Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, April 30 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Purpose:
This position is responsible for providing legal advice on litigation, dispute resolution, legal compliance, enforcement, and advisory services.

Key Responsibilities/ Duties / Tasks:
Managerial / Supervisory Responsibilities
• Facilitating interpretation, evaluation, and reviewing compliance of enabling legal instruments for requisitions for withdrawal of funds;
• Analyzing and reviewing legal opinions on the compliance of the budget process with the constitutional, statutory, and regulatory provisions;
• Reviewing and providing recommendations on legal compliance of the formats for requisitions and approvals of withdrawals of funds;
• Reviewing and providing legal opinions on budget implementation reports for the National and County governments and on special reports to Parliament on stoppage of funds or issues as may be requested by Parliament, or the County Assemblies;
• Formulating and reviewing legal guidelines and procedures and rendering appropriate advice to enhance the Medium-Term Papers (MTP) Budget Policy Statement (BPS), Budget Review port and Outlook Papers (BROP), County Fiscal Strategy Papers (CFSP), County Budget Review Outlook Papers and County Debt Management Strategy Papers;
• Issuing legal opinions and making appropriate recommendations on special reports on particular issues as may be requested by Parliament or the County Assemblies;
• Coordinating legal audits and analyzing the Legal Audit Reports;
• Coordinating investigations on budget implementation matters and providing legal advisories;
• Coordinating forums for capacity building on legal matters affecting public participation in the budget process;
• Coordinating formulation and review of strategies, frameworks, work plans, legislation, policies, guidelines, procedures, and regulations for the directorate;
• Identifying topical research areas on various legal aspects and processes relating to the mandate of the OCOB;
• Developing, implementing, and reviewing legal monitoring and control systems and procedures;
• Implementing business continuity plans;
• Initiating and promoting Business Process Re-engineering (BPR); and
• Facilitating stakeholder engagement.

Job Dimensions:
Financial Responsibility
Responsibility for Physical Assets
• Responsible for the assets assigned by the office of the Controller of Budget as per office’s asset register
Decision-Making / Job Influence
• Strategic
• Financial
• Analytical

Job Competencies (Knowledge, Experience and Attributes / Skills):
Academic qualifications
• Bachelors of Law degree from a recognised institution;
• Master of Laws degree from a recognised institution.
Professional Qualifications / Membership to professional bodies
• Be an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya;
• Membership in good standing with the Law Society of Kenya.
Previous relevant work experience required:
• Served in the grade of a Legal Officer for a minimum of four (4) years or at least ten (10) years of experience in a relevant field, three (3) of which must have been at the management level;
Functional Skills, Behavioral Competencies/Attributes:
• Certificate in a management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Proficiency in computer applications;
• Met the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution; and
• Demonstrated professional competence and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 48

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• Qualified interested candidates should submit their applications quoting the job title on both the envelope and the cover letter.
• Enclose a detailed and up-to-date curriculum vitae indicating your current remuneration, home county, e-mail address and reliable daytime telephone contacts, and copies of your certificates, testimonials and national identity card.
• You should also provide the names of two referees who must be familiar with your previous work/academic experience indicating their telephone, postal and email addresses. Please note that it is a criminal offence to provide false information and documents in the job application.
• Upon being successful and granted an offer of employment, the successful candidate MUST present clearances and satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 by providing copies of the following;
• Tax compliance certificate from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
• Certificate of Good Conduct from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI)
• Clearance certificate from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB
• Clearance Form from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)
• Applications should be sent by post or hand delivered to our office addressed to:
• The Controller of Budget
Bima House 12th Floor, Harambee Avenue.
P.O Box 35616-00100 Nairobi
• So as to reach the Office of the Controller of Budget by 14th May, 2024 at 5.00 pm.

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