Senior Legal Officer, Litigation & Prosecution at Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO)

SENIOR LEGAL OFFICER, LITIGATION & PROSECUTION (KET 5) (1 POSITION) REF: KETRACO/5/1C/40/220/VOL I – B (02/2025) ON PERMANENT & PENSIONABLE TERMS

Reporting to the Manager Legal Services, CLP

Job Purpose

This job is responsible for ensuring efficient management of litigation and Prosecution portfolio by facilitating effective and expeditious prosecution and/or defence of disputes involving the Company.

Key Responsibilities

• Implementing the Company’s internal policies and procedures;
• Coordinating submission of periodic reports from external lawyers and coordinating the conduct of their annual performance evaluation;
• Supervising Legal Officers;
• Conducting initial case assessment and investigations before institution of suits in courts/tribunals;
• Undertaking the discovery of evidence for use in cases where the Company is a party;
• Drafting pleadings and other relevant documents for filing in courts/tribunals;
• Drafting the necessary correspondence and/or instructions to the Company’s in-house Counsel or external lawyers;
• Drafting the necessary correspondence to the Office of Attorney General and Department of Justice as may be required in litigation and arbitration matters;
• Conducting witness preparations for trials/hearings and arranging attendances of witnesses;
• Implementing Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms;
• Initiating settlement proceedings where appropriate in matters pending in courts/tribunals;
• Conducting hearings in matters before courts/tribunals;
• Participating in all preliminary processes regarding arbitral proceedings, collating relevant documentation, drafting pleadings, filing the same before the arbitral tribunals, ensuring attendance of witnesses to the hearings and carrying out all other required processes till conclusion of the arbitral proceedings;
• Participating in handover of project sites and material and ensuring preservation of the evidence for use in any arbitral process thereafter;
• Carrying out research and drafting detailed legal opinions on matters on a need basis;
• Implementing Divisional performance targets, procurement plans, budget, work plans and preparing periodic reports as required;
• Ensuring realization of Divisional deliverables of the Strategic Plan and Performance Contract;
• Advising all legal, regulatory and policy matters affecting the operations of KETRACO;
• Liaising with other process owners for operational effectiveness;
• Developing a litigation register, monitoring and updating the same;
• Ensuring litigation diary is regularly updated;
• Updating the repository of Rulings/Judgments;
• Participating in conducting proper investigation in liaison with the Security Division and the Critical Infrastructure Police Unit;
• Drafting charge sheets in accordance with the relevant laws;
• Ensuring the prosecution register is updated;
• Ensuring the prosecution diary is updated;
• Carrying out prosecutorial duties as appropriate;
• Developing and updating the Division’s risk register and tracking the implementation of the mitigation measures;
• Providing support in preparation, continuous review and implementation of internal policy documents;
• Evaluating internal processes and workflows and proposing possible improvements;
• Implementing Presidential Directives, Circulars and Executive Orders;
• Representing the Division in committee meetings as may be required;
• Handling ad-hoc legal issues that may arise from time to time;
• Preparing Divisional performance targets, procurement plans, work plans and budget.

Qualifications & Skills Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Law from a recognized institution;
• Be an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, member of Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and have a valid practicing certificate;
• Post Graduate Diploma in Law from the Council of Legal Education;
• Have attended a supervisory course lasting not less than two (2) weeks from a recognized institution;
• A minimum of six (6) years relevant work experience.