Deputy Director, Legal Services

REF. KEMSA/HR/LS/03/2026, SA3 Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, PURPOSE STATEMENT; The purpose of this role is to provide strategic legal leadership by ensuring compliance, managing risks, safeguarding the Authority’s interests, and delivering high-quality legal advice, contract management, and dispute resolution services. Duties and responsibilities will entail: Spearheading the development, implementation and review of policies, strategies, frameworks, work plans, legislations, guidelines, procedures, regulations, norms, standards and programs for the Authority; Spearhead provision of legal advice on contractual and statutory obligations, interpretation of statutes, subsidiary legislations, rules and regulations to ensure compliance with existing law and regulatory requirements; Safeguarding the Authority by ensuring it is adequately defended before the Courts of law and Tribunals by overseeing issuance of instructions, liaison with the Authority’s external advocates to ensure Authority’s interest while handling cases and conveyances on its behalf. Coordinate the initiation, review, drafting, and amendments where necessary of instruments for business transactions entered into between the Authority and third parties; Spearheading drafting, review and amendments where necessary contractual instruments entered into between the Authority and third parties; Oversee review of contracts or other documentation where the Authority has committed itself and assess legal implications necessary for the attention of Management to safeguard the Authority’s assets, interests & reputation; Coordinate management, review and monitoring of progress and status of outstanding litigation and advise on dispute resolution between various stakeholders and the Authority; Overseeing issuance of instructions, liaison with the Authority’s external advocates to ensure Authority’s interest while handling cases and conveyances on its behalf; Coordinating the initiation, review, drafting of necessary instruments for business transactions; Ensuring the Authority complies with constitutional, regulatory and relevant laws in force through the provision of legal advisory services; Ensuring risks arising from contractual engagements are effectively and efficiently managed; Spearheading advisory to management on all legal, regulatory and contractual matters; Coordinate, advise and negotiate on conveyance instruments on acquisition and/or transfer of the Authority’s assets and ensure proper registration of the same. Ensuring custody and accountability of the Authority’s seal, securities, agreements, minutes, titles and other legal instruments; Advising on mitigating measures for addressing risks in the department; Ensuring business continuity plans are developed and operational for the department; Initiating and implementing Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) in the department; Facilitating stakeholder engagement and fostering a corporate culture that promotes ethical pract