# Legal Officer Job Caritas MFB Canonical URL: https://primejobalerts.com/jobs/legal-officer-job-caritas-mfb Company: Caritas MFB Category: Legal Location: Kenya Work type: Full-time Work arrangement: On-site Published: 2026-10-19 Expires: 2026-12-03 ## Job Description Legal Jobs, Caritas MFB Jobs. Legal Officer handles legal compliance, corporate governance, and commercial legal matters, requires an LL.B Degree, KSL Diploma, and 3+ years legal experience in a bank. Full-time role in Nairobi. Job Purpose Responsible for security documentation and contract management. Responsible for record keeping, custody and control of access to securities, contracts, leases, and legal & conveyancing files to ensure minimum loss of documents. Responsible for case management including the issuing of demand letters; receiving and responding to demand letters; filing of suits, court applications, defenses, affidavits; finding and preparing documents andwitnesses; andgeneralcase&vendormanagementto minimizeBank’s legal risk. ### Key Responsibilities - Issuing instructions to lawyers about perfection of securities, following up on the same with the lawyers and customers, and ensuring that they are perfected in a timely manner within approved TATs - Scrutiny of all credit & security documents and certifying as to their correctness - Preparation of legal documents including contracts, leases, & MOUs, whenever called upon to do so by any department or branch of the Bank through the unit head and ensuring their completeness before handing in the signed & stamped document for custody. - Research on and preparation of legal opinions on legal risk facing the Bank - Undertaking audits of security documents - Custodian and reporting officer for the Data Protection Act - Review all KYCdocuments to ensure compliance with existing laws and regulations - Review of all bank’s standard documentation from time to time - Assistin the drawing up and review of legal procedures, policies, and Bank products - Follow up outstanding security documents; and maintain a regular register/schedule of outstanding documents prior to disbursement - Assistthe bank on debt recovery process to ensure 100% compliance and recoveries - of hardcore existing and written off debts - Provision and interpretation of legal information to management -  Finding and preparation of witnesses forlegal cases for and against the Bank -  Finding and preparation of documentary evidence forlegal cases for and againstthe Bank - Review &approval of pleadings and other supporting documents priorto filing of applications, cases, claims, defenses, and responses - Research on and preparation of legal opinions on litigation risk facing the Bank - Prepare monthly litigation reports forthe departmentfor management&quarterly reports on changes/advances in statute and case law for the board - Review and negotiation of fee notes; and maintenance of a fee note register(s) - Maintaining department’s litigation diary - Review progress of outstanding litigation and liaise with and manage external lawyers’ objective - Attend court to watch brief - Provision and interpretation of legal information to management - Draft MOUs and review on behalf of the bank - Review all contract documents from and to all bank service providers - Work closely with the HR department to review all staff-related matters & documentation to ensure the Bank’s compliance with the Employment Act and other HR related laws. -  To perform any other duty as assigned in line with the organization goals and objectives. Requirements - Bachelor of Laws degree (LL. B) from a recognized University (Must) - Diploma – KSL (Must) - Holder of a CPS certificate (Added advantage) - Holder of a COS Certificate (Added advantage) - At least 3 years working in a Bank’s Legal department (Must) - 6 months pupilage in a busy commercial law firm in the commercial department (M) - High level of integrity and dependability - Has a strong sense of urgency and results orientation - Excellent customer service skills - Able to multitask. - A fast learner - Good communication and interpersonal skills - Good marketing and People management skills - Must be self-driven; possess excellent administrative, communication and - interpersonal skills, strong organization, and negotiation skills. ### How to Apply Click here to apply ## Apply Use the canonical Prime Job Alerts page for full application instructions and source verification.