Job specifications

• Reporting to the Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, the job holder will be responsible for:
• Representing KASNEB in court, litigation and various legal matters;
• Overseeing the development and implementation of integrity framework for KASNEB;
• Ensuring safekeeping of documents, contracts and agreements;
• Reviewing existing laws and regulations governing KASNEB;
• Interpreting legal legislation and board action areas to the relevant divisions in KASNEB;
• Coordinating the implementation of the code of conduct and ethics;
• Ensuring staff are aware of all relevant laws affecting KASNEB;
• Ensuring legal compliance to legislative provisions and regulations;
• Developing legal strategies aimed at forestalling disputes, controversies, and litigation;
• Conducting legal research;
• Liaising with external lawyers on court matters;
• Drafting legal documents, leases, and contracts;
• Ensuring annual returns are promptly filed with the relevant authorities;
• Establishing and maintaining legal registry;
• Ensuring the planning and budgeting for the legal activities; and
• Ensuring compliance to legislations, rules, regulations, and directives issued from time to time

Person Specifications For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: -

• Cumulative service period of twelve (15) years relevant work experience three (3) of which should have been in the grade of Assistant Director, Legal Services or in a comparable position; Bachelors of Law (LLB) degree from a recognized institution;
• Master’s degree in Law (LLM), Economics, Public Policy; Statistics, Mathematics; Strategic Management, Business Administration, Public Administration, Education or any other relevant qualification from a recognised institution;
• Post graduate Diploma in Law (Advocates Training Programme) from the Kenya School of Law;
• Membership to the Law Society of Kenya (LSK);
• Be admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya;
• Leadership course certificate lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognised institution;
• Proficiency in computer applications; and
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Key Competencies and Skills

• Analytical skills;
• Communication skills;
• Strategic and innovative thinking;
• Interpersonal skills;
• Ability to mobilise resources; and
• Negotiation skills.

Terms of service:

• Permanent and Pensionable. Basic Salary range for Deputy Director: KSh. 140,600 x 12,900 – 192,200 x 16,700 – 259,000

• Representing KASNEB in court, litigation and various legal matters;
• Overseeing the development and implementation of integrity framework for KASNEB;
• Ensuring safekeeping of documents, contracts and agreements;
• Reviewing existing laws and regulations governing KASNEB;
• Interpreting legal legislation and board action areas to the relevant divisions in KASNEB;
• Coordinating the implementation of the code of conduct and ethics;
• Ensuring staff are aware of all relevant laws affecting KASNEB;
• Ensuring legal compliance to legislative provisions and regulations;
• Developing legal strategies aimed at forestalling disputes, controversies, and litigation;
• Conducting legal research;
• Liaising with external lawyers on court matters;
• Drafting legal documents, leases, and contracts;
• Ensuring annual returns are promptly filed with the relevant authorities;
• Establishing and maintaining legal registry;
• Ensuring the planning and budgeting for the legal activities; and
• Ensuring compliance to legislations, rules, regulations, and directives issued from time to time

• Analytical skills;
• Communication skills;
• Strategic and innovative thinking;
• Interpersonal skills;
• Ability to mobilise resources; and
• Negotiation skills.

• Cumulative service period of twelve (15) years relevant work experience three (3) of which should have been in the grade of Assistant Director, Legal Services or in a comparable position;
• Bachelors of Law (LLB) degree from a recognized institution;
• Master’s degree in Law (LLM), Economics, Public Policy; Statistics, Mathematics; Strategic Management, Business Administration, Public Administration, Education or any other relevant qualification from a recognised institution;
• Post graduate Diploma in Law (Advocates Training Programme) from the Kenya School of Law;
• Membership to the Law Society of Kenya (LSK);
• Be admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya;
• Leadership course certificate lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognised institution;
• Proficiency in computer applications; and
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.