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Job Title: Law Clerk
Organization: Pride
Microfinance Limited (MDI) (Pride)
Microfinance Limited (MDI) (Pride)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
About US:
Pride Microfinance
Limited (MDI) (Pride) is the leading Microfinance Deposit Taking Institution in
Uganda with 34 networked branches and eight contact offices countrywide, an
equal opportunity employer, regulated by Bank of Uganda under the MDI Act,
2003.
Limited (MDI) (Pride) is the leading Microfinance Deposit Taking Institution in
Uganda with 34 networked branches and eight contact offices countrywide, an
equal opportunity employer, regulated by Bank of Uganda under the MDI Act,
2003.
Job Summary: The Law Clerk will provide clerical/administrative support
to the legal
department to enable
the smooth running
of operations.
to the legal
department to enable
the smooth running
of operations.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Register legal
documents and securities pledged
by clients.
documents and securities pledged
by clients.
- Receive and verify
all securities offered,
loan documentation from
branches and enter
them in the
relevant department register. - Arrange securities to
be delivered to
the registries obtain
assessments and pay
bank fees. - Draft affidavits where
service has been
effected. - Serve legal documents and
other correspondences. - Participate in the
searching and verification of
land titles and
log books. - Conduct company searches.
- Requisition and payment
of searches. - Transmission of concluded searches
information to the
branches.
Create and
maintain departmental registers.
maintain departmental registers.
- Enter the details
of securities and
other information in
the register. - File the documents.
- Maintain proper filing
cabins for all
staff loans/advance and
file all documents every
time staff takes
up loan or
advance.
Maintain the
advocates’ diaries, fix
court cases, file
and serve documents
as appropriate.
advocates’ diaries, fix
court cases, file
and serve documents
as appropriate.
- Fix hearing dates
of Pride’s cases
in court. - Update Pride court
files and advocate
diaries. - Open files for
court cases and
enter them in
department register. - Deliver court documents for
filing in the
relevant court and
serve them to
the intended persons
or organisations. - Swear and file
an affidavit to
prove service of
a document and
update department register.
Obtain approval
of chambers for
the legal department
from the Law
Council to ensure
compliance with the
regulatory provisions.
of chambers for
the legal department
from the Law
Council to ensure
compliance with the
regulatory provisions.
- Ascertain all fees
payable and process
payments. - Deliver applications and
receipts to the
Law Council for
filing. - Follow up on
certificates of authorisation.
Obtain practicing
certificates for bank advocates
from the high
court in order
to maintain regulatory
compliance for advocates.
certificates for bank advocates
from the high
court in order
to maintain regulatory
compliance for advocates.
- Compute all the
fees payable, raise
vouchers and pay
relevant fees. - Deliver advocates applications for
practicing advocates with
necessary receipts for
filing at the
High Court. - Requisition of title
registration fees and
actual title submission to
the lands office. - Carry out caveat
assessments at URA
liaising with section
to pick up
payment slips. - Verify the daily
sample of both
mortgage and caveats
before sending to
finance and treasury
for payment and
printing.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Timely registration of
all legal documents and
securities. - Up-to-date registers in
the department. - Timely delivery of
legal documents for
stamp duty. - Up-to-date internal register
for all the
bank’s legal documents. - Up-to-date diary for
the advocates.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Law Clerk job placement should
preferably hold a Diploma in
law. (Lawyers are
advised not to
apply) - A post graduate
qualification is an
added advantage. - Process server
certificate from the
High court. - A minimum of one year of
working experience preferably in
a law firm
or financial institution. - Age: Below
35 years.
How to Apply:
All suitably
qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to apply online by following
the procedure;
qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to apply online by following
the procedure;
- Click Here
- Create an Account
- Fill in your personal information and
upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV), including all your scanned academic
credentials, 3 letters of recommendation from each of the referees and a
passport photo. - Submit online i.e. no hardcopy
deliveries will be accepted
Deadline: 16th March 2019
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