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Senior Legal Officer
National Quality Control Laboratory (NQCL) is a State Corporation within the Ministry of Health for Quality Control of Medicines on behalf of Government.
Job Specifications:
- Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:
- Preparing legal opinions;
- Providing and interpreting legal information;
- Conducting training and disseminating appropriate legal information to staff;
- Reviewing and drafting Contracts, Agreements, Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs), internal policies and ensuring that they comply with all statutory and legal requirements;
- Monitoring and reporting non-compliance issues;
- Handling pre-litigation and litigation legal disputes and inquiries;
- Participating in policy development and advising on legal policy issues;
- Developing legal documents/ instruments;
- Ensuring compliance with principles and values of good governance;
- Implementing strategic plans and objectives in respect to the legal function;
- Providing legal risk reviews and providing legal advice;
- Reviewing ongoing cases and advising management accordingly; and
- Keeping track and updates of the amendments and changes of the Kenyan Laws that affect the Laboratory.
Person Specifications:
- For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:
- Cumulative service period of six (6) years’ relevant work experience, (3) of which should have been at the grade of Legal Officer I or in a comparable position;
- Bachelor of Laws degree (L.LB) from a recognized institution;
- Postgraduate Diploma in Laws (Advocates training programs) from the Kenya School of Law;
- Admission as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya;
- Membership to the Law Society of Kenya (LSK);
- Current Advocates Practicing License; and
- Proficiency in computer applications.
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