Legal Officer - FAK at Absa Bank Limited

Job Summary

The ideal candidate should possess a strong foundation and experience in the insurance sector and insurance law, along with excellent research and communication skills.

Job Description

Litigation:

• End to end management of all insurance litigation matters.
• Maintain and monitor the summons register, litigation diary, judgments register, and any other necessary registers/diaries.
• Receive and review legal summons and other legal documents.
• Undertake negotiations with third parties and achieve the set savings targets.
• Appoint service providers where necessary and ensure adequate level of service is maintained.
• Determine the reserves for each matter and confirm the reserve is in line with the guidelines.
• Ensure all opinions and files coming up for hearing are reviewed and instructions given to the lawyers.

Judgments & Appeals:

• Review all judgements within the set TAT and process payment.
• Review all outstanding appeals.

Recovery:

• Ensure recovery of matters where Third Party are to blame for a loss and update the register. 
• Triannual review of advocate status report and ensuring the files are up to date.
• Preparing recovery reports & opinions.
• Approving all recovery debits as per the approval limits

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from a recognized institution.
• Must be an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya
• A registered member of the Law Society of Kenya in good standing.
• At least 4 years’ experience legal practice in Insurance/financial institution
• An eye for detail, strong organizational skills and able to take responsibility for own workload.
• Demonstrated integrity and professional competence as reflected in work performance and results.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
• Must be a team player.