Senior Legal Officer - NGEC

The National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) is a Constitutional Commission established by the National Gender and Equality Commission Act No. 15 of 2011 pursuant to Article 59 (4) & (5) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010.

The Commission’s mandate is to promote gender equality and free-dom from discrimination for all people in Kenya with a focus on special interest groups, which include women, children, youth, persons with disabilities (PWDs), older members of society, minorities, and marginalized groups.

The Commission is seeking to recruit a highly motivated, visionary, dynamic and results-oriented candidate to fill the following position:

SENIOR LEGAL OFFICERNGEC SCALE 5

REF: NGEC/HR/1/9/2026

1 POST

Remuneration (Basic Salary): Ksh. 183,000 - 269,300

House Allowance Ksh. As per the posting Station.

Commuter Allowance Ksh. 14,000

Leave Allowance: As existing in the Commission

Annual Leave: 30 Working days per financial year

Medical Cover: As existing in the Commission

Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

1. Served in the grade of Legal Officer I or in a relevant and comparable position for a minimum period of three (3) years;

2. A Bachelor’s of Laws (LLB) from a recognized institution;

3. Been admitted as an Advocate of High Court of Kenya;

4. Have demonstrable litigation experience of at least Six (6) years in the areas of constitutional, human rights, criminal, family and succession law;

5. Attended a Senior Management course in a recognized institution;

6. Been a member of a relevant Professional Body;

7. Met the requirements of Chapter six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010;

8. Computer Skills; and

9. Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Duties and Responsibilities

An officer at this level may be deployed in either of the following functional areas: Legal, Complaints and Investigations or Redress.

Legal services division

At the Legal Services Division, an officer will be responsible for the following duties and responsibilities:

1. Conducting litigation and other court proceedings;

2. Developing legal advisories, briefs and opinions;

3. Formulating and implementing policies and strategies on legal and advisory services for the Commission;

4. Formulating, reviewing and following-up of contracts, agreements, memorandums of understanding and other related documents; and

5. Instituting inquiries on various emerging topical issues.

Complaints and Investigations

At the Complaints and Investigations Division, an officer will be responsible for the following duties and responsibilities:

1. Processing complaints on violations of principles of equality and freedom from discrimination;

2. Investigating violations of the principle of equality and freedom from discrimination and making recommendations for the improvement of the functioning of the institutions concerned;

3. Facilitating and handling the referral mechanism of complaints to respective bodies and organizations;

4. Conducting regional visits and investigations of any violations of equality and discrimination; and

5. Developing and maintaining data base, files and records on complaints and investigations.

Redress Division

At the Redress Division, an officer will be responsible for the following duties and responsibilities:

1. Facilitating and conducting negotiation, mediation and reconciliations in appropriate circumstances;

2. Conducting Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in appropriate circumstances;

3. Surveying existing formal and informal in-country Grievance Redress Mechanism System (GRMS) in matters related to special interest groups (SIGs);

4. Working with relevant public and private sector institutions, civil society and Non-Governmental Organizations to design and implement formal/institutionalized GRMS to ensure complaints ad grievances are addressed efficiently and effectively;

5. Conducting needs assessment to determine the GRM’s scope and scale and identify resource gaps;

6. Development of standard operating procedures and flow charts that codify how grievances will be redressed for all stages of the process in the various SIG’s programmes;

7. Engagement and training of communities on how to undertake grievance redress activities;

8. Developing and publicizing SIGs programmes grievance redress policies and guidelines defining the scope of grievance and types of grievances addressed; setting out user-friendly procedure for lodging grievances; outlining a grievance redress structure; describing performance standards; and spelling out internal review mechanisms;

9. Issuing and publicizing grievance redress policy; and

10. Developing and undertaking training programmes and public education on how to handle grievances including information about interacting with beneficiaries about grievances, internal policies and procedures in relation to grievance redress.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates who meet the minimum requirements should submit their applications together with;

i. A cover letter;

ii. A detailed Curriculum Vitae indicating current position, qualifications, work experience; and names of three (3) referees with their mobile telephone and e-mail contacts.

iii. A copy of the National Identity Card; and

iv. Copies of Academic and Professional Certificates;

Please Note that:

i. The National Gender and Equality Commission is an equal-opportunity employer. Persons with Disability, Youth, Women and People from Minority and Marginalized communities are encouraged to apply.

ii. The Commission does not ask for any money nor ask applicants to undergo any medical examination.

iii. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

iv. Shortlisted candidates shall be required to produce their original academic and professional certificates and other testimonials during the interview;

v. Only successful candidate will be notified and will be required to provide clearance certificates from KRA, DCI (Police Clearance), EACC, HELB and CRB.

vi. It is a criminal offence for any applicant to provide false information and documents in the job application.

vii. Canvassing in any form will lead to automatic disqualification

All applications MUST BE SUBMITTED IN HARD COPY ONLY, addressed to:

The Commission Secretary/CEO

The National Gender and Equality Commission

Solution Tech Place, 1st Floor, Longonot Road, Upper Hill

P O Box 27512-00506, NAIROBI

Posted or Hand-delivered applications should reach the Commission Secretary/CEO

on or before 28th October, 2026 before 5.00 pm

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