Vacancy title:
Assistant Program Officer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Professional Services, Category: Legal,Business Operations,Civil & Government,Social Services & Nonprofit]

Jobs at:
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK)

Deadline of this Job:
Saturday, March 14 2026

Duty Station:
South C, Off Red Cross Road | Nairobi | Nairobi

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, March 2 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in undertaking objective legal and policy research and analysis;
• Assist in analyzing Bills of Parliament;
• Liaise with the respective Departmental Committees in Parliament;
• Assist in designing, develop and co-ordinate the implementation of projects and activities on legislative reform;
• Initiate and sustain effective interaction with local and international collaborators on legislative reforms;
• Assist in coordinating implementation and activities of projects on the legislative reforms;
• Liaise and advise the Deputy Secretary, Legislation on areas of program mandate;
• Assist in initiating and developing programmatic areas on legislative reforms;
• Monitor trends of emerging contemporary issues nationally, regionally and internationally and legislative responses;
• Initiate donor funding proposals towards supporting legislative reforms;
• Preparation and production of timely program reports; and
• Any other tasks as may be assigned by the Secretary/CEO.

Qualifications & Skills:

• A Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB.) from a recognized university and a post-graduate diploma from the Kenya School of Law;
• An Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with a minimum of three (3) years post admission experience and hold a current Practicing Certificate;
• Excellent knowledge of legislative drafting and parliamentary processes;
• Dynamic, self-motivated with excellent interpersonal skills knowledge of current legislative trends;
• Experience in planning, administration, management and monitoring of programs;
• Demonstrate ability to initiate donor funding proposals, administer and manage donor funds and grants;
• High degree of professional ethics and personal integrity; and
• Excellent analytical writing, oral presentation, organizational and computer skills.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure
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Applications should be submitted quoting the job title on the subject, to reach us not later than Friday, 14th March, 2026 at 5:00pm. All documents (Cover Letter, CV and credentials) MUST be in a single PDF file

LSK is an equal opportunity employer, women and persons who are abled differently are encouraged to apply.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

The Secretary/CEO

Law Society of Kenya

South C, Off Red Cross Road

P.O Box 72219 – 00200

NAIROBI.

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