Job Title: Legal Officer
Hiring Organization: Transparency International
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: NGO
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 06/07/2024
Job
Summary
The
jobholder is tasked with proving sound legal advice to the institution in
regard to both internal and external legal affairs. (S)he will be charged with
coordinating public interest litigation cases, leading legislative drafting and
reviews, drafting legal opinions and other relevant documents, conducting legal
reviews of key documents, and undertaking legal research. The legal officer
will also work closely with the Communications team to support strategic,
high-level advocacy and media interventions.
Duties And Responsibilities
Coordinate
Public Interest Litigations
Oversee/Conduct
legal research, drafting, review and filing of pleadings, legal opinions and
legal documents;
Oversee
drafting and filing of pleadings in the appropriate courts;
Attendance
of any litigation matters in court and tracking of key court processes
including updating of court dates.
Legal
advice
Give
accurate and timely counsel to the Executive Director, Management Team and
Staff on legal matters;
Support
the drafting and review of contracts, internal policies and other
organisational documents requiring legal review;
Provide
legal advice on institutional compliance to relevant laws and regulations;
Legislative
drafting and review
Coordinate
the drafting and review of all corruption related legislation amendments or
proposed laws;
Coordinate
submissions including oral presentations for memoranda and legal opinions
drafted on legislative amendments and proposed laws.
Strategic
Advocacy and Public Communications
In
liaison with the communications unit, support strategic, high level advocacy
and media, and other public-centred interventions;
Support
institutional advocacy and reform initiatives;
Translate
TI-Kenya research findings into legal reform initiatives and advocate for their
adoption;
Coordinate
the development and review of advocacy strategies related to TI-Kenya legal
interventions;
Write
well thought out publishable articles every two months for management’s
consideration focusing on anti-corruption;
Maintain
an active presence on social media that is interfaced with TI-Kenya’s presence
in line with the organisation’s social media policy and guidelines, to advance
anti-corruption advocacy;
In
conjunction with the Communications department, initiate and participate in
mainstream and social media engagements focusing on pertinent corruption
issues.Strategic Planning and Development, Programme Management and Reporting
Oversee
legal programmatic interventions including quality control;
Responsible
for the development, implementation and reporting of all aspects of legal
programmes in line with TI-Kenya’s mandate, and strategic plan;
Support
the development and effective implementation and reporting of the legal
interventions in the TI-Kenya Strategic Plan;
Coordination,
Networking and External Relationships
Identify
and support the development of collaborative legal initiatives with likeminded
institutions.
Establish
and coordinate constructive and sustainable networks/partnerships with relevant
partners.
Good
Practice and Institutional Learning
Provide
support to the development of structured opportunities to facilitate internal
and partner learning on best legal practices;
Support
the development of sustainability plans and strategies for legal interventions
by TI-Kenya.
Resource
Mobilisation & Budget Management
Develop
and track budgets, and monitor programme expenditure against budgets for legal
interventions;
Take lead
in the development of resourcing strategies for legal interventions;
Lead
social enterprise and local resource mobilization efforts in line with the
objectives of legal interventions.
Qualifications
And Experience
A
Bachelor’s degree in law (LLB)
Diploma
in law from Kenya School of Law
At least
5 years’ post qualification experience in public interest litigation and in
designing and implementation of governance projects
In-depth
understanding of court processes and procedures
Ability
to carry out legal research
Highly
analytical and meticulous
Prior
experience supervising staff and short-term experts/consultants.
Competencies
A person
of high integrity that will model TI-Kenya’s core values;
A strong
commitment to the aims, objectives, and values of TI-Kenya;
Good
communication, and presentation skills – verbal and written;
Strong
interpersonal / relational skills;
Good
appreciation of advocacy and public engagement
Computer
literate (word processing, spreadsheets, database management);
Demonstrated
merit in work performance and results;
High
level of good judgment.
Good
report writing skills;
Ability
to multi-task, work within given deadlines/schedules and attention to detail;
Excellent
analytical and organisational skills.