Legal Counsel - Kisumu (REF: FIDA/NRB/AJ-LC/03/2026)

The Legal Counsel will provide high-quality legal representation, legal advice and legal

Kenya's mission of promoting access to justice and gender equality.Person Specifications

Academic and Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree from a recognized university.
  

• Postgraduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law.
  

• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with a current practising certificate.
  

• Member of the Law Society of Kenya in good standing.
  

• Training in mediation or alternative dispute resolution will be an added advantage.
  

Experience

• At least three (2) years of relevant post-admission experience.
  

• Demonstrated experience in litigation and legal advisory services.
  

• Experience in gender justice, human rights, family law, succession, children's rights
  

• or public interest litigation will be an added advantage.
  

Experience working with civil society or development organizations is desirable.

Responsibilities
Legal Representation and Legal Aid

• Provide legal advice and legal aid services to clients in accordance with FIDA
  

• Kenya's mandate.
  

• Represent clients before courts, tribunals and quasi-judicial bodies.
  

• Prepare pleadings, affidavits, submissions, witness statements and other legal
  

• documents.
  

• Conduct legal research and provide sound legal opinions.
  

• Support strategic litigation aimed at advancing women's rights and gender justice.
  

• Manage an assigned litigation portfolio and ensure timely progression of cases.
  

• Maintain accurate client records and case management information.
  

• Monitor court schedules and the virtual justice system and ensure compliance
  

• with procedural timelines.
  

• Prepare regular reports on case outcomes and emerging legal trends.
  

Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Facilitate mediation, Alternative Justice Systems (AJS) and other appropriate
  

• dispute resolution processes.
  

• Promote amicable settlement of disputes where appropriate.
  

• Support community-based dispute resolution initiatives.
  

Community Legal Empowerment

• Conduct legal awareness and civic education programmes.
  

• Support community outreach activities, legal clinics and mobile legal aid initiatives.
  

• Develop simplified legal information materials for public education.
  

Advocacy and Policy

• Contribute to legal and policy research.
  

• Participate in advocacy initiatives aimed at promoting legal and policy reforms
  

• affecting women and girls.
  

• Prepare briefing notes, legal analyses and policy submissions.
  

Partnerships and Organizational Support

• Build collaborative relationships with the Judiciary, Office of the Director of Public
  

• Prosecutions, National Police Service, County Governments, civil society
  

• organizations and other justice sector actors.
  

• Represent FIDA Kenya in stakeholder forums as assigned.
  

• Contribute to programme design, resource mobilisation, proposal development
  

• and donor reporting where required.
  

Undertake any other duties assigned in support of FIDA Kenya's mandate.

How to Apply

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