Corporation Secretary & Chief Legal Services Officer Job AFC
Legal Jobs, Agricultural Finance Corporation Jobs. Looking for a legal job in Kenya? AFC is hiring a Corporation Secretary & Chief Legal Services Officer skilled in corporate governance, legal advisory, board secretarial services, and regulatory compliance.
Job Purpose:
- To provide strategic legal leadership and governance oversight, ensuring full compliance with constitutional provisions, government regulations, and Mwongozo principles while safeguarding the legal interests of the organization.
Responsibilities
Board Secretarial Duties:
- Provide Secretarial Services to the Board and its Committees;
- Facilitation, development and implementation of the Board Induction and Capacity Building programmes;
- Prepare and manage Board Work Plans;
- Facilitate Annual Board Evolution;
- Initiate the development and implementation of the Board Charters, Terms of Reference and the Code Conduct and Ethics.
- Prepare and circulate Board papers in liaison with the Managing Director;
- Custodian of the Corporation securities, agreements, minutes, titles and other legal instruments; Custodian of the Corporation Seal and Resister;
- Maintain and update the Register of conflict and interest;
- Establish and manage the Share Register for the Corporation’s subsidiaries, join venture vehicles and other organs as required.
Legal Duties:
- Interpret and advice the Corporation on all matters relating to the law;
- Initiate the formulation, implementation and review of the Corporation policies, procedures, regulations and strategies on litigation and other relevant regulations;
- Oversee the design, implementation and review of legal agreements of contracts in liaison with relevant departments, divisions and units; ensuring that the Corporation complies with statutory and other regulatory requirements;
- Liaise with Attorney General on all litigation matters;
- Issue instructions to agreement and contract defaulters;
- Carry out investigation on legal and other fraud issues affecting the Corporation;
- Oversee the preparation of legal opinions on matters relating to legal notices;
- Coordinate the perfection of the Corporations securities and
- Coordinate the perfection and processing of legal notices and any other gazette notices.
Requirements
- Masters of Law (LL.M) degree or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
- Bachelor of Law (LL.B) degree qualification from a recognized university;
- Post-graduate Diploma in Law;
- At least twelve (12) years’ work experience of which (3) years should be at a Deputy Director level or it’s equivalent;
- Valid Advocates Practicing Certificate;
- Valid Certificate Secretaries Certificate/ Certified Secretaries Certificate;
- Certified Public Secretary of Kenya or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
- Leadership course lasting not less than four (4) weeks;
- Fulfilled requirements of Chapter Six of the constitution;
Key competencies and skills
- Strategic thinking
- Negotiation Skills.
- Analytical Skills;
- Emotional Intelligence;
- Independence and objectivity
- Ethical conduct and confidentiality
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