Location: Roo Bay, Homabay

Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Land, Title and Conveyancing Control

• Manage and verify all the company’s title deeds, leases and land records.
• Lead land transfers, successions, subdivisions, leases and registrations.
• Track the status of every parcel in the company’s land bank.
• Identify and resolve missing titles, registry inconsistencies, overlaps, road reserves and encroachments.

2. Development and Site Protection

• Confirm which buildings, hatcheries, houses, warehouses and infrastructure sit on which parcel numbers.
• Ensure all developments are situated on properly titled land, covered by valid legal rights and do not encroach on third-party property.
• Support lenders, valuers, auditors and investors on land verification.

3. Community and Landowner Transactions

• Support negotiations and documentation with landowners, beneficiaries in succession matters and community representatives.
• Ensure contracts, payment milestones and land handovers are legally enforceable.

4. Registry and Government Interface

• Liaise directly with lands registries, surveyors, valuers, county offices and advocates.
• Follow up on all applications, searches, consents and registrations.

5. Legal and Compliance Support at Farm Level

• Support local disputes, labor issues, regulatory inspections, notices and enforcement actions.
• Assist the central legal team on investigations and compliance matters affecting the farm.

Qualifications and Experience

• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya or LLB with strong conveyancing background.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in conveyancing, land law and registries and succession matters.
• Proven hands-on experience with land transfers, subdivisions, title regularization and community land issues.
• Strong knowledge of land law and conveyancing practices.
• Excellent follow-up skills with the ability to navigate land registries effectively.
• Ability to work in rural and operational environments.
• High integrity with strong document control.
• Comfortable engaging with community and government stakeholders.

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 – Land Transaction Lead.