Legal Job Openings at Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator

Responsibilities:

• Assess jurisdiction of OPFA to investigate a complaint.
• Conduct proper investigation of complaints in accordance with legal principles and prepare file for adjudication.
• Ensure that the parties to a complaint are properly identified and cited in correspondence.
• Send out properly drafted correspondence.
• Request relevant information from the identified parties to a complaint for purposes of investigation.
• Assess submissions from the parties to a complaint and recommend further action to the Team Leader.
• Implements instructions received from the Team Leader.
• Bring extraordinary requests from parties to the attention of the Team Leader for guidance as soon as is received.
• Engage with parties to a complaint in relation to the administrative aspects of the file/investigation.
• Draft settlement and out of jurisdiction letters for approval by the Team Leader.
• Follow up on undertakings to respond.
• Maintain a proper record of all complaints allocated including a record of all correspondence relating to a complaint, proof of service, telephone calls, emails, etc.
• Ensure all information is captured and processed on the OPFA case management system.
• Submit weekly and monthly statistics to the Team Leader.

Requirements

• LLB degree
• Certificate in Pension Funds law (Added advantage).
• Three years’ experience in administrative function or twelve months in an ombud office.
• Previous work experience in the financial sector (Added advantage).

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Responsibilities:

• Attend to walk in complaints in lodging new complaints.
• Draft and send initial letters to the parties.
• Draft and send reply/follow-up letters.
• Ensure documents are sent to the correct parties.
• Receive responses and replies as well as saving them on Software system (Respond).
• Engage and Investigation of complaints as well as drafting of determinations in terms of the workflow.
• Engage with parties to a complaint in relation to the administrative aspects of the file/investigation.
• Prepare draft letters based on research and direction given by the team leader.
• Request for reply to letters from complainant.
• Request confirmation of settlement from the parties.
• Peruse responses from parties and advise the team leader if further information is required.
• Follow up on undertakings to respond.
• Request all necessary investigation reports.
• Keep record of all files allocated to them.
• Keep all correspondence relating to a complaint together including telephone calls, emails, etc.
• Submit weekly and monthly statistics to the team leader.

Requirements

• LLB degree
• Certificate in Pension Funds law (Added advantage).
• Practical Legal Training (added advantage)