Junior Legal Officer

EXPERIENCE/ SKILLS & COMPETENCIES/ LICENCES & CERTIFICATIONS/ EDUCATION REQUIRED

• Bachelor of Law (LLB)
  
• Any post-admission experience
  
• Excellent legal research skills – familiar with using legal resources
  
• A dynamic and driven person with initiative
  
• Excellent organizational skills
  
• Ability to prioritize to work to deadlines
  
• Effective oral and written communication skills
  
• Ability to work well under pressure and time constraints
  
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
  

EXPERIENCE/ SKILLS & COMPETENCIES/ LICENCES & CERTIFICATIONS/ EDUCATION REQUIRED

• Bachelor of Law (LLB)
  
• Any post-admission experience
  
• Excellent legal research skills – familiar with using legal resources
  
• A dynamic and driven person with initiative
  
• Excellent organizational skills
  
• Ability to prioritize to work to deadlines
  
• Effective oral and written communication skills
  
• Ability to work well under pressure and time constraints
  
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
  

• Conduct ad-hoc legal research, drafting simple legal documents, and providing support with general legal, compliance, and company secretarial matters;
  
• Support M-KOPA in achieving its regulatory, contractual, and shareholder obligations across all entities.
  
• Help conduct staff training programs, design tools to re-enforce a culture of compliance
  
• Develop, review, and implement company policies that meet national and international laws and sector-specific rules and regulations outlined by relevant regulatory agencies.
  
• Stay up to date with any changes to laws or sector-specific regulations and keep the company up to date with any changes through communication and training.
  
• Provide support to any investigations or audits into company compliance.
  
• Provide general legal advice and support to the business to minimize legal risk.
  
• Work with HR and management teams for enforcement of policies and when responding to compliance violations.
  
• Support the management with compliance tools such as the compliance obligations register, compliance training calendar, compliance incident register, and compliance risk register.
  
• Help with general legal tasks to meet department and organization priorities.