Corporation Secretary / Chief Legal Officer at Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC)

Job Purpose:

• To provide strategic legal leadership and governance oversight, ensuring full compliance with constitutional provisions, government regulations, and Mwongozo principles while safeguarding the legal interests of the organization.

Responsibilities 

Board Secretarial Duties:

• Provide Secretarial Services to the Board and its Committees;
• Facilitation, development and implementation of the Board Induction and Capacity Building programmes;
• Prepare and manage Board Work Plans;
• Facilitate Annual Board Evolution;
• Initiate the development and implementation of the Board Charters, Terms of Reference and the Code Conduct and Ethics.
• Prepare and circulate Board papers in liaison with the Managing Director;
• Custodian of the Corporation securities, agreements, minutes, titles and other legal instruments; Custodian of the Corporation Seal and Resister;
• Maintain and update the Register of conflict and interest;
• Establish and manage the Share Register for the Corporation’s subsidiaries, join venture vehicles and other organs as required.

Legal Duties:

• Interpret and advice the Corporation on all matters relating to the law;
• Initiate the formulation, implementation and review of the Corporation policies, procedures, regulations and strategies on litigation and other relevant regulations;
• Oversee the design, implementation and review of legal agreements of contracts in liaison with relevant departments, divisions and units; ensuring that the Corporation complies with statutory and other regulatory requirements;
• Liaise with Attorney General on all litigation matters;
• Issue instructions to agreement and contract defaulters;
• Carry out investigation on legal and other fraud issues affecting the Corporation;
• Oversee the preparation of legal opinions on matters relating to legal notices;
• Coordinate the perfection of the Corporations securities and
• Coordinate the perfection and processing of legal notices and any other gazette notices.

Requirements

• Masters of Law (LL.M) degree or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Bachelor of Law (LL.B) degree qualification from a recognized university;
• Post-graduate Diploma in Law;
• At least twelve (12) years’ work experience of which (3) years should be at a Deputy Director level or it’s equivalent;
• Valid Advocates Practicing Certificate;
• Valid Certificate Secretaries Certificate/ Certified Secretaries Certificate;
• Certified Public Secretary of Kenya or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Leadership course lasting not less than four (4) weeks;
• Fulfilled requirements of Chapter Six of the constitution;

     Key competencies and skills

• Strategic thinking
• Negotiation Skills.
• Analytical Skills;
• Emotional Intelligence;
• Independence and objectivity
• Ethical conduct and confidentiality