Ecobank Rwanda Plc.
P.O. BOX: 3268 Kigali – Rwanda
External recruitment Advert
Job Vacancy: Senior Legal Officer
Opening date: June 24, 2022
Closing date: July 8, 2022
About Ecobank Rwanda Plc
Ecobank Rwanda Plc is a full-service bank that joined the Rwandan market in 2007 with the aim of providing a broad range of products and Services to Consumer, Commercial and Corporates business segments.
The bank’s vision is to build a world-class bank and contribute to the economic development and financial integration of Rwanda and the region by providing customers with convenient and reliable financial products and services.
Ecobank Rwanda Plc is an affiliate under Ecobank Group and operates in Central East and Southern African (CESA) region.
In order to respond to our growing market with the required human capital, we are currently looking for experienced professional in the following area:
Role Title: Senior Legal Officer
Reporting: Head Legal and Company Secretary
ROLE SUMMARY:
This role consists in providing full legal support to the Legal Department mainly to follow up all the Legal matters including litigations, recoveries, loans, and company secretarial services.
KEY RESPONSABILITIES
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Receive debt recovery instructions from branches and in consultation with the Head of the department determine, implement and supervise recovery action in line with the Department’s approved recovery procedures. Prepare monthly status reports on all pending cases or cases in the process of recovery.
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Submission of Court case to external lawyer: to undertake discussions enabling good understanding of case to be transmitted by getting support from the risk department and audit before the case is transmitted to the bank external lawyer.
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for cases to be handled by legal Department, prepare instructions to external lawyers or office of the registrar General(receivership) for recovery of debts on behalf of the bank. Prepare, ensure that all legal cases of the bank are updated on weekly and monthly basis. Send hearing report from external lawyer to Head Legal on delay basis on urgent cases.
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Receive credit files from the main branch, branches and departments in charge of business for recommendation and approval of disbursement of credit, draft/review security documentation for the credit files received and ensure timely registration of the securities thereof within the time allowed under the relevant laws and the bank’s procedures.
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Coordinate the activities of the external lawyers/bailiffs, prepare Memos for the payments of external layers/bailiff. Prepare Memos for the payment of all the fees to be paid for pending cases (publications in newspapers,..) review and prepare lawyer’s contract.
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Review the official Gazette and send a monthly report (last week of the month) to Head Legal and MD of all new laws. Do a summary of all the commercial laws.
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Prepare Department BURC meeting report on monthly basis, Training new staffs within Domestics Bank. SME.Local Corporate, Risk Operation Department and Legal Department on legal activities through induction course and General other Legal advice Training can Class Module training or Virtual Training.
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Support Company Secretary in preparation of Board and AGM meeting.
Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in law. LLM is an added advantage
- 3 to 5 years in the banking sector, or law firm
- A good knowledge of English and /or French and Kinyarwanda languages
Behavior skills:
- Good communication skills
- Good responsiveness
- Cautious
- Discreet
- Good understanding of the legal system in Rwanda
- Good understanding of the banking environment
Ecobank Rwanda Plc is an equal opportunities company and females’ candidates are encouraged to apply, If your career aspirations match with this exciting opportunity, please write in confidence quoting the position on the subject matter.
How to apply: Interested candidates should pass through the “Apply” button below
Only those who strictly meet the criteria should apply for this position
Due to expected high volume of applications we cannot respond to all applications and will only be contacting shortlisted applicants.
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