Job Title: Legal & Privacy Counsel
Hiring Organization: CarePay
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Healthcare
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 04/17/2024
As Legal & Privacy Counsel at CarePay / M-TIBA you support our
business on a broad range of legal and data privacy matters. In Kenya, you work
directly with our commercial and operational teams on contracting our business
partners and offer regulatory guidance to our colleagues. With our global
Compliance team, you work on other legal and data matters for the CarePay
group.
Key Responsibilities Legal:
- Contracting with
business partners (such as payers and providers of healthcare), general
terms and conditions, and contract templates for CarePay’s platform and
services.
- Advising on
regulations to support the business (e.g. on health insurance and payments
laws).
- Policies,
processes, and employee trainings, to empower our business teams and
enable compliance and business growth (e.g. on contracting, AML/CFT, ABC).
- Procurement and
vendors, including (IT) supplier contracts and insurance policies.
- Contract
management, corporate governance and housekeeping.
Key
Responsibilities Data:
- Data processing
arrangements with business partners and intra-group, privacy impact
assessments, and data processing register.
- Advising on data
privacy regulations in various jurisdictions (incl. East Africa, EU,
MENA).
- Data protection
policies, statements and processes, and employee trainings, to empower our
business teams and enable compliance and business growth.
- Regulator,
partner, and data subject management (incl. audits and reporting).
Educational
Qualifications
- University
degree in relevant field(s), e.g. Private Law, Information Law, Cyber
Security, and/or Computer Science.
- Legal courses in
contracting, IT/IP (tech), compliance, data protection and privacy, and/or
health insurance.
- 6-8 years
relevant working experience, with at least 3 years on each of legal and
data.
- Experience at
atop tier international advisory firm and as an in-house counsel.
Key
Skills And Competencies:
- Trusted adviser
to the business – able to analyze and identify the core of a problem and
address it with practical advice, balancing legal requirements with
business considerations, so that the business can achieve its goals.
- Helicopter view
with eye for detail – good understanding of how to place legal
considerations and advice in the business environment and bigger picture,
while keeping an eye for relevant details and risks.
- Master of
documents – excellent skills in review and drafting of contracts,
policies, resolutions and other legal documents, and management and
implementation of contractual requirements and policies.
- Responsible
self-starter – taking initiative and driving processes pro-actively and
independently, with accountability for the work performed and results
achieved.
- Open
communicator – open, simple and clear communication, focusing on the key
message while building personal relationships with colleagues and other
business partners.
- Flexible
professional – high level of professionalism, integrity and commitment,
mindful of (data) confidentiality issues and able to adapt to changing
situations.
