Junior Legal Officer at Peoplelink Consultants Ltd

KEY RESPONSISBILITIES

• Conduct ad-hoc legal research, drafting simple legal documents, and providing support with general legal, compliance, and company secretarial matters;
• Support in achieving its regulatory, contractual, and shareholder obligations across all entities.
• Help conduct staff training programs
• Develop, review and implement company policies that meet national and international laws and sector-specific rules and regulations outlined by relevant regulatory agencies.
• Stay up to date with any changes to laws or sector-specific regulations and keeping the company up to date with any changes through communication and training.
• Provide support to any investigations or audits into company compliance.
• Provide general leg advice and support to the business to minimize legal risk.
• Work with HR and management teams for enforcement of policies and when responding to compliance violations.
• Support the management with compliance tools such as the compliance obligations register, compliance training calendar, compliance incident register, and compliance risk register.
• Help with general legal tasks to meet department and organization priorities.

EXPERIENCE/ SKILLS

• Bachelor of Law (LLB)
• Any post admission experience
• Excellent legal research skills – familiar with using legal resources
• Dynamic and driven person with initiative
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to prioritize to work to deadlines
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work well under pressure and time constraints
• Ability to work with minimal supervision

Salary : Ksh.80,000