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 Job Title:    Legal Clerk

Organisation: Finance
Trust Bank

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Senior Legal Officer

About US:

Finance Trust Bank was licensed as a Tier 1 Commercial Bank on 11th
November, 2013, taking over the financial services business of Uganda Finance
Trust Limited (MDI). Today Finance Trust Bank is a fully-fledged Commercial
Bank serving a clientele of over 400,000 depositors and over 23,000 borrowers,
through a network of 35 branches country wide. The Bank offers a variety of
Products and services including; Savings, Current accounts, Loans, Money
transfer services and Bills payments to its target market which comprises of
micro, small and medium entrepreneurs, salary earners and youth.

Job Summary:   The Legal
Clerk will provide clerical support to the Legal Department.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

·       
File
documents in courts of law as and when required to.

·       
Effect
service of pleadings on litigants.

·       
Register
the Bank’s caveat on the client’s log books with URA

·       
Prepare
mortgage and caveat discharge letters in accordance with the Bank policies and
effect the discharge in the document management system.

·       
Upon
instruction, attend to the Registry of documents and land registry to lodge
mortgages, search requests and other instruments for registration.

·       
Registering
all securities in the Bank’s registers.

·       
Scan and
upload the Bank’s borrower’s securities onto the Bank’s electronic storage
system.

·       
Conduct
periodic security verification and submit a report to the Supervisor

·       
Deliver/pick
letters or documents to any assigned destination as required

Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:

·       
The
applicant for the Finance Trust Bank Legal Clerk job opportunity must hold a
Diploma in Law

·       
Process
server’s certificate

·       
One year
of work experience in legal practice gained from a busy law firm

·       
Willingness
to frequently travel upcountry.

·       
Good interpersonal
skills.

·       
Ability
to work well under pressure.

·       
Good
presentation skills.

·       
Good
communication skills.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates should address their application to
Head, Human Resource, Finance Trust Bank, Plot 115 & 121, Katwe. P.O. Box
6972, Kampala, Uganda, and email it to jobs@financetrust.co.ug as well as
photocopies of academic testimonials, and a CV. The CV should include telephone
contacts and email addresses of three referees, one of who should be the most
recent employer.

Deadline: 1^st
March 2021

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted directly on Tel.
Numbers 0312 222600 or 0414 341275 ONLY. Please note that in line with the Bank
procedures, no job offers are made online.

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