Registered Legal Practitioner of the High Court of Zimbabwe.
Experience Required:
3 years’ experience preferably gained in a corporate or banking environment or in the judicial system.
Key Responsibilities:
Engage with external counsel handling legal matters for and on behalf of the Organisation.
Review legal documents filed or to be filed at court and ensure observance of court processes.
Manage all legal correspondence.
Represent the organisation in the Labour Court on labour related disputes involving the Organisation.
Provide legal opinions and advice, drafting legal documents, and assisting in the formulation, review, and interpretation of legal documents and related information.
Assist in the conducting of in-house training on legal related matters to staff as and when necessary.
Conduct legal research and continuous review of legal instruments governing or impacting on the operations of the Organisation.
Review contracts and other legal or policy documents to assess their legal implications and provide recommendations to senior management.
Review and draft contracts, laymen’s-language statutory instruments, agreements, and internal policies, and ensuring full compliance with applicable statutory and legal requirements.
Manage the administration of contracts to improve performance on contracts.
Prepare, review, and amend contractual instruments involving the Organisation to ensure legal validity and alignment with the Organisation’s objectives when entering into such contracts.