Job Summary
- The Legal Officer is responsible for
effectively managing litigation, managing various legal matters that may
arise from time to time and continuously managing external relationships
as they relate to the role.
Responsibilities
Advisory
- Provide legal advice and guidance to
limit legal exposure across the organization
- Carry out research on various legal
issues and questions as they may arise
- Periodic review of Institutional policies
for legal updates
Legal Administration
- Drafting, review, and execution of legal
documents: agreements, contracts, leases, licenses
- Ensuring legal agreements and contracts
maintain expected standards and protection clauses
- Managing sign off, execution, completion
and storage of legal documents
- Copying, scanning, filling and indexing
of legal documents, agreements and correspondence
Governance
- Recording and keeping minutes of
Institutional statutory meetings
- Supporting the Company Secretary as
needed
Protection of the business and
compliance
- Registration and patenting of business
critical brands and professional properties
- Liaising with user departments and
regulatory authorities e.g NEMA and County Councils, in obtaining and
updating business permits, approvals and authorizations
- Undertaking due diligence on business
partners.
- Ensuring all compliance issues are
addressed on timely basis.
- Keeping abreast of new knowledge,
regulations and emerging laws and regulations relating to the institution
and the development world.
Litigation
- Primary contact person for litigation
- Receiving court documents and maintain
litigation related files
- Liaising with relevant stakeholders in
preparing briefs, issuing of instructions, providing statements and
documentation as required.
- Court attendance as required and ensuring
court attendance by witnesses.
- Maintain and update litigation status
report for all litigation involving the institution.
- Professional Membership Coordination
Coordinating subscriptions to relevant professional bodies and industry
and regulatory bodies.
Legal Projects
- Leading in execution of various legal
projects as they relate to business processes, conveyancing andreal estate
development.
- Any other duties that may arise from time
to time.
Qualifications
Academic
- Bachelors of Law degree
- Advocate of the High Court (with current
practicing certificate)
Professional
- Post graduate diploma from Kenya School
of Law.
- Certified Public Secretary (CPS)
Experience
- 3-4 years experience post admission
experience in a corporate legal department or law firm;
- Experience in corporate
- Knowledge of operations in a development
institution is an added advantage
Professional Membership
- Member in good standing at the Law
Society of Kenya
Personal Attributes
- Tech savvy
- High integrity and ethical conduct
- Confidential
- Self driven and reliable
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Accountable for results
How To Apply