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Deputy Director, Legal Services

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Providing secretariat services and technical support to the Council and its Committees to enable them meet their obligations;
  • Advising the Council on the best corporate governance practices and on legal matters;
  • Coordinating Council evaluation and governance audits;
  • Overseeing the management of Council’s minutes, institute’s legal documents, seal and legal instruments;
  • Interpreting Laws governing the Institute’s operations and giving appropriate and timely legal advice on matters affecting the Institute;
  • Overseeing formulation, vetting, review, negotiations of contracts, leases, agreements and Memorandums of Understanding;
  • Spearheading policy formulation and review in line with relevant laws and Government Circulars;
  • Overseeing litigation management by liaising with external lawyers to ensure adequate representation of the Institute;
  • Ensuring that the Institute is represented in court and all legal fora;
  • Providing overall supervision of legal audits;

Person Specifications

  • For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: –
  • Minimum of ten (10) years relevant work experience, four (4) of which should be at management level in a comparable organization
  • Bachelor of Laws degree from a recognized institution;
  • Master of Laws degree from a recognized institution;
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Law from Kenya School of Law;
  • Been admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with a valid Practicing Certificate;
  • Management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
  • Been registered as a member of the Law Society of Kenya in good standing;
  • Membership to the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries;
  • Proficiency in computer applications;
  • Met the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution; and
  • Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results

Principal Registration Officer

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail;

  • Drafting evaluation tools for local and foreign supplies management programmes;
  • Drafting accreditation tools for supplies management programmes;
  • Compiling all supplies management disciplines and their requirements;
  • Initiating the development, the monitoring and evaluation framework for accreditation;
  • Initiating the development accreditation standards and manuals; and Initiating the development policy guidelines for accreditation.
  • Drafting and developing core curricula for supplies management Programme ;
  • Developing guidelines for inspection and approval of collegiate training sites;

Person Specifications

  • For a candidate to be appointed to this position, they must have;
  • At least eight (8) years relevant working experience, three (3) years of which must have been in a supervisory role
  • Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: – Supply Chain Management and Logistics, Purchasing and Supplies Management, Procurement and Supplies Management, Procurement, Commerce (Supplies Management Option) Business Administration (Supplies Management option), Administration, Finance, Human Resource, Law or Social sciences or an equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
  • Master’s degree in any of the following disciplines: – Supply Chain Management and Logistics, Purchasing and Supplies Management, Procurement and Supplies Management, Procurement, Commerce (Supplies Management Option) Business Administration (Supplies Management option), Administration, Finance, Human Resource,
  • Law or Social sciences or an equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
  • Attended a management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution.

Internal Auditor

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Duties and responsibilities will entail: –
  • Carrying out audit checks and identifying any accounting errors;
  • Collecting data on periodical financial returns, estimates and expenditure;
  • Examining vouchers, cashbooks, ledgers confirming the propriety and accuracy of the transactions;
  • Auditing of all systems and processes; and
  • Auditing annual accounts; conducting financial audit.

PERSON SPECIFICATIONS

  • For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: –
  • Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: – Commerce (Accounting/Finance option), Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Business Administration (Accounting/Finance option) or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
  • Certified Public Accountants (CPAK) or Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
  • Registered member of any of the following professional bodies: – Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya
  • (ICPAK) or Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA);
  • Proficiency in computer applications; and
  • Met the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution.

Method of Application

Qualified and interested candidates are to apply online indicating the job title and the reference number, addressing their application letter to:

The Chief Executive Officer Kenya Institute of Supplies Management,

KISM Tower 12th Floor, Ngong Road

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P. O Box 30400-00100,

Nairobi Candidates must attach PDF copies of their CV with full details of educational background, professional qualifications, work experience and copies Academic and Professional certificates (Merged to one Pdf). Candidates who are subsequently invited to attend formal interviews must produce originals of all the scanned documents during the interview. Applications MUST be submitted online via http://careers.kism.or.ke/ so as to reach the Institute on or before MIDNIGHT on FRIDAY 10TH JANUARY, 2025.Interested and qualified?

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