About
Bridge International Academies
Bridge International Academies is a for-profit startup company revolutionizing education across Africa with a unique business model. The company runs a large-scale network of low-cost primary schools in Kenya that significantly outperforms other primary schools in the same areas because of our "school in a box" systems.
Our schools profitably deliver this high-quality education for less than $4 per child per month, which enable the schools to cover all their costs and create a profitable central organization at scale. We have launched 37 schools in Kenya, will double in size in the next 6 months, and plan to rapidly scale the company to serve more than 1 million students across continent
About this position
Bridge International Academies is looking for a Lands Clerk who will be responsible for doing land searches in Land Registries across the country to establish property ownership, tenure and any encumbrances thereon and the authenticity of such Titles.
They should also be able to attend Land registries for the Registration of Transfers, charges/mortgages, discharges, leases and anything connected with registration on Land Transaction.
In addition they should have the ability to handle application to the change of users, amalgamation, subdivision and extension of lease for leasehold property and conversions with commissioner of Lands.
The holder of this position will also be required to go to land control boards across the country for the securing of consent to transfer charge, subdivision and or charge, attend to the local authority for purposes of securing clearance and approval of property development and building and finally manage registration and formation of companies.
Responsibilities:
The lands clerk shall be responsible for:
Bridge International Academies is a for-profit startup company revolutionizing education across Africa with a unique business model. The company runs a large-scale network of low-cost primary schools in Kenya that significantly outperforms other primary schools in the same areas because of our "school in a box" systems.
Our schools profitably deliver this high-quality education for less than $4 per child per month, which enable the schools to cover all their costs and create a profitable central organization at scale. We have launched 37 schools in Kenya, will double in size in the next 6 months, and plan to rapidly scale the company to serve more than 1 million students across continent
About this position
Bridge International Academies is looking for a Lands Clerk who will be responsible for doing land searches in Land Registries across the country to establish property ownership, tenure and any encumbrances thereon and the authenticity of such Titles.
They should also be able to attend Land registries for the Registration of Transfers, charges/mortgages, discharges, leases and anything connected with registration on Land Transaction.
In addition they should have the ability to handle application to the change of users, amalgamation, subdivision and extension of lease for leasehold property and conversions with commissioner of Lands.
The holder of this position will also be required to go to land control boards across the country for the securing of consent to transfer charge, subdivision and or charge, attend to the local authority for purposes of securing clearance and approval of property development and building and finally manage registration and formation of companies.
Responsibilities:
The lands clerk shall be responsible for:
- Carrying out official title searches at different lands registries in Kenya
- Lodging documents for assessment and payment of stamp duty
- Co-ordinating with valuers to visit sites in relation to any valuation which requires to be done on any properties
- Visiting various sites , identifying and consulting with village elders and neighbours
- Submitting change of user applications to the relevant city/municipal councils and following up on the same
- Obtaining Land Control Board consents where necessary
- Visiting sites with various land officers to verify facts in relation to title deeds and documents
- Obtaining survey maps from the relevant registries
- Obtaining land rent and rates clearance certificates
- Performing other related duties as assigned
- Carrying out searches at different registries for nature of use of property
About
you
- Must have a minimum of 5 years experience particularly in conveyance matters
- Conversant with processes at the various lands registries
- Conversant with basic statutory documents which require to be filed at the registries
- Familiar with various types of conveyance documents