Junior Legal Advisor

**Introduction**
- Through our client-facing brands Metropolitan and Momentum, with Multiply (wellness and rewards programme), and our other specialist brands, including Guardrisk and Eris Property Group, the group enables business and people from all walks of life to achieve their financial goals and life aspirations.

**Disclaimer**
- As an applicant, please verify the legitimacy of this job advert on our company career page.

**Role Purpose**

**Role Purpose**

Provide legal advise and support to address diverse and complex needs of various business units within Momentum Retail on issues that the legal team is tasked with so as to ensure legal soundness and legal risk management of business operations.

**Requirements**:
**Qualifications & Experience**
- Bachelor's degree in Law or equivalent relevant qualification
- Admiitted Attorney
- Post graduate qualification
- 1 to 3 years financial services and/ or legal advisory experience, including sound contract drafting knowledge and experience

**Knowledge**
- Exposure and knowledge of laws applicable to financial services including commercial and insurance laws
- Knowledge of retail insurance products
- Principles and best practice of contract drafting and administration
- Working knowledge about the litigation process

**Skills**
- Legal Service
- Legal Research
- Legal Advice
- Legal Decisions
- Communication skills (written and verbal)
- Interpersonal Skills
- Good Time management
- Proficient in Microsoft word, excell and powerpoint

**Duties & Responsibilities**

**Process**
- Provide expert advice to business on various legal and technical matters in line with legal framework and best practice.
- Assist with managing litigation related matters to enable a consistent approach and mitigate risk.
- Ensure that all legal execution documents are executed in accordance with relevant industry legislation and requirements.
- Provide legal advice to all stakeholders on any corporate legal related matters to ensure soundness of commercial operations enabling business to achieve its objectives.
- Advise or assist on legal negotiations, including the reviewing and drafting of all legal documentation, including contracts.
- Provide legal advice on client and supplier contractual matters to business stakeholders.
- Review and ensure that all relevant client and supplier contractual documents are in line with business and legal requirements.
- Assist with reviewing, anticipation and guarding against legal risks facing the company.
- Update and educate the business on changes or amendments to business laws and advise how this may affect the business and provide plans to address changes.
- Conduct research, interpret legislation and case law and provide legal opinions and/ or advice.

**Client Service**
- Build and maintain relationships with clients and internal and external stakeholders.
- Deliver on service level agreements applicable to clients and internal and external stakeholders in order to ensure that client expectations are managed.
- Make recommendations to improve client service and fair treatment of clients within area of responsibility.
- Participate and contribute to a culture which builds rewarding relationships, facilitates feedback and provides exceptional client service.
- Continuously monitor turnaround times and quality standards and resolve issues speedily to enhance client service delivery.
- Drive client service delivery goal achievement in line with predefined standards in order to ensure that clients receive appropriate advice.
- Manage client query processes and ensure that queries are tracked, accurately resolved and used as a mechanism to improve client service and business processes.

**People**
- Develop and maintain productive and collaborative working relationships with peers and stakeholders.
- Positively influence and participate in change initiatives.
- Continuously develop own expertise in terms of professional, industry and legislation knowledge.
- Contribute to continuous innovation through the development, sharing and implementation of new ideas.

**Competencies**

**Competencies**
- Examining Information
- Interacting with People
- Checking Things
- Documenting Facts
- Establishing Rapport
- Adopting Practical Approaches
- Articulating Information