Job particulars
- Job title
- MSF EA Legal Registration Project Manager
- Hiring organisation
- Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
- Location
- Nairobi
- Employment type
- Contract
- Posted
- 3 Oct 2026
- Closing date
- 22 Oct 2026
Key responsibilities
- Review and update the registration framework, including timeline for execution and documentation requirement list;.
- Coordinate between MSF EA teams and Rwandan local lawyers in the collection of required legal documentation for the registration;.
- Supervise the registration process in Rwanda to achieve primary registration as quickly and securely as possible;.
- Supervise the drafting of the legally required framework Memorandum of Understanding, Action Plan and all related documents, which shall be part of the registration document package;.
- Identify and liaise with Kenyan local lawyers to gather legal registration requirements for a Rwandan organisation to open a branch Head Quarters in Kenya;.
- Coordinate between MSF EA teams and Kenyan local lawyers in the collection of required legal documentation for the registration;.
- Supervise the registration process in Kenya to achieve secondary registration as quickly and securely as possible;.
- Coordinate with the Regional Protocol Office to ensure the secondary registration is carried out in line with the Host Country Agreement (HCA) integration objective;.
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Candidate requirements
- Location Nairobi
- Job Field Legal and Regulatory  .
- Tasks & Responsibilities.
- The Project Manager will work closely with the Intersectional Legal Department (ILD) Units 4 and 5, and under the general coordination of MSF EA management team. The work will be structured in two key phases and include the following tasks:.
- Primary legal registration in Rwanda.
- Review and update the registration framework, including timeline for execution and documentation requirement list;.
- Coordinate between MSF EA teams and Rwandan local lawyers in the collection of required legal documentation for the registration;.
- Supervise the registration process in Rwanda to achieve primary registration as quickly and securely as possible;.
- Supervise the drafting of the legally required framework Memorandum of Understanding, Action Plan and all related documents, which shall be part of the registration document package;.
- Advise MSF EA management team and Board on local legal requirements:.
- Regarding the finalisation of the Rwandan entity statutes;.
- Regarding their approvals and delegation;.
- Regarding operational presence and social mission activities to be deployed in Rwanda;.
- Financial and budgetary aspects.
- Identify and liaise with Kenyan local lawyers to gather legal registration requirements for a Rwandan organisation to open a branch Head Quarters in Kenya;.
- Share progress with MSF EA on a weekly basis- highlighting any changes to the proposed timelines for execution and potential bottlenecks to the registration requiring institutional support.
- Secondary legal registration in Kenya.
- Present registration framework to MSF EA and ILD, including timeline for execution and documentation requirement list, as well as monitor evolution of the INGO registration legal framework.
- Coordinate between MSF EA teams and Kenyan local lawyers in the collection of required legal documentation for the registration;.
- Supervise the registration process in Kenya to achieve secondary registration as quickly and securely as possible;.
- Advise MSF EA management team and Board on possible statutory changes required to align with new registration of MSF EA in Kenya;.
- Coordinate with the Regional Protocol Office to ensure the secondary registration is carried out in line with the Host Country Agreement (HCA) integration objective;.
- Share progress with MSF Intersectional Legal Department (ILD) and MSF EA on a bi-weekly basis- highlighting any changes to the proposed timelines for execution and potential bottlenecks to the registration requiring institutional support.
Required skills
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Hiring organisation
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)