We work remotely, across South Africa and other countries.
  • We prioritise predictable delivery and follow-through over heroics.

Requirements

  • Experience in document digitisation, publishing, archival work, or structured data preparation
  • Demonstrated ability to maintain and enforce quality standards across repetitive, high-volume workflows
  • Familiarity with scanning equipment and OCR tools
  • Ability to follow documented workflows consistently and precisely
  • Clear organisational skills and disciplined file management practices
  • Basic understanding of legal or government documents is advantageous but not required
  • Ability to work independently and communicate clearly within a distributed team
  • Experience supervising or reviewing the work of junior staff or contractors, with clear, constructive feedback
  • Based in South Africa or Kenya, with ability to travel nationally and internationally when required

Position: Full-time
Location: South Africa or Kenya (remote)

Sales Representative - LawLibrary SA

Laws.Africa is hiring an experienced Sales Representative to grow LawLibrary.org.za, our South African legal research product. This role is focused on proactive outbound sales: identifying prospects, starting conversations, running demos, and closing deals with legal professionals and institutions.

LawLibrary SA is used by legal practitioners, firms, students, and public institutions to access trusted, up-to-date legal information. Over 1 million visitors use our platforms every year in support of the rule of law, business, government, and human rights.

This is a hands-on sales role in a startup organisation that is scaling up fast. You will work closely with the Head of LawLibrary and leadership, carry a clear sales target, and be accountable for converting interest into paying users and partners. This role will play a key part in shaping LawLibrary SA’s commercial strategy and growth in South Africa.

Responsibilities

  • Own and execute the sales strategy for LawLibrary SA.
  • Proactively identify, contact, and qualify potential customers (law firms, sole practitioners, institutions, associations).
  • Run product presentations and demos, online and in person.
  • Convert leads into paid individual and bulk subscriptions.
  • Build and manage a healthy sales CRM pipeline.
  • Work closely with the Head of LawLibrary to align sales activity with product direction and roadmap.
  • Feed customer feedback and objections into product, pricing, and positioning decisions.
  • Represent LawLibrary SA professionally in external meetings, events, and partnerships.
  • Maintain accurate sales records and reporting.

How we work

  • We’re a small team that values ownership and clear accountability.
  • You will have autonomy, but also clear sales targets.
  • We prioritise trust, credibility, and long-term relationships with our clients.
  • We work remotely, across South Africa and other countries.

Requirements

  • Proven experience selling legal technology, legal research tools, or professional services to legal professionals.
  • Demonstrated ability to carry and hit a sales target.
  • Comfortable with proactive outbound sales (calls, emails, follow-ups).
  • Strong presentation and demo skills.
  • Clear, confident written and spoken communication.
  • Ability to explain legal or technical products clearly and credibly.
  • Highly organised, disciplined, and comfortable managing a sales pipeline.
  • Bias for action and persistence, moving as fast as the client wants you to.
  • Ability to work independently in a dynamic, rapidly growing organisation.
  • Familiarity with the legal profession in South Africa is a strong advantage.
  • LLB or legal background is advantageous, not required.
  • Based in Gauteng, South Africa, with ability to travel nationally and internationally when required.

Position: Full-time
Location: Gauteng, South Africa (remote-friendly)

Digitisation Manager

Laws.Africa is hiring a Digitisation Manager to own and coordinate the digitisation of large-scale legal source materials across our platforms, including gazettes, judgments, and other bulk legal collections.

The Digitisation Manager ensures that digitisation projects are properly scoped, planned, executed, and quality-checked so that downstream editorial, website and product teams can rely on a consistent flow of usable content. This content is ultimately used by over 1 million visitors every year, and supports the rule of law, business, government and human rights.

The Digitisation Manager is responsible for the day-to-day management and continuous improvement of Laws.Africa’s digitisation pipelines. This includes planning and coordinating bulk imports, managing digitisation teams and contractors, maintaining quality standards, and ensuring visibility into capacity, progress, and risks.

Responsibilities

  • Plan, scope, and coordinate digitisation work across gazettes, judgments, journals, and other bulk legal collections
  • Translate high-level priorities into concrete work plans, schedules, and milestones across countries and projects
  • Proactively scope new digitisation and bulk import projects from start to finish
  • Manage and support digitisation staff and contractors, including work allocation, progress tracking, and feedback
  • Reduce fragmentation and duplication across digitisation teams and workflows
  • Implement and maintain quality checks to ensure digitised content meets Laws.Africa standards and editorial needs
  • Identify and address recurring quality or workflow issues through improved documentation, guidance, and training
  • Track and report on digitisation throughput, turnaround times, error rates, and capacity
  • Provide regular status updates and early escalation of risks or delays to Operations and leadership
  • Work with Operations and technical staff to improve digitisation processes, tooling, and automation in practical, adoptable ways
  • Act as the primary point of contact for day-to-day digitisation coordination and issue resolution

How we work

  • We’re a small team that values ownership and clear accountability.
  • We work remotely, across South Africa and other countries.
  • We prioritise predictable delivery and follow-through over heroics.

Requirements

  • Strong experience coordinating complex operational or content-production workflows.
  • Proven ability to plan, track, and deliver multi-step projects across teams.
  • Comfortable managing staff and contractors in distributed or remote settings.
  • High attention to detail and focus on quality.
  • Clear written and verbal communication.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a small team.
  • Ability to prioritise effectively and raise problems early with proposed solutions.
  • Experience with digitisation, publishing, data processing, or similar pipelines is a strong advantage.
  • Familiarity with legal or government content is helpful but not required.
  • Based in South Africa or Kenya, with ability to travel nationally and internationally when required

Position: Full-time
Location: South Africa or Kenya (remote)