Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

Vision: To be the leading insurance industry regulator. Mission: To effectively regulate, supervise, develop the insurance industry and protect insurance beneficiaries. Core Values: (i)Accountability: -We exercise prudence in use of public resources entrusted to IRA. (ii)Team Spirit: -We work effectively with others across functional lines to a...

Responsibilities or duties

• Assisting in providing legal advice in assigned matters.
• Assisting in representing the Authority in court, tribunals and in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) proceedings.
• Ensuring procedural compliance in assigned legal proceedings.
• Receiving and acting upon summons, pleadings, and demand letters.
• Ensuring action on summons, legal process, registry filings, pleadings, and demand letters.
• Liaising with external service providers, monitoring deliverables against agreed terms, and escalating variances for action.
• Assisting providing task direction to the Legal Assistant on assigned matters, quality-checking outputs, and providing inputs to performance appraisals as requested.
• Participating in multi-divisional and multi-agency teams as assigned.
• Participates in mentoring and coaching of legal assistants.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Laws.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Law from an institution recognized by the Council for Legal Education.
• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with a valid practicing certificate.
• Proficiency in Computer applications.

Competencies and Skills

• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Analytical skills
• Report writing skills
• Presentation skills
• Mentoring, coaching and leadership skills.
• Conflict management

• Assisting in providing legal advice in assigned matters.
• Assisting in representing the Authority in court, tribunals and in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) proceedings.
• Ensuring procedural compliance in assigned legal proceedings.
• Receiving and acting upon summons, pleadings, and demand letters.
• Ensuring action on summons, legal process, registry filings, pleadings, and demand letters.
• Liaising with external service providers, monitoring deliverables against agreed terms, and escalating variances for action.
• Assisting providing task direction to the Legal Assistant on assigned matters, quality-checking outputs, and providing inputs to performance appraisals as requested.
• Participating in multi-divisional and multi-agency teams as assigned.
• Participates in mentoring and coaching of legal assistants.

• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Analytical skills
• Report writing skills
• Presentation skills
• Mentoring, coaching and leadership skills.
• Conflict management

• Bachelor’s Degree in Laws.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Law from an institution recognized by the Council for Legal Education.
• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with a valid practicing certificate.
• Proficiency in Computer applications.