Vacancy title:
Assistant Deputy Chief Legal Officer (Assistant Director Legal)

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Public Administration, and Government, Category: Legal]

Jobs at:
Mandera County Government

Deadline of this Job:
Wednesday, June 4 2025

Duty Station:
Mandera | Mandera | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, May 16 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Duties and responsibilities

• Formulate, implement and review legal strategies, polices, plans, standards and procedures pertaining to legal services as per the County’s strategic plan;
• Advice on legal policy issues, drafting bills and other legal documents;
• Preparing and reviewing preliminary legal documents/instruments;
• Ensuring compliance with national, regional and international legal documents/instruments;
• Ensuring compliance with principle and values of yood governance, human rights, transparency, accountability, ethics and integrity;
• Preparing conveyancing documents;
• Analyzing research data and compiling reports;
• Preparing legal opinions and undertaking law review;
• Perform any other function that may be assigned from time to time.

Requirements for appointment

• Be a Kenyan citizen;
• Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B) degree from a university recognized in Kenya;
• Post graduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of |.aw;
• Master’s Degree in Law or any other relevant social science from a recognized institution will be an added advantage;
• A minimum experience of six (6) years and at least two (2) years in a senior position in either public or private legal practice;
• Knowledge in records management;
• Good administrative and coordination skills;
• Due diligence and attention to details;
• Certificate in Computer Applications;
• Satisfies requirement of chapter six of the constitution of Kenya 2010 on leadership and integrity.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 72

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

Interested applicant should fill in Mandera County employment application form and attach copies of Certificates, Testimonials and Identity card. The Form can be downloaded from Mandera County Website www.mandera.go.ke or obtained from Mandera County Public Service Board office.

No online application will be accepted. Mandera County Public Service Board is an equal opportunity employer and corruption free entity.

Incomplete application form will not be accepted and giving false information in the application form will lead to automatic disqualification. The Board will not accept any other form of application except Mandera County Government employments application form.

Applications should reach the County Public Service Board on or before 4th, June, 2025 at 4.00pm.

Application should be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked on the left side the position applied for and vacancy number and;

Addressed to:

The Secretary,
Mandera County Public Service Board,
P.O. Box 356-70300, Mandera

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