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Job Title:    Legal Officer (Fresher Jobs)

Organisation: Wave Mobile Money

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Head of Legal

About US:

Wave Mobile Money is building a cashless Africa – starting in Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Uganda & now in Mali. Without access to financial institutions, people are forced to keep their savings under the mattress. Small business owners rely on lenders who charge extortionate rates. Parents spend hours waiting in line to pay school fees in cash. We’re solving this by building financial services that just work: no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. In places where electricity, water and roads don’t always work, you can still send money with Wave.

Job Summary:  We’re looking for a Legal Officer who’s resourceful, organized, and proactive about getting things done. As we continue to scale in Uganda, you’ll be responsible for helping the Legal team by providing strong, accurate, and timely legal assistance to all our operational teams.

The Legal & Risk department supports the development strategy of our business, ensures the company is growing while being compliant with applicable laws and regulations and mitigates any risk exposure triggered by our business.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance of the whole company’s activity with local and international regulations
• Help other departments implement their projects whenever a legal approach is needed and advise them per national and international regulations.
• Establish or review all the contracts signed by the company
• Secure company relations with all regulatory authorities by ensuring updated administrative obligations
• Help in the management of the agent’s network and the legal implementation of the changes in our business model
• Help the People team with labor laws and employees’ contracts.
• Work with company lawyers and other external service providers to manage litigation matters.
• Draft or register all company documents related to relations of Wave Uganda with the parent company and affiliated companies;
• Draft decisions of shareholders, their registration, and publication
• Contribute to developing an in-house legal culture.
• Help review contracts or legal documents to ensure adequacy with the company’s interests and protection, and alignment with the regulation
• Help in drafting contracts’ templates for the company’s new products/services or projects
• Help provide legal advice for questions related to the regulation applicable to the company’s activity (specific regulation on E-money, commercial regulation, labor law, civil and penal law, etc.)
• Work hand in hand with the Recovery team to file recovery cases and follow-up with lawyers
• Work with the Head of Legal to prepare the company’s case in case of litigation for claims.
• Set up a legal watch for the company’s activity.
• Electronic and physical archiving of all the legal documents

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in law
• A postgraduate diploma in legal practice will be an added advantage.
• Two years of experience in a legal department preferably with mobile money, banking or other financial sectors
• Well organized, detail-oriented with an accurate and clear legal approach.
• Excellent writing skills and excellent listening and communication skills
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• You might be a good fit if you.
• Are able to efficiently and quickly apply the instructions given to you by your lead and identify problems or blocking points to be reported;
• Like teamwork, but you also know how to work well independently when needed;
• Are at ease in drafting/reviewing contracts in French/English;
• Demonstrate tenacity and a willingness to go the distance to get something done;
• Are analytical in your approach to problems;
• Are detail-oriented and seek to achieve excellence in everything you do.

How to Apply:

All interested and qualified candidates should apply online at the link below.

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