Tatu City

Special Economic Zone for industrial development

Legal Assistant

Administrative SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeTatu City, KenyaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A minimum of two years’ experience working as a paralegal in a busy law firm.
A university degree or diploma relevant to the position.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and document management systems.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and optimize the legal team’s document and knowledge management systems, including Egnyte and Contract Express.
Digitize, classify, and securely store contracts, pleadings, transaction documents, and correspondence.
Ensure compliance with data protection laws, including GDPR and the Kenya Data Protection Act, and internal IT security protocols.
Digitally manage the contract lifecycle, including version control, e-signatures, and automated renewals and 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.
Initiate and monitor payment of invoices to external legal counsels on the procurement management system.
Review critical dates and evaluate documentation terms.
Draft generic correspondence.
Follow up on deadlines, commitments, and actions, and coordinate and communicate with the Tatu City team regarding tasks assigned to the legal team.
Complete tasks in accordance with agreed deadlines and quality standards, meeting or exceeding internal and external stakeholder expectations.
Support the in-house legal team with additional support tasks.

Desired Qualifications

Familiarity with real estate and corporate or commercial law is an added advantage.

Legal Assistant

Tatu City · Tatu City, Kenya · — · Posted 2025-11-11

Workplace: on_site

Department: Legal Department

Description

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

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About the Company

Tatu City

Special Economic Zone for industrial development

Tatu City develops Kenya’s first operational Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and a 5,000-acre mixed-use city created by Rendeavour. It provides infrastructure-ready plots and fully developed spaces across industrial, residential, office, and educational uses within an SEZ designed to ease permits and services for businesses, backed by international investors. It differentiates itself by offering a government-recognized SEZ plus a complete ecosystem—homes, offices, schools, and recreation—within one regulated, long-term project. Its goal is to accelerate Kenya’s economic growth by attracting investment and enabling companies to set up, hire people, and expand, aligned with Vision 2030.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Nakuru, Kenya
Founded: 2008

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