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

Victory Farms is a tilapia fish farm established in 2015. VF is located on the Kenyan side of Lake Victoria and has distribution capacity throughout Kenya. The Company is rapidly expanding its farm operation, fish processing, and sales & marketing capabilities. By the end of 2017, VF is on track to be the largest aquaculture farm in East Africa. VF is em...

Responsibilities or duties

Land, Title and Conveyancing Control

• Manage and verify all the company’s title deeds, leases and land records.
• Lead land transfers, successions, subdivisions, leases and registrations.
• Track the status of every parcel in the company’s land bank.
• Identify and resolve missing titles, registry inconsistencies, overlaps, road reserves and encroachments.

Development and Site Protection

• Confirm which buildings, hatcheries, houses, warehouses and infrastructure sit on which parcel numbers.
• Ensure all developments are situated on properly titled land, covered by valid legal rights and do not encroach on third-party property.
• Support lenders, valuers, auditors and investors on land verification.

Community and Landowner Transactions

• Support negotiations and documentation with landowners, beneficiaries in succession matters and community representatives.
• Ensure contracts, payment milestones and land handovers are legally enforceable.

Registry and Government Interface

• Liaise directly with lands registries, surveyors, valuers, county offices and advocates.
• Follow up on all applications, searches, consents and registrations.

Legal and Compliance Support at Farm Level

• Support local disputes, labor issues, regulatory inspections, notices and enforcement actions.
• Assist the central legal team on investigations and compliance matters affecting the farm.

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

Qualifications and Experience

• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya or LLB with strong conveyancing background.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in conveyancing, land law and registries and succession matters.
• Proven hands-on experience with land transfers, subdivisions, title regularization and community land issues.
• Strong knowledge of land law and conveyancing practices.
• Excellent follow-up skills with the ability to navigate land registries effectively.
• Ability to work in rural and operational environments.
• High integrity with strong document control.
• Comfortable engaging with community and government stakeholders.

Any other provided details (e.g., benefits, work environment, team info, or additional notes)

Benefit:

• Visibility into the world’s fastest growing aquaculture company.
• Ideal for a candidate looking to dive into a mission-oriented Organization.
• The team is committed to the candidate’s success and will provide coaching, mentorship, and unique exposure to people and experiences that come from the most successful leaders in the entrepreneurial community and the social sector.

• Manage and verify all the company’s title deeds, leases and land records.
• Lead land transfers, successions, subdivisions, leases and registrations.
• Track the status of every parcel in the company’s land bank.
• Identify and resolve missing titles, registry inconsistencies, overlaps, road reserves and encroachments.
• Confirm which buildings, hatcheries, houses, warehouses and infrastructure sit on which parcel numbers.
• Ensure all developments are situated on properly titled land, covered by valid legal rights and do not encroach on third-party property.
• Support lenders, valuers, auditors and investors on land verification.
• Support negotiations and documentation with landowners, beneficiaries in succession matters and community representatives.
• Ensure contracts, payment milestones and land handovers are legally enforceable.
• Liaise directly with lands registries, surveyors, valuers, county offices and advocates.
• Follow up on all applications, searches, consents and registrations.
• Support local disputes, labor issues, regulatory inspections, notices and enforcement actions.
• Assist the central legal team on investigations and compliance matters affecting the farm.

• Strong conveyancing background
• Strong knowledge of land law and conveyancing practices
• Excellent follow-up skills
• Ability to navigate land registries effectively
• Ability to work in rural and operational environments
• High integrity with strong document control
• Comfortable engaging with community and government stakeholders

• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya or LLB with strong conveyancing background.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in conveyancing, land law and registries and succession matters.
• Proven hands-on experience with land transfers, subdivisions, title regularization and community land issues.