The Assistant Legal Manager will be primarily responsible for assisting the Legal Manager in ensuring that the Company’s legal interests are adequately taken care of in respect to its day to day operations by ensuring legal compliance, continuous risk assessments of the company operations and mitigation of potential risks identification.
Reporting to the Legal Manager, the incumbent shall be responsible for the following:-
Participate in ensuring the company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements by monitoring changes in relevant legislation and the regulatory environment and taking appropriate action.
Liaise with business team leaders to identify legal issues and risks and provide appropriate advice, legal and business support on the same by undertaking research and drafting legal opinions;
Preparing legal documents including contracts and leases, preparing and monitoring the contracts and property schedules.
Participate in managing bad debt portfolio by maintaining the debtor’s schedule and follow- up on the collection of outstanding debts referred to Legal function.
Participate in the management of litigation involving the Company in liaison with external lawyers assigned
Preserving the legal integrity of the company’s commercial operations;
Participate in the Company record management through effective archiving
Ensuring that the company’s rights and interests including intellectual property are not infringed upon
Participate in the Company’s ethics and compliance program
Generally supporting various functions in the business;
Participate in the Company secretarial tasks as assigned from time to time
Any other duties commensurate with this role
Candidate profile
The job holder will require the following minimum qualifications: –
Bachelor of Law Degree and an advocate of the High court;
A minimum of five (5) years post admission experience in a Corporate Legal office
Membership to the Law Society of Kenya
Membership of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries will be an added advantage
Sound legal knowledge and strong commercial focus;
Knowledge of contract drafting and litigation skills
High personal integrity
Effective communication and negotiation skills
Ability to work in a demanding environment with client focus and attention to details
Good computer literacy, strong presentation, problem solving, report writing and analytical skills
Good team player who is result oriented
Candidates who are interested and meet the above criteria may submit their applications and a letter of motivation by 29th July 2019.
