Job particulars
- Job title
- Legal Operations Associate – Programs NGO
- Hiring organisation
- Testimonials
- Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Employment type
- Contract
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Industry
- Legal
- Level
- Associate
- Salary
- KES 500,000 – 500,000 / month
- Posted
- 22 Oct 2026
- Closing date
- 5 Nov 2026
Key responsibilities
- Support contracting and recurring legal workflows.
- Manage routine contracting workflows, including preparing agreements from approved templates, gathering inputs, coordinating internal review, and moving agreements through signature and filing.
- Maintain relevant contract, legal, and entity records and ensure routine matters are documented and closed out consistently.
- Coordinate with Country and Program teams to gather information and documentation needed to progress legal matters.
- Identify questions that fall outside established frameworks and escalate them promptly to Counsel.
- Support regulatory and compliance execution.
- Support registrations, renewals, filings, permits, and other regulatory processes by preparing documentation, tracking requirements and deadlines, and coordinating follow-through.
- Execute routine due-diligence and compliance processes within frameworks established by Legal Risk & Compliance, escalating issues that require judgment.
- Help maintain local trackers and records for recurring legal and compliance obligations.
- Support implementation of legal and compliance requirements in partnership with Counsel, Legal Risk & Compliance, and Country teams.
- Support policy and learning implementation.
- Work with Country teams and HRMs to support rollout and implementation of organization-wide policies, learning, and guidance.
- Help identify where policies, processes, or guidance are not working effectively in practice and surface those issues to the appropriate Legal & Compliance lead.
- Act as a reliable local point of coordination for recurring Legal & Compliance processes without replacing substantive ownership held by Counsel or central functional leads.
Candidate requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Law (LL. B) from a recognized university.
- Alternatively, Bachelor’s degree in Commerce or Business Administration or related discipline, with a good understanding of contracts and experience in contract management or procurement related workflows.
- Additional training or certification in compliance, contract management, legal operations, or risk management would be an advantage.
- Experience in legal operations, contracts administration, program operations, compliance operations, or a comparable execution-focused role.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to move multi-step processes through completion with limited supervision.
- Comfort working with contracts, regulatory documentation, trackers, and recurring compliance processes.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain reliable records and deadlines.
- Good judgment about when a matter fits within an established process and when it needs to be escalated.
- Strong relationship-building skills and ability to work effectively with Country teams, HRMs, and colleagues across functions.
- Ability to operate in a fast-moving environment and manage competing priorities.
- Preferred
- Experience with high-volume contracting or procurement-related legal workflows.
- Experience supporting registrations, regulatory filings, due diligence, or policy implementation.
- Candidates with the right to work in Kenya and are available immediately are encouraged to apply.
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