Head – Legal and Corporate Services Career Opportunity – Bayport Financial Services Uganda Ltd

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Organisation: Bayport Financial Services Uganda Ltd
Duty Station:  Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Managing Director
About Us:
Bayport
Financial Services Uganda Ltd is part of Bayport Finance Group headquartered in
Johannesburg South Africa with operations in over ten Countries across Africa
and South America. We are a leading other Non-Bank Financial Services provider
with presence in over 30 locations across Uganda.
Job Summary: The Head – Legal and Corporate Services will
oversee the Legal Services Department and serve as a member of the Senior
Management team.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • The incumbent will be responsible for the
    provision legal advice to the company as well as ensuring effective
    management of all litigation matters by and against the company.
  • The jobholder will also provide legal advisory
    services to all departments within the company including providing
    independent legal advice and judgment to mitigate any legal risks, manage
    all litigations against the company including external lawyers involved in
    litigation as well as review, analyses and interpret relevant laws,
    regulations and judicial decisions for the Company, Management and the
    Board.
  • The jobholder will also prepare company
    witness for testimony or appearance in court
  • Provide support in contract negotiations,
    review all contractual agreements for the company and providing recourse
    options for non-performing contractors.
  • The Head of Legal will also facilitate legal
    recovery of Non-Performing Assets for the Company, Undertake research on
    current legal developments and prepare and circulate briefs to relevant
    departments
  • Actively participate in and offer legal
    advice to the various Management Committees, e.g. Board Committees, EXCO,
    Disciplinary Committee, Human Resource Committee, Procurement Committee
    etc.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate should have served in the
    capacity of Head of legal services or Legal Manager in a Financial
    Services sector with senior legal management leadership experience for a
    minimum of three years in a busy Financial Sector Company.
  • Additionally, the incumbent should be a
    holder of a Bachelor Degree in Laws, Post Graduate Diploma in Legal
    Practice from the Uganda LDC, a member of The Law Society of Uganda and an
    advocate of the High Court.
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their applications,
work testimonials, academic transcripts and certificates and updated CV clearly
marked with Job Title in the top right-hand corner of the envelope to:
Ms.
Edith Grace Agwang,
Human
Resource Officer,
Bayport
Financial Services,
Plot
54 Lugogo Bypass, Lugogo Office Park,
P.O.
Box 1171 Kampala, Uganda.
Softcopy
applications can be sent via E-mail to: hrcom@bayport.co.ug
quoting the position title in the subject on the E-mail and the source as
theugandanjobline.com website. The E-mail applications should not exceed 6MBs.
Deadline: 29th April, 2016
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