About this role
(JOB REF: LS/001/2026)
Duties and Responsibilities
- Providing guidance to the Board on their duties and responsibilities and on matters of governance;
- Assisting the Board in carrying out the following:
- Board induction and training
- Updating the Board and Committee charters
- Preparation of Board work plans
- Board evaluation
- Governance audit
- Implementation of the code of conduct and ethics
- Ensuring the timely preparation and circulation of Board and Committee papers;
- Ensuring timely circulation of Board Committee minutes;
- Be the custodian of the seal of the Organization and account to the Board for its use.
- Maintaining and update the register of conflicts of interest;
- Ensuring that Board members are aware of all relevant laws affecting the organization;
- Ensuring that annual returns are promptly filed with the relevant authorities.
- Except in exceptional circumstances, ensuring that Board and Committee papers arecirculated in advance of any meeting.
- Provide secretarial services to the Board.
- Offering guidance to the Institute on matters touching on investigations of the Institute by external agencies to ensure that the Institute’s image and interest are secure.
- Formulating policy and provide advice on legal and corporate matters to the Institute through interpretation and writing legal opinions;
- Ensuring that Legal Audit Compliance is carried out to confirm legal compliance with national, regional and international legal requirements;
- Developing and review relevant regulatory Legal framework for the better implementation of the Institute’s mandate;
- Drafting and reviewing contracts, Service Level Agreements, Memorandum of
- Understanding, leases and other legal documents to ensure compliance to statutory
- requirements and the Institute’s policies;
- Coordinating and ensuring representation of the Institute in courts or other judicial authorities;
- Reviewing and providing advice on legal risk at the Institute;
- Managing litigation and reviewing progress of outstanding litigation; Liaising with and managing external lawyers for the Institute;
- Perform any other function that may be assigned by the Board.
Person Specifications:
For appointment to the position of Corporation Secretary/Director Legal Services, a candidate must have (be): -
- Degree in Law (LLB) from a recognized Institution;
- Has at least five years’ experience as a Corporation Secretary or in a similar governance role
- Member in good standing of the Institute of certified public secretaries of Kenya
- meets the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution.
- Valid practicing Certificate;
- Master’s degree will be an added advantage;
- Computer Application skills;
- Demonstrated work performance and results, and