Principal Legal Officer - 4 Posts at Mombasa County Public Service Board

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinating formulation, implementation and review of legal policies and procedures to ensure that they are in line with relevant laws and Government Circulars.
• Ensuring compliance with statutes, regulations and procedures.
• Reporting on various issues including legal affairs affecting the County.
• Vetting, reviewing, negotiating contracts, leases, agreements memorandums of understanding and other legal documents.
• Reviewing legal framework and advising on levels of compliance by sector players.
• Coordinating litigation management through the supervision of the County
• Solicitor by liaising with external lawyers to ensure adequate representation of the County.
• Ensuring that requisite information and evidence on legal matters involving the
• County is compiled and proper instructions issued to external Lawyers.
• Conducting research on legal issues.
• Undertaking and coordinating legal audits to measure the County’s level of compliance with various legal requirements, identifying legal risks and advise on mitigation measures.
• Shall on the instructions of the County Attorney through the County Solicitor represent the County Executive in court or in any other legal proceedings to which the County Executive is a party, other than criminal proceedings.
• Handling pre-legal disputes and inquiries, preparing legal opinions, legal briefs, drafting leases, memorandum of understanding and contracts.
• Analyzing research data and compiling reports.
• Understanding law review.
• Interpreting legal instruments
• Perform any other function that may be assigned from time to time.

Requirements for appointment

• Bachelor of Laws (LL. B) degree from a recognized institution.
• Post graduate Diploma in law from The Kenya School of Law.
• Membership to the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) in good standing.
• A minimum experience of three (3) years in either public or private legal practice.
• Current Advocate’s Practicing Certificate.
• Proficiency in computer skills.
• A masters will be an added advantage.
• Meets the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution, 2010