Legal Officer job at Pride Microfinance

Vacancy title:
Legal Officer

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Banking , Category: Legal ]

Jobs at:

Pride Microfinance

Deadline of this Job:
28 May 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Uganda , Kampala , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, May 16, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
JR/2022/74
Age Limit: 35 Years
Experience: 3 Years
No. of Vacancies: 1
Minimum Academic Qualification Required: Bachelors
## Qualification Code Qualification Name
1 BLAW B. Law
Deadline: 28/May/2022

Main purpose of the job:
Provide legal services to support business operations in accordance with company’s policies, procedures and the law.

Specific 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 and Experience:
• 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.
• Should posses at least 2 years 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 posses 2 principal passes at A’ level
• Should posses a credit or a pass in Mathematics and English at O’level

Persons specification:
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 - 35 years.

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Use the link below to apply.
https://recruitment.pridemicrofinance.co.ug/


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Job Info
Job Category: Legal jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 28 May 2022
Duty Station: Uganda
Posted: 16-05-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 16-05-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 16-05-2065
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