Legal Officer Jobs – Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI) (Pride)
Organization: Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI) (Pride)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI) (Pride) is the leading Microfinance Deposit Taking Institution in Uganda with 34 networked branches and eight contact offices countrywide, an equal opportunity employer, regulated by Bank of Uganda under the MDI Act, 2003.
Job Summary: The Legal Officer will provide legal services to support business operations in accordance with company’s policies, procedures and the law.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Providing legal services to support business operations in accordance with company policies procedures and the law.
- Reviewing and drafting loan documents, mortgages, powers of attorney and other loan and security documents for all Pride products.
- Conducting searches and verify registered collateral presented by clients i.e. land titles, logbooks.
- Ensure timely registration of caveats, mortgages, debentures.
- Execute/witness legal documents on behalf of Pride to make them legally binding.
- Representing the company in courts of law and any other fora.
- Drafting and reviewing agreements, legal documents and Memorandums of Understanding.
- Participating in recovery of written off and bad loans.
- Ensure release of security to clients upon completion of a loan.
- Maintaining and update registers in the department e.g. titles register, keys register, searches register e.t.c.
- Assign cases to Debt Collection Officers for recovery and obtain monthly reports from them.
- Liaising with external lawyers on company matters.
- Preparing periodic reports
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Pride Legal Officer job placement should preferably hold a Bachelor of Law Degree from a recognized University and a Diploma in Legal Practice from Law Development Centre.
- Should be an enrolled Advocate of the High court of Uganda.
- Must have a valid practicing certificate.
- Two years of working experience from a reputable financial institution and or law firm will be an added advantage.
- Candidates with a Post graduate qualification in Law or Business Finance will have an added advantage.
- Should possess 2 principal passes at A’ level
- Should possess a credit or a pass in Mathematics and English at O’ level
- Should be a self driven, dynamic, self-motivated, team player, results oriented, analytical and with excellent interpersonal skills. He/she should be aged between 25 – 30 years.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to apply online by following the procedure;
- Click Here
- Create an Account
- Fill in your personal information and upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV), including all your scanned academic credentials, 3 letters of recommendation from each of the referees and a passport photo.
- Submit online i.e. no hardcopy deliveries will be accepted
Deadline: 25th January 2019
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