Manager Legal Services at North Rift Valley Water Works Development Agency

Key Responsibilities

The key responsibilities are: -

• Ensuring the Institution is compliant to international instruments related to water and sanitation affairs;
• Arranging the business of the Board meetings, keep records of the proceedings of Board and perform other duties as the Board may direct;
• Providing advice on legal and corporate matters to the Board through interpretation and writing legal opinions;
• Providing secretariat services to the Board;
• Developing and reviewing relevant regulatory Legal framework for the better implementation of the Institutions’ mandate;
• Coordinating and ensuring representation of the Institution in courts or other judicial authorities;
• Drafting and reviewing Leases, Contracts, Licensing Frameworks, Service Level Agreements, Memorandum of Understanding, leases and other legal documents to ensure compliance to statutory requirements and the Institution policies
• Liaising with the Attorney General, law enforcement agencies and stakeholders on all legal matters;
• Ensuring that Legal Audit Compliance is carried out to confirm compliance with relevant statutory requirements;
• Overseeing the implementation of Mwongozo Code of Conduct;
• Facilitating gazettement of Rules, Regulations and directives;
• Establishing and managing the Institution Securities Register for the custody and maintenance of securities, bonds or other proprietary instruments resulting from the Institution transactional activities, as required;
• Providing legal guidance on contractual and statutory obligations binding to the Institution;
• Providing and interpreting legal information, conducting training and disseminate appropriate legal requirements to staff;
• Safeguarding the Institution interests and ensuring that they are adequately defended before the courts;
• Managing, reviewing, and monitoring progress of all outstanding litigation;
• Ensuring the Institution complies with constitutional, regulatory and all relevant laws in force through the provision of legal advisory services and contractual risks;
• Ensuring documentation and maintenance of records on all enforcement and compliance assignments undertaken by the Institution personnel and develop legal accountability structures in relation to enforcement assignments;
• Establishing and managing the Institution Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism;
• Management of risks of all the Institution internal legal and regulatory matters and liaison with relevant departments to ensure that where legal risks have been identified, appropriate courses of action are taken;
• Conducting Legal due Diligence on all prospective Lessees, Licensees, Partners or other third parties with whom the Institution is to enter a legal relationship with;
• Establishing and managing the Lease Register and Licenses Register;
• Preparing and reviewing agreements, licenses, leases and similar instruments;
• Ensuring relevant legal relations with tenants and other stakeholders are entered into by preparing appropriate leases, licenses and other contracts on the Institution assets;
• Advising the Institution and coordinating with the functional areas in relation to various legal requirements which must be complied with and the legal obstacles which must be overcome in order to obtain the Institution targeted results;
• Ensuring timely compliance with rules and regulations affecting the Agency, including the Code of Conduct and Ethics;

Qualifications and Work experience

The successful candidate must have/be: -

• A minimum of ten (10) years relevant work experience of which five (5) years must have been in a supervisory position;
• Bachelors of Laws degree or equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution;
• Masters Degree in Law or equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution;
• Postgraduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law;
• Admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya;
• Hold a valid practicing certificate;
• Member of the Law Society of Kenya;
• Management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution.
• Proficiency in computer applications;
• Fulfill the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of Constitution of Kenya 2010.