Legal Officer Job Vacancy in Kenya

In-house Legal Officer Job in Msambweni
April 14, 2015 Job Description
Job Title: In-house Legal Officer
Ref. No.: MCL238134
Position Type: Full – Time

Department/Group: Operations
Reports To: Chief Operations Officer
Location: Msambweni, South Coast
Travel Required: Occasionally Required

Job Description: The Legal officer works to address the internal and external legal concerns of the business.
He/she must have superb legal skills and discipline to keep the business functioning and out of legal trouble.
Oversees all of the legal affairs of a corporation and directs the corporate legal department

Role and Responsibilities

• Plans and directs all aspects of an organization’s legal affairs and ensures maximum protection of its legal rights.
• Leads the defense of the organization in lawsuits and the prosecution of lawsuits on behalf of the organization against others.
• Provides legal expertise to other departments where needed.
• Provide company secretarial services
• Drafting Standard contracts and specialized contracts for specific activities
• Reviewing and Negotiating contracts to which the company is a party
• Gives legal advice to management to ensure the best legal approach when handling legal matters
• Advises them on matters of constitutional and national law
• He may have to handle conflicting legal matters that involve international, public, and private law
• Drawing up and submitting major contracts, agreements and other legal documents
• Ensuring that all such documents and third party contracts are properly and promptly executed.
• Monitoring and reporting changes to applicable statutes and regulations
• Monitoring and reporting on compliance risk
• Preparing legal cases in conjunction with external counsel
• Monitoring progress to ensure prompt resolution of all disputes.
• Filing documents at the companies registry.
• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Have a minimum of Diploma in law or its equivalent and 4 years’ experience in legal matters and administration
• Have a degree in Law from a reputable institution and 2 years’ experience in legal matters and administration
• Be well-versed with Labour laws and civil litigations
• Be well-versed with transfer of property deals and be able to draft agreements
• Excellent IT user skills.
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills

How to Apply
Interested and suitably qualified candidates to send their applications accompanied by an up-to-date CV disclosing the current gross and expected salary to brecruited2015@gmail.com with Position title & Ref. No. as the email subject of their application.Please note that there are no fees charged for receiving or processing job applications.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.