Q-Sourcing Servtec Group is a global management consulting firm that helps people make significant improvements to their business performance and realize their most important career goals.

Read more about this company

Group Head of Legal

Job Type

Full Time

Qualification

BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA

Experience

8 - 10 years

Location

Nairobi

Job Field

Law / Legal

Roles and responsibilities

Legal Advisory & Compliance Oversight

• Interpret and apply legal frameworks relevant to employment, operations, and regulatory requirements across different jurisdictions.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments and advise management on changes impacting the business.
• Ensure group-wide legal compliance with applicable laws, including labor, tax, corporate governance, and data protection laws.

Contract Management & Negotiations

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of service contracts, vendor agreements, and employment contracts.
• Standardize contract templates and enforce contract approval and risk mitigation processes across business units.
• Implement systems to track key contract milestones, obligations, and renewal timelines.

Litigation & Dispute Management

• Manage, coordinate, and oversee all active litigation and dispute matters involving the company.
• Lead strategy and interface with external counsel to safeguard Q-Sourcing’s interests.
• Actively work to reduce exposure to litigation through preventive legal advice and staff training.

Governance, Policy & Risk Integration

• Develop and update legal policies and procedures aligned with corporate governance and compliance objectives.
• Collaborate with Risk, HR, and Finance departments to align legal practices with broader business objectives.
• Support internal audit, risk management, and compliance monitoring initiatives.

Management of External Legal Service Providers

• Select, evaluate, and manage relationships with external legal counsel across all jurisdictions.
• Ensure cost-effective and high-quality legal services from all outsourced providers.
• Maintain a database of legal service providers, contracts, and performance reviews.

Requirements

Education & Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Law (LLB) from a recognized institution; a Master’s degree in Law or Business is an added advantage.
• Admission to the Bar in at least one operating country; multi-jurisdictional qualification is a strong plus.

Experience:

• Minimum of 8–10 years’ post-qualification experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Proven experience advising on employment law, commercial contracts, and regulatory compliance across Africa.
• Strong background in managing legal matters within a service-based or outsourcing environment is highly desirable.
• Experience working with external counsel and managing legal vendors.

• Interpret and apply legal frameworks relevant to employment, operations, and regulatory requirements across different jurisdictions.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments and advise management on changes impacting the business.
• Ensure group-wide legal compliance with applicable laws, including labor, tax, corporate governance, and data protection laws.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of service contracts, vendor agreements, and employment contracts.
• Standardize contract templates and enforce contract approval and risk mitigation processes across business units.
• Implement systems to track key contract milestones, obligations, and renewal timelines.
• Manage, coordinate, and oversee all active litigation and dispute matters involving the company.
• Lead strategy and interface with external counsel to safeguard Q-Sourcing’s interests.
• Actively work to reduce exposure to litigation through preventive legal advice and staff training.
• Develop and update legal policies and procedures aligned with corporate governance and compliance objectives.
• Collaborate with Risk, HR, and Finance departments to align legal practices with broader business objectives.
• Support internal audit, risk management, and compliance monitoring initiatives.
• Select, evaluate, and manage relationships with external legal counsel across all jurisdictions.
• Ensure cost-effective and high-quality legal services from all outsourced providers.
• Maintain a database of legal service providers, contracts, and performance reviews.

• Legal advisory
• Compliance oversight
• Contract drafting and review
• Negotiation
• Litigation management
• Dispute resolution
• Corporate governance
• Risk management
• Vendor management
• Leadership

• Bachelor of Law (LLB) from a recognized institution
• Master’s degree in Law or Business (added advantage)
• Admission to the Bar in at least one operating country
• Multi-jurisdictional qualification (strong plus)