Posted:Wed at 1:05 PM
By:Hiring Kenya
Company Details
Industry:
Real Estate
Description:
Tatu is a project of Rendeavour, Africa’s largest urban land developer with over 30,000 acres of visionary projects in the growth trajectories of large cities in Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo. Rendeavour’s vision goes beyond alleviating what is a self-evident problem – that of stifling urban congestion and a dearth of quality housing and commercial property in Africa. Rather, we aim to help create the infrastructure – the living and working spaces, communities, schools and hospitals – that will help sustain and accelerate Africa’s economic growth, meet the aspirations of Africa’s burgeoning middle classes, and serve as a catalyst for further urban development.
Job Description
- As Legal Assistant, you will provide general legal and strategic support to the in-house legal team. You will be responsible for executing objectives, strategies and action plans of the in-house legal team
Specific responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and optimize the legal team’s document and knowledge management systems (e.g. Egnyte and Contract Express).
- Digitize, classify, and securely store contracts, pleadings, transaction documents, and correspondence.
- Ensure compliance with data protection laws (GDPR, Kenya Data Protection Act) and internal IT security protocols.
- Digitally manage contract lifecycle including version control, e-signatures and automated renewals/expiry alerts.
- Integrate legal workflows into project management tools.
- Ensure transactions are tracked digitally and closed within agreed timelines.
- Prepare board-ready presentations for meetings.
- Initiating and monitoring payment of invoices to external legal counsels on the procurement management system;
- Reviewing critical dates and evaluating documentation terms;
- Drafting of generic correspondence;
- Follow up on deadlines, commitments made, actions taken and coordination and communication to the team at Tatu City regarding all tasks assigned to the legal team;
- Consistently complete tasks in accordance with agreed deadlines and to the highest quality standard, meeting or exceeding expectations of internal and external stakeholders;
- Embrace accountability, humility and commitment to Rendeavour’s business goals; and
- Support the in-house legal team in additional support tasks.
Requirements
- A minimum of two years’ experience working as a paralegal working in a busy law firm.
- University Degree or Diploma relevant to the position
- Well versed in Microsoft Office and document management systems.
- Familiarity with real estate and corporate or commercial law is an added advantage
Salary: Discuss During Interview
Education: Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time
