Legal Officer

Job Purpose:

Legal Officers are responsible for providing information on Board best practices and tailoring the Board’s governance framework to fit the needs of WASREB.

Reporting Relationship:

This role reports to Senior Legal Officer.

Job Specification:
This is the entry grade for this cadre and the duties and responsibilities entail:

• Interpreting legal cases;
• Advising the management on all legal requirements and prosecution procedures;
•  Issuing instructions to agreement and contract defaulters;
• Developing and implementing legal agreements and contracts in liaison with relevant departments, divisions, and units;
• Ensuring compliance with the legal framework, agreements, and contracts;
• Preparing legal opinions on legal cases; and
• Carrying out research on emerging legal issues.

In addition, the duties of the officer deployed in the Board Secretariat Unit will be as follows:

• Providing administration and logistical support to the wider Board function;
• With the guidance of the Corporation Secretary, manage the diary of events of the Board;
• Facilitate travel and accommodation logistics for the Board events and
• Meetings including transport arrangements and distribution of the applicable documentation;
• Support the production of reports and documents for various meetings including the full Board and Board Committee Meetings;
• Provide logistical support for the Board Induction program; and
• Timely archive of e-Board online documentation including organization and retention processes on e-Board.

Person Specification
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• For Officer at Grade 5, At least two (2) years relevant work experience and Entry Level for Grade 6;
• Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya;
• Current Law Practicing Certificate;
• Be a member of a relevant professional body (LSK)
• Proficiency in Computers skills and
• Meet the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution.