Kituo Cha Sheria is a leading Human Rights and
Legal Aid Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) founded in 1973.
We are seeking to recruit a dynamic, self driven and result oriented person to fill in the following vacant position in our Nairobi Head Office.
Legal Officer - Head Office
Ref: KCS/LO-NBI/APP
Responsible to the Coordinator Legal Aid and Education for providing legal advice, court representation and legal awareness education to clients on matters related to legal and human rights, land, labour and other legal issues.
Also responsible for counselling clients and sensitising communities to build a
factual basis for preparing court cases. Other duties include helping
communities to develop institutional capacity to enable them advocate and lobby
for legal protectionWe are seeking to recruit a dynamic, self driven and result oriented person to fill in the following vacant position in our Nairobi Head Office.
Legal Officer - Head Office
Ref: KCS/LO-NBI/APP
Responsible to the Coordinator Legal Aid and Education for providing legal advice, court representation and legal awareness education to clients on matters related to legal and human rights, land, labour and other legal issues.
Minimum Qualifications and Training: Bachelor’s degree in Law or equivalent qualification. Must also be an advocate of the High Court of Kenya with a current practising certificate.
Relevant Experience: Minimum of 2 years experience in civil and criminal litigation in a human rights organisation or busy law firm.
Skills: Must have strong communication and interpersonal skills as well as proficiency in using word-processing and spreadsheet computer packages. Must also demonstrate skills in arbitration, alternative dispute resolution, counselling and community organisation.
Key duties and responsibilities include:
- Providing
legal and sound advice to individual clients and community groups as well
as counselling clients on legal matters.
- Preparing
demand letters on behalf of clients as well as drafting accurate case
pleadings, applications for summary judgements, court injunctions and
dismissals.
- Effective
representation of clients and community groups in courts of law, tribunals
and other legal forums including arbitration proceedings.
- Assisting
individual clients and community groups to negotiate outside court
settlements in matters that involve legal disputes.
The Executive Director
Kituo Cha Sheria (Centre for Legal Empowerment)
P. O. Box 7483 - 00300
Ronald Ngala
Nairobi
E-mail: info@kituochasheria.or.ke
The application must reach us on or before 19th September 2011.
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
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