Job Specifications:
Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:

• Preparing legal opinions;
• Providing and interpreting legal information;
• Conducting training and disseminating appropriate legal information to staff;
• Reviewing and drafting Contracts, Agreements, Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs), internal policies and ensuring that they comply with all statutory and legal requirements;
• Monitoring and reporting non-compliance issues;
• Handling pre-litigation and litigation legal disputes and inquiries;
• Participating in policy development and advising on legal policy issues;
• Developing legal documents/ instruments;
• Ensuring compliance with principles and values of good governance;
• Implementing strategic plans and objectives in respect to the legal function;
• Providing legal risk reviews and providing legal advice;
• Reviewing ongoing cases and advising management accordingly; and
• Keeping track and updates of the amendments and changes of the Kenyan Laws that affect the Laboratory.

Person Specifications:

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

• Cumulative service period of six (6) years’ relevant work experience, (3) of which should have been at the grade of Legal Officer I or in a comparable position;
• Bachelor of Laws degree (L.LB) from a recognized institution;
• Postgraduate Diploma in Laws (Advocates training programs) from the Kenya School of Law;
• Admission as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya;
• Membership to the Law Society of Kenya (LSK);
• Current Advocates Practicing License; and
• Proficiency in computer applications.