Legal Officer and Public Relations Officer Jobsand Careers in Kenya

A non-commercial State Corporation established in March 2003 as part of the reforms in the water sector with the mandate of overseeing the implementation of strategies and policies relating to provision of water and sewerage services.

The organisation facilitates the achievement of national goals as set out in the National Water Policy through setting and enforcing service standards, tariffs, and monitoring progress on service coverage, consumer safety, and environmental sustainability.

The corporation now seeks to strengthen its human resources capacity by recruiting qualified candidates for the following positions based in Nairobi.

Legal Officer

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Head, Legal and Enforcement, the Legal Officer will be assisting in the management of the Legal and Enforcement function of corporation and specifically, will be required to:

• Continuously monitor the licenses and the service provision agreements on water service boards and their agents to ensure compliance.
• Provide periodic reports on compliance measures for each licensee and each service provider.
• Continuously review the legal standards in place with a view to making improvements on regulation of the water services sector
• Enforcing compliance with the regulation and standards in the water services boards and water service providers
• Researching on legal issues arising in the regulation of water services and
• Providing legal advice, recommendations and briefings to all internal functions
• Participating in the formulation and review of legal procedures and policies for the Organization
• Keeping abreast of changes in the legal and regulatory environment impacting on the organization and advising on necessary response.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law (Upper Second Hons.) from a well recognized University
• Diploma in Law from Kenya School of Law/ accredited commonwealth legal education council
• Must be an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and possess a current practicing certificate

Key Competencies and Experience:

• Demonstrated ability to effectively monitor compliances
• Demonstrate expertise to create and vet legal documentation with reference to licenses, agreements, orders and notices in a dynamic environment
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills to foster team work and effectively relate well with diverse professional team members
• Capacity to work effectively with minimum supervision, meet strict deadlines and cope with work pressure.
• Demonstrate high ethical standards and confidentiality.
• Must demonstrate excellent communication skills and ability to write compelling reports
• Should have a minimum of three years experience in a busy organization handling criminal and/or civil matters in court.
• High level of computer literacy

Public Relations Officer

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Head, Communications and Information Management, the Public Relations Officer will be responsible for the management of the customer relations function of the corporation, besides assisting in other communications and public relations activities.

Specifically, the officer will be required to:

• Handle customer relations activities
• Undertake liaison activities with key state agencies, water services providers and stakeholders in the water sector.
• Make follow-ups on customer complaints to strengthen customer focus within the sector
• Coordinate and supervise activities of a citizen engagement mechanism established by the corporation to promote engagement with consumers and foster transparency and accountability in the sector
• Assist in the gathering, collation and dissemination of information to create awareness on water issues
• Produce a variety of institutional literature including newsletters, reports, and other publications to create share information on water sector development initiatives and achievements.
• Assist in the management of public awareness creation activities through the mass media and relevant channels.
• Manage institutional events including stakeholder forums, shows and exhibitions, and other community relations activities.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelors Degree in Social Sciences or related field, with a Post-Graduate Qualification in Mass Communication or
• A Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication or its equivalent

Key Competencies:

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience in community mobilization and use of communication tools for development will be an added advantage.
• A minimum of 3 years working experience in a communications, public relations, or customer service function in a dynamic organisation.
• High level of computer literacy

Qualified candidates should address their applications accompanied by CVs with telephone contacts to:

The Recruitment Division,
Development Impact Consulting (DIC) Ltd
Upper 3rd Floor, KASNEB Towers, Hospital Rd
P.O Box 16694 - 00620, Nairobi

Tel: 2712649, 2643619

All applications should be sent using email only to this address;

dicltd@wananchi.com with a copy to: dicltd.consulting@gmail.com, so as to be received on or before January 20, 2012.

Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer