Job Title: Legal Assistant
Hiring Organization: Siginon
Group
Location – Locality: Mombasa
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Transport
and Logistics
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Competitive
Date Posted: 03/26/2024
Reporting
to the Group Legal Manager, the job holder will support the department in legal
and administrative issues relating to the department.
Responsibilities:
- Handling
sensitive information securely and professionally.
- Maintaining
a calendar of all legal deadlines and appointments and any other
significant legal dates.
- Conducting
legal research and drawing up legal opinions on policy matters.
- Communicating
with external attorneys to provide legal advice on the issues related to
the institution’s obligations, rights, risks and organization privileges
if needed.
- Maintaining
and safeguarding departmental documents/records as well as creating and
maintain trackers for legal documents and other resources.
- Prepare,
review, record and report legal documents including briefs, pleadings,
appeals, agreements, contracts and legal memoranda.
- Collaborating
with the internal departments such as HR, Finance and Commercial etc. to
ensure Legal Compliance for the Group’s operations.
- Reviewing
and vetting demand letters, statutory notices, pleadings, affidavits and
other relevant litigation documents.
- Assisting
in preparing correspondence and internal communications for the Legal
Department and dispatching and delivering mails and resolutions to both
internal and external parties.
- Assists
with the collection and analysis of data as well as preparation of data
presentations and reports for information sharing, responding to queries,
knowledge management, planning and decision making.
- Build
and maintain legal registers, databases, and files.
- Identify
relevant gazette notices, judicial decisions, statutes, legal articles,
codes and other pertinent material.
- Provides
general office support services by processing draft legal documents,
support in editing legal documents, proofreading and finalizing for
signature.
- Help
with case preparation including witness lists, statements, and exhibits.
Education,
Professional Qualifications & Work experience
- Bachelor’s
degree in law or completion of the Advocate Training Program at the Kenya
School of Law
- Experience
in general office support in legal department or Office
- Experience
in research and preparation of legal documents
- A
minimum of 1-2 years of relevant working experience.
Skills
& Competencies
- Excellent
planning and organizing/work management skills.
- Excellent
communication and interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge
in Data Protection Compliance
- Excellent
writing skills are mandatory.
- Excellent
teamwork/collaboration ability.
- Attention
to details.
How To
Apply
If you
believe your experience, competencies and qualifications match the job and role
specifications described. send your application and detailed CV indicating your
current and expected salary to grouphr@siginon.com Kindly
quote the job title on the subject line of the email.