Senior Legal Officer Job in Kenya

Job Vacancy: Senior Legal Officer

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist the General Manager in ensuring statutory and contractual compliance by the Organization
• Drafting and vetting of legal contracts and service level agreements.
• Managing the legal risk of the organization.
• Ensuring external legal activities are coordinated effectively.
• Prepare legal queries and facilitate solicitation of legal opinions from external counsel to identify legal and regulatory risks and issues.
• Provide legal advice in connection with the functions of the organization generally and liaise with external legal counsel on legal matters.
• Provide periodical reports on activities and tasks undertaken.
• Assist in managing the legal transactions, cases and issues of the organization.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from a recognised university.
• Post Graduate Diploma from the Kenya School of Law.
• Possess current year’s practicing certificate
• 3 years commercial experience in law practise.
• Wide knowledge of the regulatory environment in Kenya.
• Additional qualifications will be an added advantage.

Desired Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

• Good communication, presentation, research and analytical skills.
• Must be hands on in interpretation and application of legal texts and statutes.
• Proactive and self motivated.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Team player.
• Able to demonstrate excellent organisational skills.
• Ability to handle pressure and work with minimum or no supervision.
• Must be computer literate.

Qualified candidates to share their cvs to recruitment@cdl.co.ke with the subject as Senior Legal Officer on or before 26.3.2018

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be called