Senior Legal Officer
The jobholder is
responsible for providing strategic and tactical leadership to Management on
all legal matters, Undertake the execution of the legal section key mandate and
for efficient handling of litigation matters, support the provision of legal
advisory to the business, support legal stakeholder management initiatives,
processing of legal claims within the required timelines while ensuring
compliance to documentation and overall company policy.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy
Support
Management to articulate legal strategy and execution of actions aimed at
safeguarding company’s interests.
Coordinate
the recruitment of competent legal providers, monitor service delivery, and
undertake performance management.
Support
risk management initiatives through planning, scenario analysis and stakeholder
engagement to ensure appropriate mitigation actions are taken against
reputational damages and financial costs.
Litigation
Management
Maintenance of the legal
claims register
Negotiate
settlement of court awards with third party advocates.
Offer
all-round sound legal advice with key focus on cost savings and customer
satisfaction.
Reduce
overall legal costs by dealing with matters in-house through out-of-court
negotiations.
Minimize
legal risks – Identify potential legal risks & take steps to protect the
company from legal liabilities.
Manage
panel Advocates and other service providers by holding them accountable to
Service Level Agreements
Eliminate
proclamations and/or attachments against our insured.
Pursue
legal recoveries on behalf of the company.
Legal Advisory Support
Assisting
in legal research and preparing legal opinions to both external and internal
client
Provide
support on legal documentation review by confirming comprehensiveness and
adequacy of required documentation.
Assist
in reviewing and drafting contracts, agreements, and internal policies to
ensure compliance with all statutory or legal requirements.
Renegotiate
advocates fees in line with the Advocates remuneration order
Legal Claims Management
Renegotiate
advocates fees in line with the Advocates Remuneration Order.
Analyze
claims and assess injuries to claimants to determine the ones qualified for
second medical to the panel of doctors.
Analyze
claims based on evidence adduced and contents of investigations report and
recommend the ones suitable for out of court negotiations and settlements.
Carry
out thorough investigation in detecting fraud matters from claimants which are
not genuine to reduce company exposure to fraudsters.
Support
the negotiation and renegotiation of all associated legal costs.
Undertake
investigation on all suspicious legal matters to weed out fraud.
Periodical
review of legal files to ensure accurate reserves are maintained and to ensure
the files are up to date.
Legal Matters Documentation
To
process summons filed against insured by the company.
Ensure
advocate’s fee notes are processed timeously.
Ensure
judgments entered against the insured are processed and proceedings documented
properly.
Any
other duty assigned from time to timeSenior Legal Officer
Knowledge and Experience
Bachelor
of Law Degree (LLB) from a recognized institution
Diploma
from Kenya School of Law / Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
Experience:
At least five (5) years
relevant working experience
How To Apply
Applications with a detailed CV, indicating your telephone
contacts with names and addresses of three referees should be emailed to careers@paciskenya.com not later than Friday 8th September 2023.
