Job Purpose
Reporting to the Legal Manager, This role works with the legal management team in the provision of legal advisory services and ensuring effective management of legal and contractual risk.
Main Responsibilities of the Job
• Receive and respond to litigation related correspondences as per claims standards;
• Issue instructions to advocates representing the Company under guidance of Manager;
• Issue instructions to Doctors and receive medical examination reports;
• Issue instructions to Private investigators where necessary and receive investigation reports;
• Requisition payments in respect to the service providers’ invoices;
• Requisition judgments under the guidance of the supervisor/manager;
• Negotiate claims for out of court settlement under guidance of the manager/supervisor;
• Lodge recovery claims against third parties and insurers;
• Pursue recoveries against third party insurers;
• Attend court as an Officer of the company and:
(i) Monitoring performance of the advocates defending claims against the company.
(ii)Testifying in defense of the company and in recovery matters.
• Assessing judgments against insured persons and the company and;
(iii)Ascertaining their legal foundations.
(iv) Advising the company on chances of a successful appeal.
(V) Determining the professionalism of the legal representative therein.
(iV) Giving legal opinion on various matters to the company as may be requested from time to time;
(iiV)Following up witnesses on Court attendance
• Review nature of service request
• Participate in contract negotiations
• Prepare written reports.
• Prepare legal arguments for lawsuits.
• Update the different registers-summons, recoveries and judgments.
• Organize and track files from case documents and make them available and easily accessible to the team
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time
Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills
• Undergraduate Law degree and post graduate diploma at KSL;
• Admitted as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya;
• Insurance qualifications an added advantage.
• At least 1 years’ experience in Litigation in a busy Law Firm and/or in an Insurance Company
Working Relationships
Internal Relationships:
The Legal Analyst will be;
• Accountable to the Legal Manager
• Work with all the departments.
External Relationships:
• Law firms;
• Company’s clients;
• Various government registries (lands office, registrar of companies, KIPI etc
Key Performance Indicators
• Compliance with all regulation and legislation
• Compliance with company’s policies and procedures
• Turnaround times
Functional/ Technical Skills
• Knowledge of legal concepts
• Report writing-ability to develop reports
• High moral and ethical standing
• Highly motivated
Core Competencies
• Communication skills
• Building Relationships
• Focuses on the Customers
• Develops Self
• Solves Problems
