Assistant Program Officer-Practice Standards at Law Society of Kenya

JOB DESCRPTION

Coordination

• Assist the directorate in duties related to advancing Professional Standards, policy development, and implementation
• Engage periodically in sensitization and awareness of the relevant practice rules/guidelines through CPD programs.
• Help in identifying and addressing the malpractices being experienced in courts by stakeholders and consumers of justice.

Advancing practice standards

• Assist in coordinating the activities of the Compliance Monitoring Unit
• Undertaking monitoring and inspection visits of members' legal practices to weed out masqueraders/quacks Complaint Management (investigations, intelligence gathering, progressing complaints formally according to legislative requirements and in accordance with internal policies and procedures. Ensuring procedural fairness provisions are maintained at all times)
• Assist in developing guidelines for the public, and members. stakeholders and others about LSK regulations complaints and disciplinary procedures. To include guidance on ethics, the  regulatory aspects of professional practice and the Code of Conduct.

Operations

• Handling correspondences on practice matters
• Assist in the activities implementation of the Committee of Practice Standard and Ethics
• Prepare files and other documentation for the Practice Standards Committee and sub-committee meetings
• Prepare minutes of the Practice Standards committee and subcommittee meetings
• Developing legal drafts, tracking and record-keeping Letters of No Objection
• Maintaining the register of law firms
• Conducting research on practice matters
• Process requests and maintain an inventory of requests for the establishment of law firms
• Assist in fundraising for the Directorates' Activities.
• Any other duties as may be assigned by the Secretary/CEO

QUALIFICATION

• Bachelor of Law degree from a recognized institution;
• Postgraduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law;
• Admitted as an Advocate of the High Court with a minimum of 2 years post admission experience.
• Hold a valid practicing certificate;
• Member of the Law Society of Kenya;
• Proficiency in computer skills; and Communication skills 
• Interpersonal skills
• Having experience in investigations and litigation will be an added advantage