Job Overview

The role’s principal goal will be to offer practical legal support to the business units through balanced business-oriented legal advice that will guarantee that all our banking transactions and decisions comply with established laws and regulations in line with the legal risk policy and related contractual, litigation, recovery and securities perfection procedures & processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree Law (LLB)
• Master of Laws (LLM) (Desired but not mandatory)
• Admission as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya (minimum 5 – 7 years post admission)
• A Masters degree in combination with an aggregate of five to seven (7) years of qualifying work
  experience will be an added advantage)
• A minimum of 5 – 7 years’ experience in the legal department of a busy organization, financial
  institution or law firm, with sound exposure to:

1. Contract and customer documentation drafting
2. Development of sound legal advisory and sound general advise
3. Credit or lending
4. Recoveries litigation
5. Perfection of securities

Desired work experience

• Detailed understanding of contract, commercial, security perfection, litigation and insolvency law.
• Must be familiar with legislation and appraisal requirements for lending products, debt collection, perfection of securities and requirements by regulating bodies.
• Must be able to conceptualise issues and analyse proposals to great detail to understand underlying issues.
• Must understand local and global dynamics of the business environments facing the Bank.
• Practices and techniques to plan, direct and supervise the work activities of subordinate employees.
• Manage the department’s administrative services to ensure that the department is running as efficiently as possible.
• Anticipates and resolves conflicts by pursuing mutually agreeable solutions. Establishes and maintains relationships with a broad range of people to understand the Bank’s needs and gain support for the banking activities, Identifies priority activities and assignments; Adjusts priorities as required; Allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows the contingencies when planning; Delegates the appropriate responsibility, accountability and decision-making authority; Monitors progress against milestones and deadlines.
• Keeps abreast of available technology; understands applicability and limitations of technology to the work of the office; Computer literate with proficiency in MS office.