Vacancies at Victory Farms

Roles & Responsibilities:

Land, Title and Conveyancing Control

• Manage and verify all the company’s title deeds, leases and land records.
• Lead land transfers, successions, subdivisions, leases and registrations.
• Track the status of every parcel in the company’s land bank.
• Identify and resolve missing titles, registry inconsistencies, overlaps, road reserves and encroachments.

Development and Site Protection

• Confirm which buildings, hatcheries, houses, warehouses and infrastructure sit on which parcel numbers.
• Ensure all developments are situated on properly titled land, covered by valid legal rights and do not encroach on third-party property.
• Support lenders, valuers, auditors and investors on land verification.

Community and Landowner Transactions

• Support negotiations and documentation with landowners, beneficiaries in succession matters and community representatives.
• Ensure contracts, payment milestones and land handovers are legally enforceable.

Registry and Government Interface

• Liaise directly with lands registries, surveyors, valuers, county offices and advocates.
• Follow up on all applications, searches, consents and registrations.

Legal and Compliance Support at Farm Level

• Support local disputes, labor issues, regulatory inspections, notices and enforcement actions.
• Assist the central legal team on investigations and compliance matters affecting the farm.

Qualifications and Experience

• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya or LLB with strong conveyancing background.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in conveyancing, land law and registries and succession matters.
• Proven hands-on experience with land transfers, subdivisions, title regularization and community land issues.
• Strong knowledge of land law and conveyancing practices.
• Excellent follow-up skills with the ability to navigate land registries effectively.
• Ability to work in rural and operational environments.
• High integrity with strong document control.
• Comfortable engaging with community and government stakeholders.

Benefit:

• Visibility into the world’s fastest growing aquaculture company.
• Ideal for a candidate looking to dive into a mission-oriented Organization.
• The team is committed to the candidate’s success and will provide coaching, mentorship, and unique exposure to people and experiences that come from the most successful leaders in the entrepreneurial community and the social sector.

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Roles & Responsibilities:

Commercial and Contractual Support

• Draft, review, and negotiate all commercial contracts including supply agreements, processing and logistics contracts, distributor and customer contracts, NDAs, MOUs, and service agreements.
• Track key obligations, renewal dates, and termination rights.

Land, Lake and Property Risk

• Support the legal management of land purchases and leases, lake use rights and site access, subdivisions, successions, and any title regularization processes.

Regulatory and Government Compliance

• Advise on and support compliance with fisheries and aquaculture regulations, environmental and water use licenses, county cess, permits, and business licenses, public health and food safety rules.
• Interface with County governments, Fisheries authorities, NEMA, regulators, Inspectors and auditors.

Employment and Labour Matters

• Provide legal support on disciplinary hearings, show-cause and termination processes, and employment classifications (casual, contract, permanent) as well as compliance with overtime, wages, and statutory benefits.
• Ensure compliance with Employment Act, Labour Relations law, minimum wage and working hours regulations.

 Immigration and Expatriate Management

• Support legal compliance for work permits and visas, expatriates’ contracts and assignments, Immigration audits and renewals.
• Coordinate with the Legal and Immigration Clerk and government agencies.

Disputes and Litigation Management

• Manage external counsel on cases involving Labour claims, land disputes, commercial and regulatory matters.
• Instruct, coordinate, and supervise external counsel.
• Prepare legal strategies, pleadings, and settlement positions.

 Corporate and Governance Support

• Prepare board resolutions, regulatory filings and corporate records.

Data, Compliance and Risk

• Support the Data Protection Officer on Data Protection Act compliance, investigations and breach responses.
• Identify and escalate legal risks that could shut down operations, trigger fines or license loss and damage the company’s reputation

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Post-Graduate Diploma (Advocates Training Programme or equivalent)
• Admitted Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Commercial law, Employment and regulatory law, Land or project-based legal work.
• Data Protection certification with proven practical experience.
• Experience dealing with Government agencies, Regulators, Large operational businesses.
• Strong contract drafting and negotiation.
• Ability to convert legal principles into actionable business guidance.
• High attention to detail and risk awareness.