Legal Intern at Deloitte Consulting

About the job

What you will do

• Assist in ensuring legislative compliance in Deloitte East Africa (DEA);
• Assist in implementation of global and regional policies of confidentiality and financial crimes;
• Conduct legal research to aid in decision making;
• Draft legal opinions and respond to legal enquiries;
• Assist in the provision of Company Secretarial services to Deloitte Member Firms in East Africa (DEA Member Firms) which includes filings notifications at the Registrar of Companies, maintain statutory books of the DEA Member Firms, draft resolutions as may be required from time to time and updating the governance documents of the DEA Member Firms;
• Attend to various correspondence both internal and external; and
• Any other tasks as may be assigned from time to time

Qualifications

• A Bachelors Degree in Law from a recognized university with a minimum of second class upper division.
• Good analytical and organization skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications including Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Be a Kenyan citizen or eligible to work in Kenya.

Additional Information

Key Performance Areas

• Strategic Impact - Independently assists team to deliver services within defined strategic objectives.
• Budgets / Profitability - Effectively uses time, equipment and resources.
• Development/ growth of team – Actively work to address identified technical skills.

Behavioural competencies

• Effective interpersonal and relationship building skills;
• Strong client delivery focus;
• Adaptable, managing change and ambiguity with ease; and
• Sound problem-solving ability.

Technical Competencies

• Excellent report writing skills;
• Sound business acumen;
• Focus on quality and risk; and
• Well-developed computer user skills.

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte we believe in the importance of leadership at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society and make an impact that matters.

Leadership Capabilities

• Living our Purpose - Builds own understanding of our purpose and values; explores opportunities for impact.
• Influence - Focuses on developing effective communication and relationship-building skills.
• Performance drive - Understands expectations and demonstrates personal accountability for keeping performance on track.
• Strategic direction - Seeks to understand how your daily work contributes to the priorities of the team and Deloitte Global.
• Talent development - Demonstrate commitment to personal learning and development; understand own potential role as a brand ambassador.

Why Deloitte?

At Deloitte, our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there is always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help build world-class skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world.

Deloitte opens the door to a career that can cross borders virtually and physically across the African continent and globally to gain experience and access projects beyond our borders. We value difference, and embrace people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities and thinking styles.

Our purpose

Deloitte is led by a purpose: to make an impact that matters. Every day, Deloitte people are making a real impact in the places they live and work. We pride ourselves on doing not only what is good for clients, but also what is good for our people and the communities in which we live and work—always striving to be an organization that is held up as a role model of quality, integrity, and positive change. Learn more about Deloitte’s impact on the world. #Makinganimpactthatmatters

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If you meet the above requirements, please visit our website and apply online: Deloitte East Africa Careers portal.

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