Legal Assistant at CDL Human Resource

Role Specification

• Holder is responsible for managing the company's Industrial Relations Matters
• Identify and advise the company on how to mitigate statutory and compliance risks

Key Result Areas:

• Statutory and legal compliance
• Industrial Relations -Minimize or ensure zero labor disputes

Specific duties & responsibilities:

• Keep and maintain regional Statutory and legal compliance schedule and ensure 100% compliance
• Establish regional expansion legal requirement per market as guided by the management and ensure compliance
• Review regional legislation and advise Management on how the Company’s operations may be affected
• Implement regular staff training to keep staff up to date with changes in the legislation and regulations and to raise awareness of legal risks and issues within business.
• Management of disciplinary matters in compliance with the law and guidance on emerging legal matters relating to Employer/Employee relations.
• Close all disciplinary cases within 7 working days
• Share monthly summary report of the disciplinary cases and industrial relations matters
• Conduct background checks for clients as per the specific client timelines (Share summary report monthly)
• Review and understand companies’ internal Policies and Procedures and ensure consistency with the organizations’ strategic goals and with the legal and regulatory requirements.
• Participating in any other duties that shall be reasonably assigned by Management from time to time.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Law (LL.B).
• Minimum of two (2) years' relevant work experience, with demonstrated exposure to employment and labour law, contract law, and general legal advisory services.
• Sound knowledge of the Employment Act, Labour Relations Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), and other relevant employment legislation.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and legal research skills.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Currently undertaking the Advocates Training Programme (ATP) at the Kenya School of Law.
• Admission as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya will be an added advantage/preferred.