Legal and Compliance Officer at Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (Lewa)

Key Responsibilities and Duties

Legal

• Advising the organization on all legal matters that may arise in its operations.
• Develop and ensure the implementation of a compliance plan to ensure all aspects of the organization’s operations are in line with relevant regulations and statutory requirements.
• Keep abreast of local and global best practices with respect to compliance and risk management for the organization’s operations and make recommendations.
• Responsible for legal & regulatory compliance management, including monitoring and reporting on applicable statutes and regulations changes. Advise the LWC management and employees on changes to the laws affecting the organization.
• Responsible for contract management, drafting and reviewing the standard and specialized contracts, reviewing, and negotiating contracts, and ensuring such documents and third-party contracts are correctly and promptly executed.
• Support the CAOO in handling cases filed against the organization and preparation of legal reports and opinions.
• Liaising with external lawyers and the state law office on all cases filed against the organization to ensure instructions, witnesses, and statements are procured on time.
• Developing, implementing, and reviewing legal policies and procedures to ensure that they are in accordance with the existing legislation.
• Prepare legal opinions, advice, and reports on technical legal matters to the management, including reviewing legal documentation, management of legal due diligence and liaising with external counsel as required.
• Ensure LWC complies with legal and regulatory legislation. This includes licensing by the various government bodies – Meru County Revenue Board, Tourism Regulatory Authority.

LWC Policies and Procedures

• Management of the LWC policies and standard operating procedures – maintain a register and ensure timely review and updating.
• Ensure that the LWC policies and procedures are compliant with the Law.
• Support the HR department in handling the disciplinary procedures and reviewing all the disciplinary documents.
• Advise the LWC pension trustees on the implementation of the good governance policies.
• Spearhead and support HR in forming a gender committee and training the same.
• Support the Heads of departments in the training of LWC employees on policies and procedures.

Data Protection

• Ensure that LWC complies with the Data Protection Act:
• Licensing by the Office of the Data Commission
• Ensure that the organization processes the personal data of its staff, customers, providers, or any other individuals in compliance with the applicable data protection rules
• Ensure that employees and third parties the organization works with are informed of their data protection rights, obligations, and responsibilities
• Undertaking a Data Protection Impact Assessment for processing of sensitive subject data
• Create a register of the processing operations within the organization and ensure processing complies with the Data Protection Act
• Handle queries and complaints in reference to the Data Protection Act.
• Review and train staff on the Data Privacy policy
• Review of the organization Data Protection policy and privacy statement
• Review the organization’s ICT information security measures and ensure implementation by the ICT Administrator
• Promote a culture of data protection across the organization
• Liaise with external regulators and advisers such as lawyers, Office of the Data Commissioner, Tourism Regulatory Authority, Meru Revenue Board.
• Perform any other duties that may be delegated from time to time.

Qualifications:

Education / Knowledge and Experience

• Have a Bachelor of Laws (LL. B) degree from a recognized institution.
• Knowledge of the Companies Act, Industrial & Commercial law, wildlife management, employment laws, and data protection law
• Postgraduate Diploma in Law from Kenya School of Law.
• Admission to the Roll of Advocates of the High Court of Kenya.
• Be a member of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK)
• Fulfilled the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution.
• A minimum of five (5) years of relevant work experience in the private sector