Vacancy: Legal Professional
Department: Family & Estates
Location: Head Office - Century City
Closing Date: Thursday, 12 September 2024 @ 16:00 PM
SUMMARY
Law For All views the position of Legal Professional who will be responsible for rendering professional legal advice, acting on behalf of LAW FOR ALL policy holders by way of informal mediation and negotiations to solve legal disputes.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
LLB degree, admission as an attorney or advocate is advantageous;
High level knowledge in family and estate related matters advantageous;
️ Ability to speak, write and understand two African language of which Sotho or Tswana should be one or both;
Computer literate, excellent communication skills, and initiative;
Able to work without supervision;
Excellent team player;
Positive and motivated individual;
✍️ Strong drafting skills;
Possess the attributes set out under the heading skills, ability, and knowledge.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
(Duties as set out below is not an exhaustive list, and as such any reasonable request made by Law for All or demands that the employer might require due to operations will be the responsibility of the Legal Professional to comply with and/or attend to)
- Responsible for taking down comprehensive instructions from policy holders during personal consultations or telephonically, or by receipt of written instructions by letter, email; and supply immediate basic legal and product advice if required
- Attend to family and estate related matters
- Explaining the LAW FOR ALL process in detail to members as well as the exclusion procedure.
- Attend to drafting of warning letters, referrals where applicable, letters to policy holders and third parties as well as settlement agreements.
- Supply regular progress reports and/or feedback to policy holders on their pending files. Feedback must be provided to policy holders at least twice a month or as often as the legal matter dictates.
- Comprehensive notes to be made on all pending files when taking instructions and or providing advice and/or follow ups etc.
- Verbal and written interpretation of the law to the legal matters and reflection thereof on the files in a comprehensive manner.
- Applying the legal principles to the facts of the matter and providing policy holders with legal opinions, whether written or telephonically.
- Research legal relevant topics to remain aware of all current laws in a particular legal scenario.
- Follow instructions left by management in file notes or via e-mail or verbal instruction
- Ensuring compliance with the Legal and Claims policies as well as policy considerations
- Maintaining effective relationships with administration and support staff.
- Drafting of wills, letters, representations and settlement agreements
- Mediation for the purposes of solving or assisting the policy holders legal issue at hand
- Assessing merits of legal cases for the purposes of legal advice to policy holders and/or for ascertaining whether the policy holder qualifies for litigation cover in terms of Law for All products/policies
- Ensuring accuracy and compliance when escalating matters to our claims department with minimal returns
- Exceptional performance delivery
- Verification of policy payment history monthly.
- Follow rejection/exclusion procedures
- Proper administration of his/her file load of pending case files; and diarizing system.
- Attending to all tasks in timeframe provided
WHAT WE OFFER
Competitive (with benefits)
Professional Development
- A flexible schedule accommodating both office and remote work
LIPCO - LAW FOR ALL is an award-winning company, listed as one of the Top 20 places in South Africa by the Top Employers Institute.
Submit your CV and copy of your qualifications today
❗ If you haven't received any communication from us within two weeks following the deadline, please be advised that your application has not been successful.
