Assistant Director, Legal Aid - 9 Posts at National Legal Aid Service - NLAS

JOB REFERENCE
NO. NLAS/ADLA/4/4/2026/11

• Please note for this position, officers may be deployed to the headquarters or regional offices.

Qualifications:

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

•  At least Twelve (12) years cumulative work experience, three (3) of which should have been at the grade of Principal Legal Aid Officer or in a comparable position in the private or the public sector;
• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree from a recognized University;
• Post graduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya school of law;
• Certificate in Leadership Course
• Admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with a valid practicing certificate or a clearance from the Law Society of Kenya;
• Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results;

Duties and Responsibilities

• Preparation of court pleadings in the applicable court/tribunal;
• Coordinate preparation of reports on legal issues;
• Preparation of legal opinion;
• Coordination of Legal aid services in court;
• Supervision and Coordination of casework conducted by in house and external Legal Aid providers;
• Facilitate provision of legal advice to clients;
• Represent clients in all courts and tribunals;
• Watch brief in criminal matters;
• Monitoring case flow management of pro bono lawyers, legal staff, and interns;
• Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the Service’s activities;
• Identify and recommend appropriate areas of legislative reforms;
• Coordination and managing legal awareness and other outreach activities including pro bono programmes and law student’s internship programmes; and
• Conduct research and legal analysis.

Remuneration will be in accordance with NLAS Salary Scale:

• 159,916 x 14,208 – 174,124 x 14,208 – 188,332 x 14,208 – 202,540 x 14,208 – 216,748 x 14,208 – 230,956 x 14,208 – 245,164 x 14,211 – 259,375 p.m.