Location: Nairobi with travel to other Victory Farms Sites

Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Commercial and Contractual Support

• Draft, review, and negotiate all commercial contracts including supply agreements, processing and logistics contracts, distributor and customer contracts, NDAs, MOUs, and service agreements.
• Track key obligations, renewal dates, and termination rights.

2. Land, Lake and Property Risk

• Support the legal management of land purchases and leases, lake use rights and site access, subdivisions, successions, and any title regularization processes.

3. Regulatory and Government Compliance

• Advise on and support compliance with fisheries and aquaculture regulations, environmental and water use licenses, county cess, permits, and business licenses, public health and food safety rules.
• Interface with County governments, Fisheries authorities, NEMA, regulators, Inspectors and auditors.

4. Employment and Labour Matters

• Provide legal support on disciplinary hearings, show-cause and termination processes, and employment classifications (casual, contract, permanent) as well as compliance with overtime, wages, and statutory benefits.
• Ensure compliance with Employment Act, Labour Relations law, minimum wage and working hours regulations.

5. Immigration and Expatriate Management

• Support legal compliance for work permits and visas, expatriates’ contracts and assignments, Immigration audits and renewals.
• Coordinate with the Legal and Immigration Clerk and government agencies.

6. Disputes and Litigation Management

• Manage external counsel on cases involving Labour claims, land disputes, commercial and regulatory matters.
• Instruct, coordinate, and supervise external counsel.
• Prepare legal strategies, pleadings, and settlement positions.

7. Corporate and Governance Support

• Prepare board resolutions, regulatory filings and corporate records.

8. Data, Compliance and Risk

• Support the Data Protection Officer on Data Protection Act compliance, investigations and breach responses.
• Identify and escalate legal risks that could shut down operations, trigger fines or license loss and damage the company’s reputation

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Post-Graduate Diploma (Advocates Training Programme or equivalent)
• Admitted Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Commercial law, Employment and regulatory law, Land or project-based legal work.
• Data Protection certification with proven practical experience.
• Experience dealing with Government agencies, Regulators, Large operational businesses.
• Strong contract drafting and negotiation.
• Ability to convert legal principles into actionable business guidance.
• High attention to detail and risk awareness.

Benefit:

• Visibility into the world’s fastest growing aquaculture company.
• Ideal for a candidate looking to dive into a mission-oriented Organization.
• The team is committed to the candidate’s success and will provide coaching, mentorship, and unique exposure to people and experiences that come from the most successful leaders in the entrepreneurial community and the social sector.

About Victory Farms

Victory Farms (VF) was established on Lake Victoria in 2016 with both on-shore and off-shore facilities. The head office is in Nairobi, and its Farm site is in Homa Bay County, with distribution across Kenya. VF has since become one of the fastest growing companies in aquaculture globally. In its first eight months of operation, the Company became the largest aquaculture producer in Kenya. Victory Farms aims to become the leading tilapia farm in Africa over the next 5 years while maintaining the highest environmental and social standards; as the most sustainable tilapia farm in the world, adhering to global standards and best practices, and producing affordable, sustainable protein to feed millions of people across Africa. Today, it is the largest commercial aquaculture player in East Africa and operates one of largest hatcheries on the continent.

The Company is continuing to rapidly expand its vertically integrated model: production, processing, and sales & distribution, to keep pace with the rapid growth in demand for protein. To support this, Victory Farms employs world class technologies, people, and processes to build its model for sustainable protein production on the continent. VF strives for the highest standards in performance, execution, culture, and integrity.

VF’s growth trajectory provides enormous opportunity for excited professionals to uplift their careers and make an impact within a diverse operation. We recognize the utmost importance which contributions by individuals and teams have to the success of Victory Farms. We work to create a fantastic environment for our employees. An environment where employees have an opportunity to develop professionally and personally.

How to Apply

Please send your 2 – page CV and cover letter expressing your interest and qualifications to recruit@victoryfarmskenya.com. Indicate the Job Title as the email subject – Associate Legal Counsel