Legal Officer

Key responsibilities

• Review security documentation such as Letters of offer and valuation report before issuing instructions.
• Advise credit analysis team on proper security structures.
• Recommend amendments to security documents.
• Escalate gap and legal risks that arise from security perfection to credit management.
• Conduct legal research and prepare advisory notes for review by the Legal Manager before issuance.
• Interpret laws, regulations, and internal policies and communicating on their impact to the Bank.
• Monitor and communicate to relevant stakeholders on regulatory circulars, legal updates, and legislative changes.
• Offer targeted training to branches and other support functions on legal processes to ensure compliance.
• Maintaining an updated Professional Indemnity Record.
• Ensuring that the SLA with lawyers is up to date.
• Feedback to and from lawyers; and Stakeholder engagement.
• Monitoring the quality of the advocates’ work.
• Compiling external counsel reports for review by external auditors. Assess applicability of global threat alerts to the Bank’s environment.
• Ensure contracts adhere to approved templates, legal standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Identify legal risks and potential gaps within the contracts.

Candidate requirements

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from a recognized university.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Law (Advocates Training Programme)
• Professional
• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya (or equivalent jurisdiction)
• Member in good standing of the Law Society of Kenya (or equivalent)
• Certification in compliance or data protection is an added advantage.

Required skills