Legal Kenyan Job Vacancies
Kenya Forest Service is a State Corporation established to sustainably manage, conserve, develop and protect forest resources for Kenya’s social-economic development.
The Service seeks to recruit highly competent, self driven & results oriented individuals of high integrity to fill the following positions:
Chief Legal Officer 1 Post
KFS Grade 5
Reporting To: Head–Legal Services / Corporation Secretary
Overall responsibilities:
Ensure all legal matters of the Service are effectively managed.
Implementing the Organization’s Prosecution and litigation strategies.
Ensuring that the corporation complies with statutory and other regulatory requirements.
Representing the Service in Court and arbitrations as may be required.
Coordinating all litigations in liaison with the Attorney General’s Chambers, Government Ministries and
external lawyers.Kenya Forest Service is a State Corporation established to sustainably manage, conserve, develop and protect forest resources for Kenya’s social-economic development.
The Service seeks to recruit highly competent, self driven & results oriented individuals of high integrity to fill the following positions:
Chief Legal Officer 1 Post
KFS Grade 5
Reporting To: Head–Legal Services / Corporation Secretary
Overall responsibilities:
Ensure all legal matters of the Service are effectively managed.
Implementing the Organization’s Prosecution and litigation strategies.
Ensuring that the corporation complies with statutory and other regulatory requirements.
Representing the Service in Court and arbitrations as may be required.
Coordinating all litigations in liaison with the Attorney General’s Chambers, Government Ministries and
Drawing and processing legal notices and other gazettements issued under the Forests Act.
Liaising with legal Departments in Government, Private Sector, Regional and International Organizations.
Qualifications, experience & key competencies
A Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree and admitted as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
A Current Practicing Certificate
At least seven (7) years working experience as an advocate in a large and reputable
Public or Private Organization five (5) of which must be in the position of Senior Legal Officer or its equivalent.
Good communication, drafting, negotiating, arbitration skills.
Must be computer literate.
Knowledge and understanding of Civil and Criminal Law and corporate legal practices.
Demonstrated high degree of professional competence in legal work and administrative capability in work performance and results.
Outstanding honesty and integrity.
Application Procedure
Interested and suitably qualified candidates should send their application, detailed Curriculum Vitae with daytime contacts, testimonials and copies of academic and professional certificates to the undersigned so as to reach him on or before Wednesday, 3rd April 2013.
The Director
Kenya Forest Service
P. O. Box 30513-00100
Nairobi.
These are permanent & pensionable positions in the Kenya Forest Service.
The Kenya Forest
Service is an equal opportunity employer.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
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