JOB DETAILS:
Legal And Company Secretary
SONARWA Life Assurance Company Limited (SONARWA LIFE) a public Limited Liability company registered under the laws of Rwanda and licensed by the National Bank of Rwanda to transact the business of Life Assurance & Pension management is looking to recruit a competent & experience person to take on the role of Legal and Company Secretary
Responsibilities:
• Monitor compliance with the legal policies and procedures to ensure compliance with all the laws that govern the business
• Draft and vet routine legal contracts to ensure compliance with the set regulations, and to ensure timeliness in the provision of contract management services for the business
• Provide legal expertise as required to user departments in a timely manner and within the set legal policies and procedures to ensure decisions arrived do not expose the business to risk
• Represent the Company on litigation cases that may arise to ensure that Company interests are protected
• Provide legal advice to senior management on litigation cases arising from the recoveries in order to protect the interests of the Company
• Supervise the provision of service by external legal consultants to ensure delivery of quality and timely legal services
• Provide legal advice to company on all matters on the law especially in relation to insurance including reviewing legal documentation to ensure compliance to set rules and Standards and effective management of legal risks
• Draft Standard contracts and specialized contracts for specific activities within the Company for review by the Head of Legal and Negotiate contracts to which the company is a party
• Oversee company Legal documentation and third-party contracts and ensure that they are properly and promptly executed.
• Continuously monitor and report changes to applicable statutes and regulations on compliance risk
• Prepare legal cases in conjunction with external counsel and monitor progress to ensure prompt resolution of all disputes.
• Review newly instituted matters in relation to financial services and in specific insurance and advise management on what their expectations are
• Research and interpret regulatory requirements of new Insurance products and/or services
• Provide assistance to the operational areas with day-to-day regulatory Insurance compliance issues to the entire Company team
• Provide continuous Legal education and training to relevant departments on legal issues to ensure adherence and compliance to the set regulations
• Assist with handling more complex Insurance regulatory compliance issues facing the company team
• Keep current on national requirements regarding Insurance and communicate issues and new statutory developments to executive team.
• Receive final ruling and ensures it is captured, necessary actions taken and properly filed for future reference.
• Maintain safe custody of the insurance instruments and documents such as organization seal, charged documents and suit papers, and ensure confidentiality and privacy of all legal data of the business.
• Coordinate company matters that include Board agendas, Board papers and minutes, board annual planner, board charter, as well as induction of new board members, to ensure the board is effectively and efficiently facilitated to deliver on its mandate;
• Advise the board on legal matter to ensure that the decision that arrived at the board level do not expose the business to preventable legal risks;
• Maintain the statutory registers and secretarial files to ensure confidentiality, safekeeping from loss and tear ,ease in retrieval, as well as accuracy and completeness of information;
• Prepare and file annual returns in line with the provided guidelines to ensure the company is full compliant;
• Serve in various committees in the business as required by law to ensure expertise is provided;
• Register all patents and logos for the business to ensure full protection of the company intellectual property.
Minimum requirement:
• Bachelor’s degree in law, a master’s degree in law/professional qualification in a related field would be an advantage.
• Minimum experience of five (5) years of managerial experience in the areas of legal and company secretarial function in financial institution’s field.
• Qualified lawyer and admitted to legal practice.
• Company secretarial skills and stakeholder management.
• Strong Technical Skills in Compliance, Contract negotiation and management skills.
• Excellent draft skills with legal flair for various agreements, MOUs, Undertaking, etc;
• Integrity, professional discretion, and ability to handle confidential matters.
• Strong leadership skills and Excellent communication skills.
• Fluency in English, French and Kinyarwanda with excellent writing and oral.
Job Experience: No Requirements
Work Hours: 8
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Job application procedure
If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the relevant criteria for the role above, please submit your application including copies of your academic and professional certificates, testimonials, and your curriculum vitae, including among other details your current position, email and telephone contacts of three (3) referees familiar with your qualifications and work experience.
Deadline for applications is not later than 5:00 pm, DECEMBER 31st, 2022.
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
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JOB DETAILS:
Terms Of Reference Hotline Legal Officers
Type of Contract Full Time/Fixed Term
Issue Date 12th December 2022
Application Deadline 31st December 2022
Number of positions 2
Grade of the position 1-T
Duty Station Kigali, Rwanda
Duration 12 Months (renewable subject to funding)
Where the context allows, words importing the singular should include the plural and vice-versa, and Words Importing The Masculine Include The Feminine And Vice-Versa.
1. Background
Initiatives for Peace and Human Rights (iPeace) is a non-profit organization that works for sustainable peace in the Great Lakes region through human rights and good governance education. iPeace is legally registered and operational in Rwanda, DRC, and Burundi with a mission to equip communities and individuals with knowledge and skills to build a global culture of peace. The organization's vision is to see the Great Lakes Region become a place where community members and leaders work together by holding each other accountable in upholding human rights values and principles of good governance.
With financial support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, iPeace in partnership with International Alert and Pole Institute will implement the “HAKI BILA MIPAKA” project. This project aims to contribute to strengthening access to justice for people in the cities across the border between the DRC and Rwanda.
To achieve this objective, iPeace will implement several activities including the provision of free legal aid to cross-border populations, the capacity building of judicial actors, as well as the training of young academics in international humanitarian law and human rights. This project will be carried out in the Western Province, especially in Rubavu, Rusizi and Bugarama.
It is in this context that iPeace is looking for qualified persons to offer our team technical support in providing legal aid through the hotline in implementation of the project.
2. Scope Of Work
iPeace-Rwanda is looking for qualified and experienced legal officers to provide legal support to remote clients through the toll free line.
The hotline legal officers will be able to provide legal advices, processing legal documents for clients through the toll-free line, performing research and regularly identify and analyse legal issues.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the ability to be a quick decision-maker, ability to work in a diverse team of colleagues from different backgrounds, and to liaise with legal officers to ensure legal aid activities are operational and effective.
The hotline legal officer will report directly to the Project coordinator with regular interactions with other colleagues in the field. He/she will manage all calls to ensure that clients who call are provided with quality and quick legal support. He/she will be responsible for ensuring that legal aid services through the Hotline are provided in accordance with iPeace’s policies and best practices.
3. Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the Hotline legal officers will include the following:
• Receiving clients’ complaints and ensuring that their data are handled in the strict respect of the law and recognized data protection and privacy standards,
• Providing legal advice to clients, promptly liaising with field legal officers and/or lawyer for appropriate follow ups;
• Filling out data in the online data-base for real-time monitoring and data information sharing among iPeace’s legal aid team;
• Following up on each of the received cases to provide timely feedback to the client;
• Suggesting best ways to improve remote delivery of legal services to clients,
• Providing weekly, monthly and quarterly report in the format agreed upon by the
• supervisor,
• Generating data from legal aid data base to inform iPeace management about any potential topic for advocacy and research
• Performing any other task assigned by iPeace management
4. Qualifications And Skills Required Qualifications and experience below are required from any candidate:
• A Bachelor’s degree in Law from a recognized university
• Excellent command of written and spoken English and Kinyarwanda with very good proficiency in French (reports and meetings will sometimes be held in French).
• A strong communication skills and customer-support attitude
• A passion for justice and fairness
• The ability to work well and independently under pressure and to communicate appropriately and effectively within a multicultural setting;
• The ability to absorb and analyze large amounts of information
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• The ability to explain legal matters clearly in non-legal language
• Confidence and a persuasive manner
• Time management and strong organizational skills.