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  • Posted: Mar 30, 2017
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Mutual & Federal is the oldest short-term insurer in southern Africa with a history that dates back more than 180 years. As one of the leading players in southern Africa’s short-term insurance landscape, we are justifiably proud of our tradition of service and quality, as well as our range of products - which are amongst the best on offer anywhere ...
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    Legal Advisor Advanced

    Job description

    Detailed Description

    • Provide and/or facilitate delivery of legal advice, guidance and support to enable the business to achieve its business imperatives.
    • Manage the delivery of litigation support to the
    • business and manage legal costs by being proactive in legal matters.
    • Research and remain up to date with all legislative developments and advise business on aligning changes to business imperatives.
    • Implement the Company’s legal risk management strategy for identifying and managing legal risks within the business.
    • Demonstrate an understanding of the statutory and regulatory environment of the short term insurance industry.
    • Ensure that contractual documentation and other legal documents are drafted, standardised, reviewed, interpreted and vetted.
    • Represent the business interests by interfacing with and negotiating contracts and agreements with third parties, including financial institutions, clients, vendors and business partners as required.
    • Undertake other duties and special projects as requested.
    • Provide progress reports as requested.
    • Manage an effective diary system
    • Maintain service, quality and desired outputs within a specific functional process through ensuring compliance to tactical policies, procedures and standards.
    • Resolve escalated queries and complaints and provide feedbackon matters resolved.
    • Develop work routines in line with operational plans / schedules in order to manage achievement of service delivery goals.
    • Share knowledge on, and participate in the creation of new standards, control systems and procedures to maintain service delivery.
    • Develop and encourage strong team work
    • Identify potential inter-departmental problems and escalate them to higher levels
    • Engage regularly in team or group problem-solving
    • Manage areas of critical compliance and actively manage non-conformance
    • Identify, accumulate and analyse statistics that reflect on your team’s performance
    • Continually assess the technical competence of your team and take steps to develop their knowledge and skill
    • Ensure the work environment enables employees to “live” the organisation culture and values.
    • Actively participate in own professional development and career path.
    • Inducting people into the specific team and job related issues
    • Ensure adherence to financial and corporate policies and procedures, and reduce wastage related to area of accountability.
    • Take accountability for the management of business related risks within own area.
    • Operate within agreed mandates as documented in the business rules.
    • Ensure adherence to organisational policies, practices and procedures.

    Job Requirements

    • LLB or equivalent plus articles
    • Admitted as attorney or advocate
    • 5 years post-qualification experience in insurance (either in practice or in the industry)

    Additional Details

    • Handling medium to high value or complexity litigation matters
    • Manage the delivery of litigation support to business and manage legal costs by being proactive in legal matters
    • Providing legal advice, guidance and support to enable business to achieve its business objectives
    • Researching and remain up to date with legislative developments and advise business on aligning to changes
    • Drafting/vetting medium to high complexity legal agreements
    • Representing business interfacing with and negotiating contracts with third parties
    • Assisting in projects to ensure legal compliance
    • Accepts and lives the company values
    • Accountable for service delivery through own efforts
    • Collaborates effectively with others to achieve results
    • Individually accountable for managing own time, tasks and output quality for periods up to 18 months
    • Makes increased contributions by broadening individual skills
    • Contributes to the appropriate management of legal risks within areas of responsibility
    • Facilitates mitigating action and may initiate action self by training and fixing, especially where control breaks occur or are likely to occur
    • Manage effective customer service and relations and drive service excellence
    • Assists in shaping and influencing other stakeholders (OSTI/FSB)

    How To Apply

    Kindly follow the application process on Oracle

    Amount of Travel

    Work At Home

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Mutual & Federal on careers.mf.co.za to apply

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