National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)

Responsibilities or duties

• Providing legal advice to the Authority and ensuring integration of environmental concerns into policy and legislation at all levels;
• Providing secretarial services to the Board and its Committees;
• Providing guidance to the Board on their duties and responsibilities and on matters of Governance;
• Facilitating Board induction and development and implementation of the capacity building programmes;
• Preparing and managing Board Work-Plans and facilitating Annual Board Evaluation;
• Facilitating Governance Audits;
• Developing and implementing the Board Charter, Terms of Reference and the Code of Conduct and Ethics;
• In liaison with the Director General, preparing and circulating Board and Committee notices and papers;
• Taking minutes in all Board and Committee Meetings;
• Preparing Reports from Board and Committee field trips;
• Keeping custody and accountability of the Corporation’s seal, securities, agreements, minutes, titles and other legal instruments;
• Drafting the required regulations, guidelines and interpreting the Environmental Management and Coordination Act, 1999;
• Maintaining and updating the Register of Conflict of Interest;
• Arranging the business of the Board meetings, keeping records of the proceedings of Board and performing other duties as the Board may direct;
• Providing advice on legal and corporate matters to the Board through interpretation and writing legal opinions;
• Overseeing implementation of Mwongozo Code of Conduct in the Authority;
• Responsible for implementation of the directorate’s strategic plan and realization of its objectives;
• Overseeing the implementation of performance appraisal system and performance contract for the Directorate;
• Ensuring accountability and prudent management of resources and assets and ensuring compliance with principles and values of good governance, transparency, accountability, ethics and integrity;
• Supervising, guiding and developing staff working under him or her.
• Advising on international conventions, treaties and agreements related to the environment to which Kenya is a party and assisting in their implementation;
• Advising and assisting in various negotiations;
• Drafting and liaising with various Government Institutions on the establishment and maintenance of a Registry of International Environmental Conventions and Treaties to which Kenya is a party
• Liaising with relevant Government Institutions and stakeholders on International Environmental concerns;
• Initiating legislative proposals, standards and guidelines on the environment
• Establishing criteria and procedures for the assessment of environmental quality standards;
• Monitoring of the implementation and compliance with legislation; and taking responsibility for all litigation matters in respect to the Authority;

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Law (LLB) or its equivalent qualification from a recognized University;
• Master’s degree in Law (LLM), environmental law, or equivalent qualifications from a recognized Institution;
• Post Graduate Diploma in Law from Kenya School of Law;
• Current practicing certificate;
• Certified Public Secretary of Kenya (CPS K);
• Leadership course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Membership of the Law Society of Kenya and the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya (ICPS) or any other relevant professional body in good standing;

Experience Required

• 10 years relevant work experience in the legal field
• five (5) years in a senior management role in the Public Service or Private Sector;

General Qualifications

• Proficiency in Computer applications;
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.
• Analytical skills.
• Communication skills
• Strategic and innovative thinking
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to mobilize resources
• Negotiation skills

• Providing legal advice to the Authority and ensuring integration of environmental concerns into policy and legislation at all levels;
• Providing secretarial services to the Board and its Committees;
• Providing guidance to the Board on their duties and responsibilities and on matters of Governance;
• Facilitating Board induction and development and implementation of the capacity building programmes;
• Preparing and managing Board Work-Plans and facilitating Annual Board Evaluation;
• Facilitating Governance Audits;
• Developing and implementing the Board Charter, Terms of Reference and the Code of Conduct and Ethics;
• In liaison with the Director General, preparing and circulating Board and Committee notices and papers;
• Taking minutes in all Board and Committee Meetings;
• Preparing Reports from Board and Committee field trips;
• Keeping custody and accountability of the Corporation’s seal, securities, agreements, minutes, titles and other legal instruments;
• Drafting the required regulations, guidelines and interpreting the Environmental Management and Coordination Act, 1999;
• Maintaining and updating the Register of Conflict of Interest;
• Arranging the business of the Board meetings, keeping records of the proceedings of Board and performing other duties as the Board may direct;
• Providing advice on legal and corporate matters to the Board through interpretation and writing legal opinions;
• Overseeing implementation of Mwongozo Code of Conduct in the Authority;
• Responsible for implementation of the directorate’s strategic plan and realization of its objectives;
• Overseeing the implementation of performance appraisal system and performance contract for the Directorate;
• Ensuring accountability and prudent management of resources and assets and ensuring compliance with principles and values of good governance, transparency, accountability, ethics and integrity;
• Supervising, guiding and developing staff working under him or her.
• Advising on international conventions, treaties and agreements related to the environment to which Kenya is a party and assisting in their implementation;
• Advising and assisting in various negotiations;
• Drafting and liaising with various Government Institutions on the establishment and maintenance of a Registry of International Environmental Conventions and Treaties to which Kenya is a party
• Liaising with relevant Government Institutions and stakeholders on International Environmental concerns;
• Initiating legislative proposals, standards and guidelines on the environment
• Establishing criteria and procedures for the assessment of environmental quality standards;
• Monitoring of the implementation and compliance with legislation; and taking responsibility for all litigation matters in respect to the Authority;

• Proficiency in Computer applications;
• Analytical skills.
• Communication skills
• Strategic and innovative thinking
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to mobilize resources
• Negotiation skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Law (LLB) or its equivalent qualification from a recognized University;
• Master’s degree in Law (LLM), environmental law, or equivalent qualifications from a recognized Institution;
• Post Graduate Diploma in Law from Kenya School of Law;
• Current practicing certificate;
• Certified Public Secretary of Kenya (CPS K);
• Leadership course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Membership of the Law Society of Kenya and the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya (ICPS) or any other relevant professional body in good standing;