Senior Legal Advisor

Senior Legal Advisor(D4)

Requisition number: 137765

Closing date:  31 January 2025

Location: Namibia - Windhoek

Job Family

Career Stream

Leadership Pipeline

Job Purpose

• To provide proactive professional legal advice and risk management services to the NNH Group (including the Bancassurance Department) and internal clients to mitigate Nedbank’s legal risk

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure legal advisors provide consistent legal advice that enhances the credibility and value-add of the function.

• Ensure delivery on projects by planning individual activities according to business needs and monitoring actions.

• Ensure implementation of the Legal Policy to mitigate and manage legal risk.

• Participate in and provide advice to Management and committees on governance; regulatory; procedural and practice matters by attending; preparing and submitting papers and reports.

• Research and provide training to staff

• Report on legal risk management and processes

• Provide advice by responding to ad hoc risk requests and queries.

• Improve business efficiency and minimize legal compliance risk by conducting gap analysis of business processes.

Abilities Requirements

• Comprehensive knowledge and experience in practical application of relevant Namibian legislation

• Self-starter with strong execution focus and ability to work independently and in team’s

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Preferred Qualification

• Post graduate Law Degree (LLB or Hons BA or BCom Law).

• Be an admitted legal practitioner in the High Court of Namibia, in terms of the Legal Practitioners Act, 1995.

Minimum Experience Level

• 5 – 7 years’ experience, preferably in financial services industry

Technical / Professional Knowledge

Behavioural Competencies

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