Senior Legal Officer, Legal Services - 2 Posts at Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA)

Job Specifications

The duties and responsibilities will entail:

• Preparing and issuing legal advice as necessary.
• Ensuring efficient litigation management including drafting pleadings, attending court, managing the litigation diary, complying with directions of the court in any legal proceedings.
• Advising the Authority on litigation strategy and implementation of litigation outcomes-
• Representing the Authority in court, tribunals and in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) proceedings.
• Ensuring procedural compliance in assigned legal proceedings.
• Supervising engagements with external service providers and ensuring service delivery in accordance with agreed terms.
• Ensuring action on summons, legal process, registry filings, pleadings, and demand letters.
• Liaising with external service providers, monitoring deliverables against agreed terms, and escalating variances for action.
• Undertaking performance appraisal of external service providers.
• Managing the litigation diary and bring-up system, organising evidence and witness preparation, and coordinating timely actions with internal stakeholders.
• Coordinating timely updating of Directorate registers and the Case Management System.
• Maintaining the Case Management System and coordinating the provision of day-to-day support to users.
• Participating in development and review of departmental policies, procedures and manuals.
• Preparing departmental budgets, work plans, procurement, and disposal plans and tracking closure of audit and review actions.
• Participating in multi-divisional and multi-agency teams and providing technical inputs.
• Managing performance of direct reports.
• Mentoring, and coaching of direct and indirect reports.

Person Specifications

• Three (3) years’ cumulative work experience, three (3) of which should have been at the level of Legal Officer (Legal Services) or in comparable and relevant position.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Laws.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Law from an institution recognized by the Council for Legal Education.
• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with a valid practicing certificate.
• Member of the Law Society of Kenya in good standing.
• Proficiency in Computer applications.

Competencies and Skills

• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Analytical skills
• Report writing skills
• Presentation skills
• Mentoring, coaching and leadership skills.
• Conflict management