Legal Manager at Privatization Commission

Ref. PC/LM/11/22

Other key responsibilities include:

• Providing advice to Management on all legal, regulatory and contractual matters affecting the operations of the Commission;
• Providing legal advice to the Commission on privatization and other related transactions; 
• Ensuring Contracts are properly prepared, vetted and negotiated to safeguard the Commission’s and Government’s interests;
• Ensuring legal compliance audits are conducted and reports prepared for submission to State Corporations Advisory Committee (SCAC);
• Formulating draft guidelines to be issued under the Privatization Act;
• Participating in review of the Act;
• Ensuring adequate representation of the Commission in courts or other judicial authorities through liaising with the Office of the Attorney General & Department of Justice and/or external lawyers;
• Assisting the Corporation Secretary in carrying out board secretariat services; and
• Carrying out such other functions as the Commission considers advisable to advance legal services.

Requirements for Appointment 
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: 

• Master’s Degree in Law or relevant field from a recognized institution;
• Bachelor’s Degree in Law from a recognized institution;
• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya;
• Member to the Law Society of Kenya in good standing, where applicable;
• Hold current practicing certificate;
• Experience of not less than ten (10) years, five (5) of which must be in management;
• Course in management lasting not less than four (4) weeks;
• Post Graduate Diploma in Law from the Council of Legal Education;
• Computer literacy;
• Fulfilled the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010.