Legal Assistant

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