{"id":103194,"date":"2026-07-22T11:19:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/uncategorized\/corporation-secretary-chief-legal-officer\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T11:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:19:33","slug":"corporation-secretary-chief-legal-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/jobs\/nairobi\/corporation-secretary-chief-legal-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporation Secretary \/ Chief Legal Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Corporation Secretary \/ Chief Legal Officer\", \"description\": \"Job Purpose:\\nTo provide strategic legal leadership and governance oversight, ensuring full compliance with constitutional provisions, government regulations, and Mwongozo principles while safeguarding the legal interests of the organization.\\nResponsibilities\\nBoard Secretarial Duties:\\nProvide Secretarial Services to the Board and its Committees;\\nFacilitation, development and implementation of the Board Induction and Capacity Building programmes;\\nPrepare and manage Board Work Plans;\\nFacilitate Annual Board Evolution;\\nInitiate the development and implementation of the Board Charters, Terms of Reference and the Code Conduct and Ethics.\\nPrepare and circulate Board papers in liaison with the Managing Director;\\nCustodian of the Corporation securities, agreements, minutes, titles and other legal instruments; Custodian of the Corporation Seal and Resister;\\nMaintain and update the Register of conflict and interest;\\nEstablish and manage the Share Register for the Corporation\u2019s subsidiaries, join venture vehicles and other organs as required.\\nLegal Duties:\\nInterpret and advice the Corporation on all matters relating to the law;\\nInitiate the formulation, implementation and review of the Corporation policies, procedures, regulations and strategies on litigation and other relevant regulations;\\nOversee the design, implementation and review of legal agreements of contracts in liaison with relevant departments, divisions and units; ensuring that the Corporation complies with statutory and other regulatory requirements;\\nLiaise with Attorney General on all litigation matters;\\nIssue instructions to agreement and contract defaulters;\\nCarry out investigation on legal and other fraud issues affecting the Corporation;\\nOversee the preparation of legal opinions on matters relating to legal notices;\\nCoordinate the perfection of the Corporations securities and\\nCoordinate the perfection and processing of legal notices and any other gazette notices.\\nRequirements\\nMasters of Law LL.M degree or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;\\nBachelor of Law LL.B degree qualification from a recognized university;\\nPost-graduate Diploma in Law;\\nAt least twelve 12 years\u2019 work experience of which 3 years should be at a Deputy Director level or it\u2019s equivalent;\\nValid Advocates Practicing Certificate;\\nValid Certificate Secretaries Certificate\/ Certified Secretaries Certificate;\\nCertified Public Secretary of Kenya or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;\\nLeadership course lasting not less than four 4 weeks;\\nFulfilled requirements of Chapter Six of the constitution;\\nKey competencies and skills\\nStrategic thinking\\nNegotiation Skills.\\nAnalytical Skills;\\nEmotional Intelligence;\\nIndependence and objectivity\\nEthical conduct and confidentiality\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-07-21\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"Agricultural Finance Corporation AFC\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Nairobi\", \"addressCountry\": \"KE\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-08-03T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Agricultural Finance Corporation AFC<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-08-03<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>Job Purpose:<br \/>To provide strategic legal leadership and governance oversight, ensuring full compliance with constitutional provisions, government regulations, and Mwongozo principles while safeguarding the legal interests of the organization.<br \/>Responsibilities<br \/>Board Secretarial Duties:<br \/>Provide Secretarial Services to the Board and its Committees;<br \/>Facilitation, development and implementation of the Board Induction and Capacity Building programmes;<br \/>Prepare and manage Board Work Plans;<br \/>Facilitate Annual Board Evolution;<br \/>Initiate the development and implementation of the Board Charters, Terms of Reference and the Code Conduct and Ethics.<br \/>Prepare and circulate Board papers in liaison with the Managing Director;<br \/>Custodian of the Corporation securities, agreements, minutes, titles and other legal instruments; Custodian of the Corporation Seal and Resister;<br \/>Maintain and update the Register of conflict and interest;<br \/>Establish and manage the Share Register for the Corporation\u2019s subsidiaries, join venture vehicles and other organs as required.<br \/>Legal Duties:<br \/>Interpret and advice the Corporation on all matters relating to the law;<br \/>Initiate the formulation, implementation and review of the Corporation policies, procedures, regulations and strategies on litigation and other relevant regulations;<br \/>Oversee the design, implementation and review of legal agreements of contracts in liaison with relevant departments, divisions and units; ensuring that the Corporation complies with statutory and other regulatory requirements;<br \/>Liaise with Attorney General on all litigation matters;<br \/>Issue instructions to agreement and contract defaulters;<br \/>Carry out investigation on legal and other fraud issues affecting the Corporation;<br \/>Oversee the preparation of legal opinions on matters relating to legal notices;<br \/>Coordinate the perfection of the Corporations securities and<br \/>Coordinate the perfection and processing of legal notices and any other gazette notices.<br \/>Requirements<br \/>Masters of Law LL.M degree or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;<br \/>Bachelor of Law LL.B degree qualification from a recognized university;<br \/>Post-graduate Diploma in Law;<br \/>At least twelve 12 years\u2019 work experience of which 3 years should be at a Deputy Director level or it\u2019s equivalent;<br \/>Valid Advocates Practicing Certificate;<br \/>Valid Certificate Secretaries Certificate\/ Certified Secretaries Certificate;<br \/>Certified Public Secretary of Kenya or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;<br \/>Leadership course lasting not less than four 4 weeks;<br \/>Fulfilled requirements of Chapter Six of the constitution;<br \/>Key competencies and skills<br \/>Strategic thinking<br \/>Negotiation Skills.<br \/>Analytical Skills;<br \/>Emotional Intelligence;<br \/>Independence and objectivity<br \/>Ethical conduct and confidentiality<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Interested and qualified? Go to Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) on africatalentcontours.com to apply<br \/>Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjobmag.co.ke\/apply-now\/1284418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:10px 20px;background:#2271b1;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\">Apply Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Source: MyJobMag<\/small><\/p>\n<p><!-- job-expiry: 2026-08-03 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company: Agricultural Finance Corporation AFC Location: Nairobi Job Type: Full Time Apply Before: 2026-08-03 Job Description Job Purpose:To provide strategic legal leadership and governance oversight, ensuring full compliance with constitutional provisions, government regulations, and Mwongozo principles while safeguarding the legal interests of the organization.ResponsibilitiesBoard Secretarial Duties:Provide Secretarial Services to the Board and its Committees;Facilitation, development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1408,1409],"tags":[2391,1425,1413,1412],"class_list":["post-103194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","category-nairobi","tag-agricultural-finance-corporation-afc","tag-full-time","tag-job-listing","tag-myjobmag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}