Chief Manager, Legal Services
Job Purpose
This position is
responsible for providing legal advice on litigation, dispute resolution,
legal compliance, enforcement and advisory services.
Key Responsibilities/ Duties / Tasks
Managerial / Supervisory
Responsibilities
- Coordinating formulation and review of strategies,
frameworks, work plans, legislation, policies, guidelines, procedures, and
regulations on legal compliance, enforcement and advisory;
- Coordinating interpretation, evaluation and review compliance
of enabling legal instruments for requisition for withdrawal of funds;
- Administering compliance of the budget process with the
constitutional, statutory and regulatory provisions;
- Coordinating the reviewing and providing recommendations on
legal compliance of the formats for requisitions and approvals of
withdrawals of funds;
- Issuing legal opinion on budget implementation reports for
the national and county governments and on special reports to Parliament
on stoppage of funds or issues as may be requested by Parliament,
Governors or County Assemblies;
- Promoting Prudent Utilization of Public Funds
- Coordinating formulation and review of legal guidelines and
procedures and rendering appropriate recommendations to enhance the Medium
Term Paper (MTP), Budget Policy Statement (BPS), Budget Report and Outlook
Paper(BROP), County Fiscal Strategy Paper (CFSP), County Budget Review
Outlook Paper and County Debt Management Strategy Paper;
- Issuing legal opinion and making appropriate recommendations
on special reports on particular issues as may be requested by President,
Parliament, Governors or County Assemblies;
- Regulating legal audits and analysing the Legal Audit Reports;
- Coordinating investigations on budget implementation matters
and providing legal advisory;
- Coordinating forums for capacity building on legal matters
affecting public participation in the budget process;
- Facilitating identification of topical research areas on
various legal aspects and processes relating to the mandate of the OCOB;
- Monitoring the development, implementation and review of
legal control systems and procedures;
- Designing and Implementing business continuity plans;
- Initiating and promoting Business Process Re-engineering
(BPR); and
- Enhancing partnerships and creating linkages and
collaboration within stakeholders of OCOB.
Job Dimensions:
- Financial Responsibility
- Implementation of the budget for the department
Responsibility for Physical Assets
Responsible for the
assets assigned by the office of the Controller of Budget as per office’s
asset register
- Decision-Making / Job Influence
- Strategic
- Financial
- Advisory
- Analytical
Job Competencies
(Knowledge, Experience and Attributes / Skills).
Academic qualifications
- Bachelor of Law degree from a recognised institution
- Diploma in Legal Studies; and
- Master of Law degree from a recognised institution.
Professional
Qualifications / Membership to professional bodies
- Been an advocate of the High Court of Kenya; and
- Membership in good standing with the Law Society of Kenya.
Previous relevant work
experience required.
- Served in the grade of a Manager Legal Services for a minimum
of four (4) years or at least thirteen (13) years of experience in a
relevant field, six (6) of which should be at the management level
Functional Skills,
Behavioral Competencies/Attributes:
- Met the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution;
- Certificate in leadership course lasting not less than four
(4) weeks from a recognized institution;
- Proficiency in computer applications;
- Demonstrated professional competence and ability as reflected
in work performance and results.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
- The terms of service for each position are specified in the
Job Description.
- Successful candidates will be offered a competitive
remuneration package.
How To Apply
APPLICATION PROCESS
- Qualified interested candidates should submit their
applications quoting the job title on both the envelope and the cover
letter.
- Enclose a detailed and up-to-date curriculum vitae indicating
your current remuneration, home county, e-mail address and reliable
daytime telephone contacts, and copies of your certificates,
testimonials and national identity card.
- You should also provide the names of two referees who must be
familiar with your
- previous work/academic experience indicating their telephone,
postal and email addresses.
- Please note that it is a criminal offence to provide false
information and documents in the job application.
Upon being successful and
granted an offer of employment, the successful candidate MUST present
clearances and satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of
Kenya 2010 by providing copies of the following;
- Tax compliance certificate from the Kenya Revenue Authority
(KRA)
- Certificate of Good Conduct from the Directorate of Criminal
Investigation (DCI)
- Clearance certificate from the Higher Education Loans Board
(HELB
- Clearance Form from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission
(EACC)
Applications should be
sent by post or hand delivered to our office addressed to:
The Controller of Budget
Bima House 12th Floor,
Harambee Avenue.
P.O Box 35616-00100
Nairobi
So as to reach the Office
of the Controller of Budget by 29th August 2023 at 5.00 pm.
Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted
The Office of the
Controller of Budget is an equal-opportunity employer
