Deputy Director, Legal Services

About the Position

Meru County Public Service Board is accepting applications for a Deputy Director, Legal Services role based in Meru, Kenya.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide legal advisory services to the Board to ensure compliance with existing laws and regulatory requirements
• Draft, review, and vet legal instruments and advise on management and Board matters
• Conduct regular legal audits within the Board to ensure compliance
• Identify and monitor areas of legal compliance risk within the Board and recommend precautionary measures to prevent noncompliance
• Research, review, analyze, and interpret laws and regulations, advising management and the Board accordingly
• Prepare and monitor the unit's budgets and expenditures
• Draft and review legal pleadings, attend court and quasi-judicial tribunals, compile documentary evidence, coordinate witness preparation, receive court pleadings, instruct external legal counsel, and monitor progress
• Assist in coordinating Board meetings by preparing and dispatching Board Notices, Agendas, Board papers, Board minutes, and Board action reports
• Assist in preparing and managing Board meeting annual work plans, Board training, taking Board Minutes, and ensuring they are confirmed and filed
• Monitor implementation of Board decisions and prepare reports to the Board
• Prepare reports on use of the Board Seal
• Coordinate Governance and legal audits and prepare reports
• Manage the unit's legal registry including updating legal documentation, regulations, ordinances, and policy manuals to ensure compliance

Requirements and Qualifications

• Minimum of six (6) cumulative years of relevant work experience in a comparable and relevant position, with at least two (2) years at senior management level
• Master's Degree in Law, Business Administration, or related discipline