Job Title: Head, Legal Services
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Job Summary: The job holder is responsible for providing technical and strategic leadership in the development and enforcement of a robust and facilitative legal framework aimed at ensuring security of pension funds, protection of the rights of members and beneficiaries of pension schemes and compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Management Duties
- Provide strategic direction for the Legal Services department.
- Responsible for development and implementation Policies, Strategies, plans, budgets and ensure implementation and adherence of the same.
- Identify the resources and skills needed to deliver on the strategic plan and lead the acquisition of those skills through training, recruitment and employee career management.
Legal Advisory
- Stay appraised of operating policies and procedures to ensure sound corporate governance.
- Assist senior management with such duties and functions as may be assigned from time to time.
- Prepare legal opinions, advice and reports on technical legal matters to the Board and departmental managers including reviewing legal documentation, management of legal due diligence and liaising with external lawyers as required.
- Represent the organisation in all legal forums including representing the organisation ¡n court proceedings, negotiating, participating in settlement of cases and arbitration of disputes to protect organizational interests.
Legal operation matters
- Receive summons, review the relevant files and prepare suitable instructions to external lawyers.
- Correspond with external lawyers on all the issues that they may arise and advice on their position.
- Vet and draft legal agreements.
- Ensure compliance with the legal framework.
- Ensure proper and safe custody of all legal documentation.
- Review leases and contracts drawn by third parties.
- Liaise with and supervise external lawyers.
- Issue instructions to auctioneers, advocates and valuers.
- Co-ordinate preparation, filing and service of pleadings.
- Co-ordinate preparation of monthly/quarterly reports.
Academic and Professional Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree in Law.
- Master’s degree in Commercial Law (LLM) Business Administration (MBA), Economics or a related field is an added advantage.
- Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and professional qualifications such as CPS-K.
- Must be a Member of the Law Society of Kenya.
Experience
- At least eight years’ of post-call to bar experience in providing legal services.
Additional Skills and Requirements
- Strong interpersonal, management, organisational and leadership skills
- Demonstrable ability to build cohesive teams and to achieve goals through team work
- Strong commercial awareness
- Demonstrable resilience and flexibility in a demanding and fast past environment
- Excellent relationship management, negotiation and strategic networking skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
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