Legal Counsel Job Opportunity – Barclays Bank UK
Job Title: Legal Counsel
Organisation: Barclays Bank UK
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Head of Legal
About Barclays UK:
Barclays is a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London. It is a universal bank with operations in retail, wholesale and investment banking, as well as wealth management, mortgage lending and credit cards. It has operations in over 50 countries and territories and has around 48 million customers. As of 31 December 2011, Barclays had total assets of US$2.42 trillion, the seventh-largest of any bank worldwide.
Job Summary: The Legal Counsel will be developing and delivering strategic legal risk management initiatives. The incumbent will be ensuring best practices are adopted and guidelines complied with, and that all activities comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations. The jobholder will also assist the Company Secretary in the management of Board. The incumbent will provide support in management of litigation and non-litigation matters, report the status and ensure there are clear strategies to resolve each case. The jobholder will also be ensuring that all aspects of legal risk are identified covered and controlled in the implementation of new projects, systems, procedures and products.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Legal: 70%
- Developing and delivering strategic legal risk management initiatives.
- Ensuring best practices are adopted and guidelines complied with, and that all activities comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
- Ensuring that changes and developments in legislation, regulations, guidelines and practices affecting the business are analyzed, evaluated and reported as required.
- Supporting the Business in the long-term growth of the business by providing pragmatic and effective legal advice to manage legal risk across the business and assist in the design and implementation of procedures to manage, at an appropriate level, this risk.
- Ensuring that all aspects of legal risk are identified covered and controlled in the implementation of new projects, systems, procedures and products.
- Positively adapts to change and adjusts approach to provide solutions.
- Develops strong networks across the organization to get things done.
- Exhibits ability to negotiate and influence positively to get things done.
- Clear and confident communicator who tailors message according to audience.
- To assist the Company Secretary in the management of Board.
BBS & CR and Retail Collections: 30%
Barclays Business Support & Corporate Recoveries (BBS & CR) and Collections:
- Supporting the Business in the long-term growth of the business by providing pragmatic and effective legal advice to manage legal risk across BBS & CR and Retail Collections and assist in the design and implementation of procedures to manage legal risk.
- Ensuring that all aspects of legal risk are identified covered and controlled in the implementation of case management strategies, new projects, systems, procedures and products.
- Monitoring performance on external lawyers supporting BBS & CR and Retail Collections.
- Managing and controlling external legal resources in terms of cost.
- Act as liaison between banking personnel and external legal advisors as appropriate.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Barclays Bank Legal Counsel job placement should hold a Bachelor of Laws (LLB); qualified advocate of the High Court of Uganda.
- Five years of experience in Commercial, Conveyance and Contract law.
- Experience of a significant number of those areas of law relevant to the role namely Company Law, lending, products, litigation, and commercial contracts.
- Strong technical legal ability.
- Knowledge of Financial Services sector.
- Wide experience and full understanding of legal risk management.
- Strong commercial focus
- Analytical, problem solving skills with the ability to develop imaginative solutions
- Networking skills
- Good communication skills – oral and written.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Good planning and organizational skills
- Good report writings skills
- Administrative skills.
- Ability to multitask.
- Excellent computer skills.
How to Apply:
If you feel challenged by any of the above positions, and believe you can deliver on key deliverables as outlined above, upload your application letter, current curriculum vitae and photocopies of academic certificate to our recruitment website detail below:
Barclays is an equal opportunity employer that recruits, develops and promotes people on merit, and rewards outstanding performance, regardless of background and gender.
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