One Acre Fund Associate General Counsel Jobs 2021 – Kenya NGO Jobs

One Acre Fund Associate General Counsel Jobs 2021 – Kenya NGO Jobs. One Acre Fund Kenya looking for “Associate General Counsel“. Applicants with a degree in Degree in Law may apply on or before 23 August 2021.

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, our farmers harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.

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One Acre Fund Associate General Counsel Jobs 2021

The One Acre Fund has published a job vacancy announcement on 1st June 2021 for qualified Kenyans to fill in the vacant post of Associate General Counsel to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Recruiter One Acre Fund
Position Associate General Counsel
Location Nairobi, Kenya
Country Kenya
Total Vacant Post N/A
Qualification Degree in Law
Experience Required Minimum Five years
Application Deadline 23 August 2021

One Acre Fund Job Vacancy 2021

Responsibilities:

  • Review and draft major contracts and standard commercial agreements across our different geographical and operational areas of work.
  • Provide legal advice on regulatory and legal matters for One Acre Fund’s field operations and innovations.
  • Support contract negotiation and work with business teams to develop relationships with contractors, vendors and government partners.
  • Manage relationships with outside counsel, vendors and other partners.
  • Support our internal investigations team.
  • Advise human resources teams on employment law requirements.
  • Advise on and institute systems for global compliance.
  • Develop internal policies and standard operating procedures for managing legal and operational risk across different areas of business and operations.
  • Help with other related general legal tasks to meet departmental and organizational priorities.

Position in Organization:

  • Job Location: Kigali, Rwanda or Nairobi, Kenya
  • Application DeadLine: 23 August 2021
  • Language: English required, working proficiency in French a plus.
  • Benefits: Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits

Qualification:

  • Degree In Law.

Experience

  • 5-10+ years of legal work experience preferably with an international law firm or international in-house legal team (lawyers with more experience may be considered for a more senior role)
  • Admitted to practice in at least one jurisdiction.
  • Can easily coordinate many unrelated projects at the same time. You need to be very comfortable working across all areas where One Acre Fund needs legal support and mixing those areas daily.
  • Commercial approach to problem-solving. We operate as a business and need to facilitate transactions efficiently.
  • Experience managing complex transactional work in a corporate, non-profit or in-house practice setting.
  • Strong work ethic that fosters collaboration within the legal team and across countries and departments.
  • You need to be an excellent and concise writer who can explain complex legal issues to non-lawyers in simple plain English.
  • Travel: while based in Nairobi or Kigali, you will have some travel within East Africa, but likely no more than 25% depending on where you are based.

Other Details

  • Contract Type: Permanent
  • Selection Process: Interview
  • Salary: negotiable
  • Application Process: Online

How to Apply One Acre Fund Associate General Counsel Jobs 2021

Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.

Then to apply, go to https://oneacrefund.org/work-with-us/job-openings/g/?gh_jid=3168834

The Closing Date: 23 August 2021.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Particulars Details Link
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Official Website oneacrefund.org
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