Deputy Secretary – Compliance & Ethics Directorate at Law Society of Kenya

The successful candidate will be in charge of all aspects of compliance by members of the Society including the handling of complaints against advocates, the enforcement of ethical and statutory requirements of advocates and will report to the Secretary/CEO.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead liaison person with the Advocates Complaints Commission, Advocates Disciplinary Committee and the Ethics committees of the Society;Assist the CEO with the day to day running of the Secretariat operations.
• Legal and policy research and analysis;
• Implementation and operationalization of the Society’s Strategic Plan;
• Conceptualization and development of programme ideas in tandem with the Society’s, mandate, objectives and the Strategic Plan;
• Management, coordination and implementation of programme activities;
• Preparation and production of timely programme reports;
• Manage the Disciplinary Database; and
• Any other duty assigned by the Secretary of the Law Society of Kenya.

Required Skills and Experience:

• A Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB.) from a recognized university and a post-graduate diploma from the Kenya School of Law;
• An advocate of the High Court of Kenya of 7 years working experience 2 of which should be in a managerial position;
• An excellent understanding of the Advocates Act Cap 16, LSK Act No. 21 of 2014, Rules, Guidelines and all other enabling statutes on practice matters;
• Have excellent planning and organizational skills; and
• Proven skills in initiating funding proposals and managing donor projects.