Careers at Kenya National Innovation Agency

Job Purpose

To provide secretariat services to the Board and performance of the legal function at KeNIA.

Key Responsibilities / Duties / Tasks

• Providing legal guidance on contractual and statutory obligations binding to the Agency;
• Safeguarding the Agency’s interests and ensuring that they are adequately defended before the courts;
• Liaising with the Agency’s appointed Advocates to ensure they act in the Agency’s interest while handling cases on its behalf;
• Providing and interpreting legal information, conducting training, and disseminating appropriate legal requirements to staff;
• Managing, reviewing, and monitoring the progress of all outstanding litigation; 
• Ensuring the Agency complies with constitutional, regulatory, and all relevant laws in force through the provision of legal advisory services and contractual risks are efficiently managed;
• Documenting and maintaining a record of all enforcement and compliance assignments undertaken by the Agency personnel and developing legal accountability structures in relation to enforcement of assignments; 
• Maintaining a Register of Regulations, Rules, Guidelines, and By-Laws that affect the Agency; 
• Drafting of the Legal Agency’s regulations, rules, or guidelines; 
• Establishing and managing the Agency’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism;
• Developing the Agency’s proactive and preventive legal policies and strategies aimed at forestalling disputes, controversies, and litigation;
• Preparing, reviewing, and modifying contractual instruments to assist and support various business activities, and negotiate, review and draft documentation for business transactions; 
• Conducting legal due diligence on all prospective Lessees, Licensees, Partners or other third parties with whom the Agency is to enter a legal relationship with; and
• Developing and vetting policy papers and instruments with legal implications for approval by the Board. 

Job Competencies (Knowledge, Experience and Attributes / Skills).

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelors of Laws (LLB) degree from a recognized Institution;
• Postgraduate Diploma in Law (Advocates Training Programme) from the Kenya School of Law;
• Be admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya;
• Management course from a recognized Institution; and
• Proficiency in computer applications.

Professional Qualifications / Membership to professional bodies

• Membership to the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and the Agency of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya (ICPS (K);

Previous relevant work experience required.

• Served for a cumulative period of nine (9) years relevant work experience three (3) of which should have been in the grade of Senior Legal Officer or in a comparable position in Public Service or Private Sector;

Functional Skills:

• Managerial skills
• Communication skills
• Leadership skills
• Team management skills
• Critical thinking and Decision making
• Problem solving skills.
• Report and minute writing skills.
• IT Proficiency skills
• Organizational skills

Behavioral Competencies/ Attributes:

• Interpersonal skills
• Adaptability and decisiveness
• Proactive, networking and negotiating skills.
• Detail oriented.
• Commitment to work
• Integrity
• Emotional intelligence
• Ability to work in a multi-racial environment and appreciate other cultures

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Job Purpose

• To supervise and execute of internal audit assurance engagements to support the implementation of the approved Internal Audit Operational Plan, providing assurances on governance, risk management and control processes in accordance with IIA Standards and legislative framework.

Key Responsibilities / Duties / Tasks

• Coordinating development, implementation and review of audit policies, strategies, standards and guidelines;
• Providing independent assurance on risk management process on both design and operation;
• Facilitating audit assignments in line with the approved audit work plan;
• Ensuring compliance of accountable records and documents and preparing audit papers;
• Coordinating monitoring and evaluation of progress and effectiveness of action taken to implement audit recommendations received from internal and external audits;
• Monitoring and reporting on the Agency’s overall risk profile;
• Initiating information systems audit engagements including testing and evaluation of programs, quality assurance, and reporting of audit results;
• Facilitating preparation of reports and analyses that communicate audit results for the relevant business conditions and risks control;
• Safeguarding the Agency’s assets by establishing appropriate means of verifying their existence, ownership and valuation;
• Coordinating review and evaluating system of internal audit controls, assess their adequacy, effectiveness and proposing recommendations for their improvement;
• Managing investigations by monitoring/tracking progress of cases allocated to auditors;
• Supporting various divisions in risk profiling;
• Facilitating special audit and investigations and ensure that a follow up mechanism is established and implemented;
• Assessing the exposures resulting from ineffective or missing control practices; and
• Coordinating implementation of new technologies and business applications.

Job Competencies (Knowledge, Experience and Attributes / Skills).

• Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Accounting, Finance or Business Administration (Finance and Accounting option) or equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution; and
• Master’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Business Administration (Accounting/Finance Option) or equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution.

Professional Qualifications / Membership to professional bodies

• Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (K) or its equivalent.
• Registered member of ICPAK and or CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) OR be a Member of the IIA/ISPAK and in good standing; and
• Leadership Course from a recognized Institution.

Previous relevant work experience required.

• Served for a cumulative period of twelve (12) years’ work experience, three (3) years should have been in the grade of Principal Internal Auditor or in a comparable position in the Public Service or Private Sector.

Functional Skills:

• Strategic capability
• Managerial skills
• Negotiation Skills
• Communication skills
• Leadership skills
• Team management skills
• Critical thinking and Decision making
• Problem solving skills.
• Report and minute writing skills.
• Organizational skills
• Analytical skills

Behavioral Competencies/ Attributes:

• Interpersonal skills
• Adaptability and decisiveness
• Proactive, networking and negotiating skills.
• Detail oriented.
• Commitment to work
• Integrity
• Emotional intelligence
•  Ability to work in a multi-racial environment and appreciate other cultures