Legal Advisor (Insurance) at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• To provide proactive professional legal advice and legal risk management services to internal clients to mitigate the insurers legal risk. Assist Legal Head (Nedbank Insurance) in the development and implementation of structures and processes for the effective and efficient provision and delivery of insurance wide legal services, risk management, legal and regulatory compliance. 

Job Responsibilities

• Draft, review, vet and negotiate contracts on behalf of business to ensure that legal contractual risk is managed adequately and effectively
• Support Legal Head to provide support in the negotiations, and subsequent drafting of contracts and related commercial agreements in a consistent manner
• Ensure that adequate and effective systems, processes and practises are in place for contract management, litigation management, advisory services and regulatory developments
• Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values by reviewing Nedbank’s and Nedbank Insurance’s Business Plan and ensuring delivered systems, process, services and solutions are aligned
• Achieve goals and objectives by understanding and embracing the Nedbank vision and demonstrate the Nedbank values through interaction with team and stakeholders
• Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in field of expertise by identifying training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from managers
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities by ensuring all learning activities are completed, experience practiced and certifications obtained and/or maintained within specified time frame
• Enable skilling and required corrective action to take place by sharing knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction
• Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes (e.g. operational processes) that will improve the functioning of stakeholders' businesses by highlighting benefits in support of the implementation of recommendations
• Facilitate and promote knowledge and skills transfer within Legal team and across the business
• Promote and foster good teamwork and collaboration across the Group and Legal Clusters
• Add value to Nedbank and Nedbank Insurance by identifying and recommending opportunities to enhance processes, systems and policies and support implementation of new processes, policies and systems
• Deliver on risk and compliance related projects by tracking progress and ensuring completion within specified time frames
• Ensure delivery on projects by planning individual activities according to business needs and monitoring actions
• Minimize overall business risks by engaging and obtaining stakeholders' view of where risks exists
• Make an informed recommendation to stakeholders by evaluating identified risks and by conducting observations; analysing data and interviewing relevant parties
• Foster good relationships and promote business understanding by engaging in effective communication with stakeholders
• Ensure full understanding of changes on relevant legislative issues by conducting ad hoc training. 

Job Responsibilities Continue

• Ensure that the recommended actions are taken by participating in internal and external audit processes and subsequently follow-ups with relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure the requirement of risk, governance and compliance are addressed by embedding a risk culture within Nedbank.
• Provide advice by responding to ad hoc risk requests and queries.
• Support the achievement of the business strategy; objectives and values by reviewing Nedbank and Business Unit Plan and ensuring delivered systems; process; services and solutions are aligned.
• Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in field of expertise by identifying training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from managers.
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities by ensuring all learning activities are completed; experience practiced and certifications obtained and/or maintained within specified time frames.
• Enable skilling and required corrective action to take place by sharing knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction.
• Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhnance processes (e.g. operational processes) that will improve the functioning of stakeholders' businesses by highlighting benefit in support of the implementation of recommendations.

People Specification

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• Bachelor of Arts: Law , B.Com (Law), LLB

Essential Certifications

• Admitted Attorney

Minimum Experience Level

• 3 - 4 years post articles experience within the Financial Services (Insurance Industry is advantageous) 
• Strong capability in drafting and negotiating agreements.
• Banking Law and Insurance Law
• Commercial Contracts
• Drafting legal opinions

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Business principles
• Business writing
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Nedbank culture and values
• Nedbank policies and procedures
• Nedbank vision and strategy
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Relevant software and systems knowledge
• Stakeholder management
• Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms

Behavioural Competencies

• Communication
• Decision Making
• Managing Work
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Continuous Learning
• Innovation

Closing Date: 19 February 2026