Rucruitment in Ugandan Bank

Job title: Senior Legal Officer

The Overall role of the Senior Legal Officer: Reporting to the Company Secretary, the Senior Legal Officer will advise management on all legal issues that need to be addressed in the course of its business.

Key Responsibilities

1 . Review credit facility documentation prior to registration that include among others; securities,etc from a legal perspective to ensure that Bank is adequately covered against legal risk.

2. Drafting, preparing reviewing and registration of legal documents i.e. agreements, notices, letters, leases etc and against the Bank and ensure compliance with the SLAs.

4. Attend and represent the Bank in Courts of law and present written briefs on Court proceedings attended.

5. Review Customer Account opening mandate files.

6. Manage records within the department by ensuring proper record keeping and filing

7. Attend meetings, workshops and provide legal training to staff. institutions such as the government registries, URA . DPP, Police, Courts etc

9. Keep abreast statutory legal issues that affect the Bank and ensure compliance .

10.ln liaison with the Company Secretary "communicate and respond to threatened litigation for and against the Bank.

11 .Effective management of external legal services offered to the Bank by the Bank external lawyers

12.Ensure those Court orders served on the Bank are attended to in a timely manner. Such orders may include a subpoena, summons, notice to produce, attend court or to produce documents to the court.

13.Brief the Credit Committee on any credit collections handled by external lawyers.

legal or quasi legal decisions that may affect the rights of responsibilities of the Bank or third party.

14.Any other duties incidental to Legal Advisory and Regulatory Compliance.


Job requirement

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

*Knowledge of Commercial law, litigation practice, banking law ,labour law and employment legislation

* Conversant with standard computer applications.

* Bachelor of Laws, LLB (Hons) Degree, Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, an ADVOCATE possessing a Practicing Certificate.

* 3 years and above as an advocate or 3 years organization.


How to apply

How to apply

Applicants should send job applications, up-to date _ curriculum vitae and copies of academic certificate through courier or hand delivery to the address below by 14th February 2011.Your application should include three references, none of whom should be your relative and all of whom should have supervised, taught you or known you through your work.

The Head Human Resources

Bank of Africa-Uganda Ltd

Plot 45 Jinja Road

P.O Box 2750 Kampala