Employment Law Counsel
At M-KOPA,
We Finance Progress.
The scale and impact of our work is massive.
M-KOPA is a fast-growing FinTech company offering millions of underbanked
customers across Africa access to life-enhancing products and services. From
our roots as the pioneer in pay-as-you-go “PayGo’” solar energy for off-grid
homes, we have grown into one of the most advanced connected asset financing
platforms in the world, empowering a broad range of customers to achieve
progress in their lives.
Want to know more about M-KOPA? Click this link: About M-KOPA
JOB PURPOSE:
Support all M-KOPA markets with end-to-end
employment-related issues.
Duties &
Responsibilities
(Main activities undertaken
by the jobholder and reflective of the most important features of the job)
- Provide
strategic legal guidance and counseling on a broad spectrum of employment
law issues, including recruiting, diversity and inclusion, employee
relations, performance management, leaves of absence and accommodations,
wage and hour, pay equity, internal investigations, compensation and
benefits, privacy, contingent workers, and immigration.
- Review,
develop and maintain employment practices and policies and provide
guidance on drafting and development of HR policies and procedures.
- Draft
and review employment-related agreements, templates, and employment
contracts.
- Create,
conduct, implement and provide guidance on labor and employment-related
training and education of labor and employment-related topics.
- Investigate
and respond to claims, demand letters, administrative complaints, audits,
and other employment-related inquiries.
- Ensure
compliance of employment laws in jurisdictions M-KOPA operates in and
Monitor developments of such laws to ensure continued compliance
- Participate
and where necessary manage employment-related litigations against the
organization working with outside counsel
- Handle
discovery for litigation matters including collecting and reviewing
documents, providing guidance to outside counsel, and engaging in strategy
discussions with internal and external counsel.
- Manage
and/or provide counsel on employment-related investigations in partnership
with human resources, internal audit, fraud, or other departments
- Support
special projects for the company, including but not limited to compliance,
litigation management, reporting, and other projects.
- Assist
with employment-related due diligence, queries for transactions, and from
stakeholders
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
·
- This
position reports to the Head of
Compliance.
Qualifications
(Minimum level of
experience, skills and competencies, licences & certifications and
education required to perform effectively in the role)
- Minimum
3 years labor and employment law experience
- Bachelor
of Laws LLB (UK qualified an added advantage)
- Managed
employment issues for different jurisdictions added advantage
- Employment
litigation experience
- A
practical, business-oriented approach and excellent communication skills
with the ability to distill complex legal concepts into simple, actionable
recommendations
- High
level of integrity and professionalism
How to Apply
M-KOPA is an equal opportunity and affirmative
action employer committed to assembling a diverse, broadly trained staff.
Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to
apply.
M-KOPA does not collect/charge any money as a
pre-employment or post-employment requirement. This means that we never ask for
‘recruitment fees’, ‘processing fees’, ‘interview fees’ or any other kind of
money in exchange for offer letters or interviews at any time during the hiring
process.