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Legal Assistant Reliever at Homes Uniiversal
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Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
Posted 10 days ago (26 Aug 2026) Updated 10 days ago
Job Description
The Legal Assistant Reliever will support the corporate legal function of a diversified Kenyan group, handling day‑to‑day legal and administrative tasks. The role involves drafting, reviewing and organising contracts, correspondence and other legal documents while ensuring compliance and managing risk. The position is remote and operates on a three‑month contract basis, requiring strong organisational and communication skills.
Qualifications & Requirements
- • Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Law, Business Administration or related field
- • 1–3 years relevant legal experience in a law firm or corporate legal department
- • Excellent legal drafting and written communication skills
- • Strong legal research and analytical abilities
- • High attention to detail and ability to identify contractual risks
- • Strong organisational and document‑management skills
- • Ability to manage multiple matters and deadlines simultaneously
- • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
- • Ability to prepare clear legal trackers and management reports
- • Professional communication and stakeholder‑management skills
- • High integrity, discretion and confidentiality
- • Ability to work independently with limited supervision
- • Strong follow‑up and problem‑solving capabilities
- • Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet strict deadlines
- • Commercial awareness and understanding of business decision‑making
Required Skills
Responsibilities
- • Provide day‑to‑day legal and administrative support to management and the group’s legal function
- • Draft, review and organise routine legal correspondence, notices, letters, agreements, contracts and undertakings
- • Conduct legal research, identify contractual and legal risks, and maintain accurate document‑management systems
- • Prepare legal trackers, management reports and support litigation follow‑up and debt recovery
- • Liaise with internal stakeholders to ensure commercial decisions are legally sound