Senior Legal Officer

Duties and Responsibilities

• Preparing and reviewing lease contracts and licenses for the user department;
• Reviewing court documents prepared by external lawyers;
• Monitoring legal cases being handled by external lawyers and preparing progress reports such as;
• Monitoring progress of court cases, attend court, prepare the Fund’s witnesses and attend pre-trial briefings;
• Providing recommendations to legal committee concerning out-of-court settlements;
• Reviewing transfer documents concerning title conveyance from the purchasers’ lawyer;
• Analyzing new laws and changes made and communicating the same to the concerned departments;
• Preparing legal reports and opinions on matters involving the Fund.
• Participating in preparing budget that relates with advisory services and performs same upon approval;
• Preparing legal briefs and renders legal advice and/or opinion on contract preparation/amendment, any policy & strategic issues as and when required;
• Reviewing contracts both local and international including loan, mortgage, pledge, guarantees etc. and provide warranted recommendations to protect the Fund’s interest;
• Participating in the development of standard contracts & formats used by various organs of the Fund;
• Planning and conducting research aiming at improving the provision of an efficient legal service to the Fund;
• Organizing and maintains updated rules, regulations, directives and circulars pertinent to the social security industry on the Fund’s portal;
• Participating in the dissemination of laws, rules and regulations affecting the social security sector;
• Assisting in researching on recurrent and controversial legal and practical issues affecting the social security sector and create the required awareness; and
• Checking that account opening applications of corporate bodies and others satisfy legal requirements
• Developing contract negotiation strategies and builds capacity for contract negotiation;
• Reviewing and drafting of contracts and development of standard templates for the Fund’s use;
• Developing and maintaining a comprehensive contract management database ensuring all Fund contracts are well archived and appropriately serialized;
• Maintaining a contractual risk register and developing mechanisms to identify early warning of risk to enable early interventions and mitigation;
• Monitoring legal risk to ensure that the Fund meets its statutory obligations and fulfils its strategic objectives;
• Participating in the development of records management and storage processes for all Fund title documents, legal correspondences and other critical legal documents; and
• Processing of registration of any new property acquired by the Fund.

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

• Served for a cumulative service period of six (6) years Post admission, three (3) of which must be at the Grade of Legal Officer I, PSSF Grade 7 or a comparable position;
• Bachelor’s Degree in Law or related field from a recognized institution;
• Membership to a relevant professional body and in good standing;
• Post graduate Diploma from Council for Legal Education;
• Proficiency in computer applications;
• Fulfilled requirements of Chapter 6 of the Constitution; and
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results