Corporation Secretary And Legal Services
Published:CUE 2- Advertised Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2026
- Closing Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2026
- 17:00:00
Job Purpose / Executive Summary
The Legal officers are responsible for provision of secretarial, Legal, and compliance services and providing advisory services to the Board and Management.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Arranging the business of the Board’s and keeping records of the proceedings
- Providing advice on legal and corporate matters to the CUE through interpretation and writing legal opinions
- Providing secretariat services to the Board
- Ensuring compliance with statutes, regulations and procedures
- Formulating legal opinions and reports on various issues affecting the Board
- Formulating, vetting, reviewing, negotiating contracts, leases, agreements and memorandums of understanding
- Reviewing the Board’s legal framework and advising on levels of compliance by sector players
- Coordinating formulation and reviewing of the Board’s policies to ensure that they are in line with relevant laws and Government Circulars
- Coordinating litigation management by liaising with the office of the Attorney General to ensure adequate representation of the Board
- Ensuring that requisite information and evidence on legal matters involving on the Board is compiled and proper instructions issued to the office of Attorney General
- Negotiating disputes with a view to settling them out of court
- Coordinating legal audits to measure the Board’s level of compliance with various legal requirements
- Identify legal risks and advice on mitigation measures
- Setting of performance targets, work plans, managing, supervising and developing staff for the legal services unit
- Representing the Board in legal fora
- Arranging the business of the Board’s and keeping records of the proceedings
- Providing advice on legal and corporate matters to the CUE through interpretation and writing legal opinions
- Providing secretariat services to the Board
- Ensuring compliance with statutes, regulations and procedures
- Formulating legal opinions and reports on various issues affecting the Board
- Formulating, vetting, reviewing, negotiating contracts, leases, agreements and memorandums of understanding
- Reviewing the Board’s legal framework and advising on levels of compliance by sector players
- Coordinating formulation and reviewing of the Board’s policies to ensure that they are in line with relevant laws and Government Circulars
- Coordinating litigation management by liaising with the office of the Attorney General to ensure adequate representation of the Board
- Ensuring that requisite information and evidence on legal matters involving on the Board is compiled and proper instructions issued to the office of Attorney General
- Negotiating disputes with a view to settling them out of court
- Coordinating legal audits to measure the Board’s level of compliance with various legal requirements
- Identify legal risks and advice on mitigation measures
- Setting of performance targets, work plans, managing, supervising and developing staff for the legal services unit
- Representing the Board in legal fora
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Job Type
Permanent
No. of Vacancies
1
Job Grade
CUE 2
Location
Address:Red Hill Road,off Limuru Road,Gigiri
Phone No:020-7205000
City:NAIROBI
Post Code:
Email Address:info@cue.or.ke
Our Vision:Quality, relevant and sustainable university education
Our Mission:To promote and assure quality, relevant, and sustainable university education by setting standards, monitoring compliance, undertaking research and providing policy advisory
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