The Legal Officer will be charged with the responsibility of ensuring Legal and Statutory Compliance in the Institution.
Reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer.
Responsibilities
- Rendering legal assistance through preparation of legal opinions, reports and correspondence as required from time to time by Management and Hospital Advisory Board.
- Responsible for all the external communications of the hospital.
- Ensuring provision of appropriate legal advice on a diverse range of substantive and procedural questions of law in administrative functioning of the Hospital, to firmly secure the interests of the Hospital and its clients.
- Ensure adequate preparation of Litigations.
- Advising on and assessing the Level of Compliance to Legislative provisions.
- Monitoring performance of the Hospital Prequalified Panel of Lawyers and rendering advice on appointment/Prequalification of new panels.
- Providing Legal advice on Procurement and Human Resources processes;
- Follow up legal provision for the institution debt collection processes;
- Conducting Training and Dissemination of appropriate advice to staff on legal and compliance issues;
- Managing and administering the Corporate Legal Documentation and contracts;
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating of contracts, MoU’s and other legal documents as required by the institution and various departments.
Qualifications
- MUST possess Bachelors of Law from a recognized institution
- Post Graduate Diploma in law from the Kenya School of Law
- At least 3 years’ working experience alongside being a practicing Advocate of the High Court of Kenya in the Public Service or Private Sector
- Member of the Law Society of Kenya with current practicing certificate.
- Certified Public Secretary will be an added advantage.
Skills and Knowledge
- Computer literate
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Organizational skills
- Analytical skills
- Courageous
- Patient and resilient
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to observe high level confidentiality
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