Kenya Power & Lighting Company Limited Career Opportunity

Applications are invited for the following vacancies with The Kenya Power & Lighting Company Limited.

Legal Officer
(1 Post)
Job Ref:- HR: KPLC1/5CB/3-70

Duties & Responsibilities

Reporting to the Deputy Manager, Legal Services, the Legal Officer will be allocated the following duties:

• Participating in drawing and vetting of contracts, leases and other legal instruments to ensure statutory compliance, drafting responses to queries and correspondences as necessary.
• Liaising with regulators on issues pertaining to licensing and regulatory affairs.
• Liaising with company witnesses and external advocates on litigation matters.
• Participating in providing legal advise/opinion and reports on legal matters as may be required.
• Participating in tender openings to facilitate procurement.
• Compiling evidence and other information on cases and forwarding to external lawyers.
• Compiling reports on legal matters as necessary.
• Safe custody of legal documents and other securities in their possession.
• Participating in resolving disputes with customer and other parties.
• Undertaking other tasks that may be assigned.

Appointment Requirements/Qualifications

• Bachelor of Law degree from a recognised institution.
• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
• Member of Law Society of Kenya.
• Four (4) years relevant work experience.
• IT user skills.

Dean of Students
(1 Post)
Job Ref:- HR: KPLC1/5CB/3-56

Duties & Responsibilities

Reporting to the Principal, Training School, the Dean of Students will be responsible for the following duties:

• Counseling students on all types of problems to ensure their moral, spiritual and social growth in addition to their academic growth.
• Administering the students' code of conduct ensuring that strict discipline is enforced amongst students at all times.
• Establishing a network through students' representatives, staff, clubs and individual meetings to be in touch with student's problems that may require the schools immediate attention.
• Networking with other similar institutions and organizations to keep abreast with new development initiatives and student problems and recommend appropriate actions.
• Organizing interactive forums with students from similar institutions to facilitate sharing of ideas and experiences.
• Coordinating sporting and entertainment activities in the school to enhance physical and social growth of the students.
• Organizing student's induction programmes including external speakers on relevant areas of the student social, moral and spiritual growth.
• Ensuring students security in the hostels and maintaining a conducive learning environment in the school.
• Drawing administering and controlling the student's welfare budget.
• Implementing the school's disciplinary committee decisions.
• Performing any other duties as may be assigned.

Appointment Requirements/Qualifications

Applications should be in possession of the following:

• Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences or equivalent from a recognized University.
• Diploma in Counseling Psychology or comparable qualifications from a recognised institution.
• At least four (4) years relevant work experience.
• Good IT user skills.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Assertive and team player.

Interested persons should send their applications, CVs, copies of certificates and relevant testimonials, reliable telephone contact and names of three referees to:

Chief Manager, Human Resources & Administration,
The Kenya Power & Lighting Company Limited,
P.O Box 30099-00100,
Nairobi.

(Quote job reference on the envelope).

OR

Applicants may also email copies of their applications and scanned copies of their testimonials to recruitment @ kplc.co.ke so as to reach not later than Thursday 30th July 2009.

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.

The Kenya Power & Lighting Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer