Legal Drafter

2 weeks ago


Parktown, South Africa Hollard Recruitment Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:
**Key Responsibilities**
- Draft and Review policy wordings to ensure alignment to product specification and applicable legislation, compliance, claims, underwriting, business rules and Treating Customers Fairly principles
- Work according to the defined processes for the management, storage and collation of all legal documentation
- Review and sign off customer facing documentation received from business or the marketing team
- Implement and ensure the successful operation of the contracts management process in Hollard Life
- Process Invoices and co-ordinate legal team projects.
- Contract generation
- Track requests for drafting agreements, perform due diligence checks on contracting party
- Generate template agreements to be signed
- Ensure that all the contracts that are received have been completed and correctly signed by both parties
- Store all the required contracts in a central repository for Hollard Life
- Legal Drafting and Reviewing
- Review and draft Policy Wordings
- Review marketing materials and client communications (sms, website, brochure, etc)
- Review Sales scripts
- General Office Administration
- Drafting minutes and Reports
- Setting up meetings
- Regularly updating Legal activity report
- Co-ordinating legal workshops
- Facilitate Adhoc Legal Projects

**Required Knowledge and Experience**:

- At least 3 to 5 years’ experience in Legal or Compliance
- Demonstrable experience in leading a diversified and technically competent Legal or Compliance team.
- Minimum 3 to 5 years related insurance experience.
- Experience in writing in plain language in a professional environment (preferred)
- Exposure to insurance policy drafting (essential)
- Accuracy and excellent attention to detail
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Excellent grasp of grammar and the English language, able to communicate and write in plain English
- A team player
- Innovative
- Self-motivated, able to work on own initiative
- Able to prioritise effectively and deliver with quality
- Demonstrate a proactive approach

**Educational Requirements**:

- A Matric Certificate
- Legal Related Degree or Diploma (LLB will be advantageous)
- Technical writing qualification (preferred)