Job Requirements

Education: Post-graduate education

Work experience:10 years

Language skills: English

Job Summary

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws degree from a recognised institution.
• Master of Laws degree from a recognised institution.

Professional Qualifications / Membership to Professional Bodies

• Be an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
• Membership in good standing with the Law Society of Kenya.

Previous Relevant Work Experience Required

• Satisfactorily served for a cumulative nine (9) years, three (3) of which must have been in the grade of Senior Legal Officer or a comparable position.

Responsibilities

Managerial / Supervisory Responsibilities

• Facilitating interpretation, evaluation, and reviewing compliance of enabling legal instruments for requisitions for withdrawal of funds.
• Analyzing and reviewing legal opinions on the compliance of the budget process with the constitutional, statutory, and regulatory provisions.
• Reviewing and providing recommendations on legal compliance of the formats for requisitions and approvals of withdrawals of funds.
• Reviewing and providing legal opinions on budget implementation reports for the National and County governments and on special reports to Parliament on stoppage of funds or issues as may be requested by Parliament or the County Assemblies.
• Formulating and reviewing legal guidelines and procedures and rendering appropriate advice to enhance the Medium-Term Papers (MTP), Budget Policy Statement (BPS), Budget Review and Outlook Papers (BROP), County Fiscal Strategy Papers (CFSP), County Budget Review Outlook Papers, and County Debt Management Strategy Papers.
• Issuing legal opinions and making appropriate recommendations on special reports on particular issues as may be requested by Parliament or the County Assemblies.

Financial Responsibility

• Implementation of the budget for the directorate.

Responsibility for Physical Assets

• Responsible for the assets assigned by the Office of the Controller of Budget as per the office’s asset register.

Application Process

Qualified interested candidates should submit their applications quoting the job
title on both the envelope and the cover letter.

Enclose a detailed and up-to-date curriculum vitae indicating your current
remuneration, home county, e-mail address and reliable daytime telephone
contacts, and copies of your certificates, testimonials and national identity card.

You should also provide the names of two referees who must be familiar with your
previous work/academic experience indicating their telephone, postal and email
addresses. Please note that it is a criminal offence to provide false information and
documents in the job application.

Upon being successful and granted an offer of employment, the successful
candidate MUST present clearances and satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of
the Constitution of Kenya 2010 by providing copies of the following;
1. Tax compliance certificate from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
2. Certificate of Good Conduct from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation
(DCI)
3. Clearance certificate from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB
4. Clearance Form from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)

Applications should be sent by post or hand delivered to our office addressed to:

The Controller of Budget
Bima House 12th Floor, Harambee Avenue.
P.O Box 35616-00100 Nairobi

So as to reach the Office of the Controller of Budget by 1st
at April, 2025 at 5.00 pm.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
The Office of the Controller of Budget is an equal opportunity employer.