Legal Assistant at Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC)

Job Description

LEGAL ASSISTANT – SALARY SCALE 6 – JOB REF: HR/LA/12/2017

Reporting to the Legal Officer, the successful candidate shall be responsible for providing administrative assistance in the legal department including documentation, asset management, follow-up on insurance claims, lease administration, contract administration and property maintenance.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Drafting of contracts, leases, court pleadings and other legal instruments
• Providing safe custody of Corporation’s documents, other records and securities
• Participate in meeting with legal implications Draft status reports on court matters affecting the Corporation
• Monitor and keep track of all documents and reports generated within the Legal Services section
• Ensure that all documents, records and files are well labeled as per the procedures in KNTC
• Collect and archive all documents whose usage is not regular
• Classify and catalogue all the records.
• Respond to all staff requests for retrieval of documents in legal archive.
• Carrying out the maintenance of departmental files Keep track of physical assets assigned to the Corporation
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time

Educational Qualifications and Professional

• Qualifications Bachelors Degree in Law (LLB)

Working Experience

• At least (2) years experience in a legal set up/institution

Competencies and Skills

• Good administrative and coordination skills Knowledge in legal records management IT proficiency
• Legal Records management skills
• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Due diligence and attention to detail