Junior Legal Advisor at Secondments

Job Advert Summary

• To be responsible for drafting and reviewing standard legal agreements, conducting legal research and legal related administrative tasks within the legal team.
• Perform accurate legal research and analysis.
• Interpret laws, rulings and regulations in legal documents.
• Compile, proofread and revise drafts of legal documents and reports.
• Daily record keeping with electronic and hard copy filing of documents.
• Obtain relevant information for Legal Advisors as and when required
• Create and organize information and generate reference tools for easy use by the office.
• Prepare and format legal and management reports.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB).
• Registered with professional bodies – (advantageous)
• Admitted Attorney or advocate (advantageous)
• At least 3 years job-related experience

Technical Requirements

• Pension Funds Act and other Laws, Regulations associated circulars issued by Financial Sector Conduct Authority
• Working knowledge of
• Retirement Fund Laws
• Income Tax Act
• Labour Relations Act
• Divorce Act
• Corporate Laws (advantageous)
• The ability to use standard software packages (eg Microsoft Office) and to learn bespoke packages if required.
• Report writing
• Contract drafting
• Legal record keeping
• Dispute resolution: Handling formal and informal complaints referred by Regulators and clients

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide legal and administrative support to Legal Advisors
• Perform accurate legal research and analysis.
• Interpret laws, rulings and regulations in legal documents.
• Compile, proofread and revise drafts of legal documents and reports.
• Daily record keeping with electronic and hard copy filing of documents.
• Obtain relevant information for Legal Advisors as and when required
• Create and organize information and generate reference tools for easy use by the office.
• Prepare and format legal and management reports.
• Maintain and update databases and tracking systems.
• Respond to all assigned queries.
• Ensure that summonses and other court related documents served on the company are dealt with in accordance with appropriate procedure.
• Investigate and compile reports outlining action plans related to summonses and court orders.
• Draft initial standard documentation for authorisation by Manager e.g acknowledgement of debt, rules and contracts.
• Maintain the legal records as required by law and make available when required by the authorized people
• Provide assistance in the administration of the company Rules by maintaining a library of documents related to rules and benefits and updating the rulebook as necessary
• Provide inputs in the compilation of annual audit report, at financial year-end within stipulated time frames

Ensure legislative compliance

• Assist in the management and delivery of internal company compliance requirements
• Assist in developing and implementing governance policies to ensure compliance with statutory and/or regulatory requirements
• Assist with the management of relationships with the internal and external stakeholders
• Assist in the management and processing of statutory and/or regulatory related obligations in respect of fund rules
• Assist to prepare, lodge and manage statutory or regulatory applications and exemption applications.
• Draft responses to Pension Funds Adjudicator and FSCA.