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Job Responsibilities
To support the Legal Manager with the following duties:
Supporting all legal and compliance aspects of the business;
Provide assistance to the Legal Manager, Company and any other Companies of the Group
to follow up and defend accident legal cases and liaise with external lawyers;
Assist with drafting and implementing policies and procedures to meet business and legal requirements in Zambia;
Ensure the compliance with relevant legislation including laws relating with customs, cargo requirements, HR requirements and Internal Policies;
Assist on legal compliance and/or risk with all licenses and permits and insurance policies, whenever required;
Support with Disciplinary Processes, Ill Health and Disability Cases with HR;
Support with court processes in liaison with external lawyers; Represent Company cases at the court, whenever necessary;
Support and admin work including labour matters and support the HR department;
Ensure that all company risks are insured in line with company policy.
Any other duties required by the Legal Manager
Required Skills
Good judgment and high levels of responsibility and accountability;
Hard worker, with high levels of energy and self-motivation;
Diligent with strong attention to detail;
Results orientated with delivery capabilities and good time management skills;
Planning and Organization Skills;
Decision making skills;
Able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with subordinates, co-workers, Managers,
Additional Requirements
Job Responsibilities
Liaise with management and third parties regarding all the legal and compliance aspects of the business;
Provide legal assistance to the Company and any other Companies of the Group
Manage, follow up and defend accident legal cases and liaise with external lawyers;
Draft and implement policies and procedures to meet business and legal requirements in Zambia;
Ensure the compliance with relevant legislation including laws relating with customs, cargo requirements, HR requirements and Internal Policies;
Assist and advise on legal compliance and/or risk with all licenses and permits and insurance policies, whenever required;
Manage Disciplinary Processes, Ill Health and Disability Cases with HR;
Conduct all court processes in liaison with external lawyers; Represent Company cases at the court, whenever necessary;
Provide in-house legal counselling including labour matters and support the HR department;
Liaise with insurance brokers and manage the insurance portfolio risk and insurance claims;
Collaboration with HSES department
Ensure that all company risks are insured in line with company policy.
Required Skills
Good judgment and high levels of responsibility and accountability;
Hard worker, with high levels of energy and self-motivation;
Diligent with strong attention to detail;
Results orientated with delivery capabilities and good time management skills;
Planning and Organization Skills;
Decision making skills;
Able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with subordinates, co-workers, Managers, Customers and 3rd parties;
Conflict management ability;
Pro-active management style with initiative, dynamism and assertiveness approach;
Good judgment and ability to lead by example by demonstrating high ethical and moral behaviour whilst ensuring compliance with the Health, Safety, Environmental and Security policy and Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy for yourself and any of your direct reports
Additional Requirements
Commercial Drafting
Conveyancing
Notary Publics
Deceased Estates
Investment Law
Specialising in Commercial & Corporate Law
Required Skills
Energetic
Dedicated and hard working
Additional Requirements
Our client is looking for a Paralegal/Company Secretarial to join their team
The role will be providing legal support to the company Business Units in SSA and to a growing dedicated GBS legal function across Africa (circa 11 lawyers). Assist legal counsels and corporate secretarial dept to organize and maintain corporate records. Drafting board resolutions, shareholder resolutions, powers of attorney, and updating company constitutional documents, managing capital increases, assisting in the updating of templates and form documents across SSA, assisting with legal research, aiding in the roll out of programs to ensure compliance with data protection laws across SSA.
Main Accountabilities:
Provide legal support for all lawyers/BUs and the corporate secretary for SSA. Support drafting of contracts/RFQs review, legal research, preparation of legal advice and other legal enquires from Business Partners.
Updating corporate constitutional documents to ensure compliance and harmonization with various local laws, including OHADA regulations.
Assist legal counsels to ensure all BUs comply with laws and regulations applicable to business units in country, including in particular data protection laws;
Ensuring capital increases are done when needed to prevent insolvency, etc. Drafting of shareholder and board approvals of annual accounts, appointment of new directors, managers, and the filing and approval of the audited annual accounts.
Provide general administrative support to legal team and other administrative duties as assigned by legal team.
Assist legal team in assuring organization's legal interests are best represented and protected in customer, supplier and third party contracts
Works with internal stakeholders to obtain information requested by legal team.
Finance & Projects:
Manage iShare, and keeping contract forms and templates updated
Prepares material for delivery of legal training courses on legal topics relevant to the business, including competition law, contracts training courses, etc.;
Assist with admin tasks to aid legal team, including invoice tracking, law firm onboarding, cost management, expenses
People Management
No direct report and authority over country line and functional personnel.
Required Skills
A team player
Ability to apply legal knowledge and expertise in business environment
Hardworking, very detail-oriented and well-organized, a team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Developing legal analytical skills
Able to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
Additional Requirements
Required Skills
Additional Requirements
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Ensure that the CEO and relevant stakeholders are provided with updates and reports on a regular basis, where necessary
* Handling Internal and External queries and reports pertaining to asset risks
* Actively identify, grow and leverage key regulatory/licensing relationships and knowledge to ensure compliance and governance according to company policy and local legislation as a minimum.
* Ensure great care, attention to detail, due diligence and the necessary approval from the CEO or designate is received for all new agreements prior to authorize signature.
* Assess the business’s future ventures to identify possible compliance risks
* Verification of service contracts and whether these are compliant with local legislations (whether these are professionally insured, back-to-back liabilities covered or not, business operation licenses in place, building requirements)
* Developing, overseeing, and evaluate control systems to prevent or deal with violations of legal guidelines and internal policies
* Working in collaboration with Finance concerning compliance with IFRS reporting standards
* Conducting Risk Profiling Assessment and Investigations on Companies and Clients.
* Screen, identify and verify the background of the Client, the Country’s laws and regulations involved in accordance with the relevant Anti Money Laundering (AML) legislation
* Assist in developing, implementing and maintaining internal systems and controls to help detect, monitor and report money laundering activities to the authorities so as to ensure that the company is not exposed to criminal risk, and does not inadvertently facilitate financial crime.
* Developing and maintaining a risk assessment framework for products and services, clients and customers, and other issues relating to money laundering.
* Managing the Know Your Customer and Customer Due Diligence for all the companies and ensuring that all documents are in order and ensuring compliance with international legislations such Anti Money Laundering (AML/ Comparing the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) regulations per country
* Leading in training and educating employees on the importance of following the relevant legislative and regulatory requirements. These include an explanation of the regulations, 1 the promotion of best practice and keeping staff up to date with changes in the different country laws
* Uphold the ethical integrity of the organization and also ensure that business activities are conducted using a regulatory framework
* Conduct internal audits and reviews at regular intervals to ensure that compliance procedures are regularly followed and that appropriate corrective actions are identified and closed out
Required Skills
* Communication Skills: Strong communication and interpersonal skills both verbal and written
* Strong interpersonal skills: ability to communicated and work well in a team environment as well as on an individual basis, as well as to make fast and effective decisions
* Character: Enjoys hard work and is full of energy to meet challenges; seizes opportunities when they arise and is action-orientated
* Strong negotiation skills
* Strong organization skills, with the ability to objectively and decisively priorities tasks.
* Able to establish relationships with, and influence people at all levels of the organization
* Must be able to maintain confidentiality about all legal matters
Additional Requirements
Compliance
Corporate services (company returns, board meetings)
Tenders
Conveyancing
Court representation
