Job Title: Legal Officer
Hiring Organization: Echo
Network Africa
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Non
Profit
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 05/03/2024
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.
Key
Tasks, Duties And Responsibilities
The Legal
Officer is responsible for
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
- 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