Senior Legal Officer
Full time @Konza Technopolis posted 3 months ago in Law/Legal Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Job ID 2426
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Offered Salary 1000
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Career Level Others
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Experience 4 Years
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Gender Both
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Industry Law/Legal
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Qualifications Diploma/Degree
Job Description
Senior Legal Officer
Board Secretariat
- Development of the board annual work plan and the budget.
- Support the coordination of Board matters and communication on the implementation of Board or Committee decisions including reports on follow-up actions
Regulatory & Statutory Compliance
- Ensure the implementation of strategies, policies, and procedures for regulatory and statutory compliance.
- Oversee the conduct of the legal compliance audits in the Authority.
- Liaise and manage the external consultants conducting the legal compliance audits.
- Ensure compliance with all statutory and policy requirements/guidelines by the Authority.
- Review the Legal Audit and Compliance policies.
- Review and approval of the Terms of Reference for the conduct of bi-annual legal compliance audits.
- Obtain the approval to conduct legal audits from the relevant authorities
- Ensure the implementation of legal audit recommendations.
- Prepare periodic reports on the level of adherence to statutory and policy requirements/guidelines.
- Implement strategies for mitigation and managing non-compliance.
Licensing
- Ensure that the Authority has all the licenses it requires for its operations.
- Oversee the development, review, and update of the license register.
- Review and approve applications for licensing presented at the Authority.
- Ensure the license conditions are adhered to. Process and responding to the complaints related to licenses received by the Authority.
- Ensure that all matters relating to the licenses are addressed on timely basis.
- Review relevant notices, announcements and advertisements by licensed entities and making recommendations of their suitability for publication.
- Update the status of all outstanding licensing applications received by the division, in liaison with officers from other divisions in the department.
- Prepare reports that assist in management and decision making of the Authority on Licensing.
- Develop a work plan and the budget.
Contracts
- Implement the strategies, policies and procedures for contracts management.
- Implement and review legal policies and procedures to ensure that they are in accord with the existing legislation.
- Negotiate, draw and vet Contracts, agreements and other legal documents.
- Advise the Authority on the legislation that affect the Authority and changes made thereof.
- Prepare legal opinions on legal issues in Authority contractual transactions.
- Ensure that the Authority’s interests are protected in the contractual agreements.
- Identify contractual risks in transactions and advise the Authority on mitigation measures.
- Develop Contractual risk register and ensure that it is updated.
- Ensure that contractual risk mitigation measures are implemented.
- Prepare budget and divisional reports.
- Dispute Resolution
- Implement dispute resolution strategies, polices and mechanisms for the Authority.
- Resolve disputes in consultation with all affected parties, to ensure that they do not lead to litigation.
- Represent the Authority in all judicial bodies – Courts, Dispute Adjudication Boards, Arbitration.
- Regularly review and monitor court matters by and against the Authority with a view to concluding matters in a timely and cost effective manner.
- Ensure that pleadings, evidence and witness statements are drafted and filed accordingly.
- Ensure that the witnesses are prepared accordingly and that they attend court for the hearings.
Person Specification For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: –
- Degree in Law (LLB) from a recognized institution.
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law.
- Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
- At least four (4) years’ work experience in public or private sector with experience in board secretarial, corporate governance, legal compliance and licensing.
- Certified Secretary and a member of the Institute of Certified Secretaries.
- Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results; and
- Proficiency in computer applications
Method of Application
Interested and qualified persons are required to apply to Human Capital Business Solutions via email to info@hcbskenya.com by stating the position applied on the email subject and attaching their curriculum vitae, application letter, academic and professional certificates. All applications should be received before/on 29 th July 2025.
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