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