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Legal Assistant - Mombasa

Closing: Mar 31, 2024

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Published: Mar 25, 2024 (22 days ago)

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Education, Professional Qualifications & Work experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in law or completion of the Advocate Training Program at the Kenya School of Law
  • Experience in general office support in legal department or Office
  • Experience in research and preparation of legal documents
  • A minimum of 1-2 years of relevant working experience.


Responsibilities

Education, Professional Qualifications & Work experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in law or completion of the Advocate Training Program at the Kenya School of Law
  • Experience in general office support in legal department or Office
  • Experience in research and preparation of legal documents
  • A minimum of 1-2 years of relevant working experience.


  • Handling sensitive information securely and professionally.  
  • Maintaining a calendar of all legal deadlines and appointments and any other significant legal dates.
  • Conducting legal research and drawing up legal opinions on policy matters.
  • Communicating with external attorneys to provide legal advice on the issues related to the institution’s obligations, rights, risks and organization privileges if needed.
  • Maintaining and safeguarding departmental documents/records as well as creating and maintain trackers for legal documents and other resources. 
  • Prepare, review, record and report legal documents including briefs, pleadings, appeals, agreements, contracts and legal memoranda.  
  • Collaborating with the internal departments such as HR, Finance and Commercial etc. to ensure Legal Compliance for the Group’s operations.
  • Reviewing and vetting demand letters, statutory notices, pleadings, affidavits and other relevant litigation documents.
  • Assisting in preparing correspondence and internal communications for the Legal Department and dispatching and delivering mails and resolutions to both internal and external parties.
  • Assists with the collection and analysis of data as well as preparation of data presentations and reports for information sharing, responding to queries, knowledge management, planning and decision making.
  • Build and maintain legal registers, databases, and files. 
  • Identify relevant gazette notices, judicial decisions, statutes, legal articles, codes and other pertinent material.
  • Provides general office support services by processing draft legal documents, support in editing legal documents, proofreading and finalizing for signature. 
  • Help with case preparation including witness lists, statements, and exhibits.


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