Shelter Afrique Anglophone Legal Officer Job in Kenya

Shelter Afrique is a regional Housing Finance Institution established by African governments and the African Development Bank dedicated to investment in housing and urban development in African countries.

The current shareholding comprises 42 African countries, the African Development Bank and the African Re-Insurance Corporation.

The institution, with its headquarters in Nairobi, would like to fill the following vacancies in its Corporate Affairs & Secretariat Department

Position Title: 
Legal Officer - Anglophone 

Grade: P1 

Reporting to: Senior Legal Officer

Overall Purpose

Responsible to the Senior Legal Officer for assisting in handling all the Company’s legal matters as delegated.

Core Duties and Responsibilities
  • Interpret legal texts for Shelter Afrique
  • Assist management in interpreting and applying statutes, rules and regulations as may be required from time to time.
  • Provide legal inputs for projects during the appraisal
  • Prepare loan agreements and security documentation and ensure that the company’s loans are legally adequately secured.
  • Assist in establishing or reviewing legal conditions attached to loans.
  • Prepare various other agreements as may be required from time to time by virtue of the Company’s relations with bilateral, multilateral institutions and governments.
Minimum Qualifications & Experience
  • Masters degree in Law as well as admission to the Bar.
  • Minimum five (5) years experience in providing legal services as well as demonstrated experience in conveyancing and legal drafting, commercial or international law.
Key Competencies
  • Comprehensive understanding of commercial law, land law or international law
  • Strong communication skills and ability to develop position papers as well as write reports
  • Demonstrate technical expertise in strategic change management, risk management, quality assurance as well as monitoring and evaluation.
  • Flexibility and responsiveness in providing high quality customer service
  • Proficiency in computer applications including word processing, spreadsheets, data base, presentation, email, internet etc
  • Ability to maintain professional status and keep abreast of evolving legal trends through continuing legal education, especially in the area of housing financing sector.
  • Working knowledge of French language will be an added advantage
Terms of offer

Shelter-Afrique offers competitive salary and benefits package and a collegial working environment.

Applicants are invited to send a cover letter illustrating their suitability against the listed qualifications/ competencies/skills and detailed curriculum vitae, with names and addresses of three referees by email to jobs@shelterafrique.org addressed to:

Managing Director,
Shelter-Afrique,
P.O. Box 41479,
Nairobi 00100.

Applications will be considered until C.O.B 16th February 2011.

Applicants should indicate the position applied for as the subject of their email submissions.
Only short-listed applicants meeting the above requirements will be contacted.

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