Old Mutual

Life insurance, asset management, and banking

Legal Manager

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportPosted on Nov 11

Full-timeWindhoek, NamibiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree is required.
Must be admitted as a legal practitioner.
Knowledge of legislation applicable to financial services is required.
Working knowledge of tax and company laws is required.
Namibian citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

Accumulate pertinent facts, identify relevant issues, research applicable legal principles, apply them to facts, and provide relevant legal advice, opinions, or comments on legislation.
Review and sign off contracts, including policy contracts, application forms, and quotes for Business Unit Advisors.
Write financial planning circulars, work on projects, review client communication, and conduct training sessions for Business Unit Advisors.
Provide legal sign-off on business processes and products.
Resolve customer complaints.
Provide oversight for legal risk management through other managers and their teams.
Network with industry bodies.
Assist with shaping and influencing other stakeholders and regulators.
Contribute to talent management through developmental interventions and on-the-job coaching.
Remain individually accountable for staff time, tasks, and output quality.
Balance personal priorities with directing and motivating others.
Plan and assign work to team members.
Guide and direct staff to achieve operational excellence standards.
Create a climate for optimal performance.
Define performance parameters, including balanced scorecards and development plans, and measurements for areas under supervision.
Comment on new legislation, advise business units of its potential impact, and ensure the business is prepared and informed to implement it.
Select potential staff to sustain customer and client service delivery.
Assist with corporate secretarial tasks as required by the Group Legal and Corporate Secretarial Manager.

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Job Description

Minimum Requirements:

LLB degree.
Admitted as a legal practitioner.
Knowledge of applicable legislation relevant to the financial services.
Working knowledge of tax and company laws.
Namibian Citizenship.

Job Specification:

As a specialist, accumulates all pertinent facts, identifies relevant issues, researches applicable legal principles and applies them to the facts; by providing adequate and relevant legal advice/opinions and/or comments on legislation.
Review and sign-off contracts (for Business Unit Advisors this includes policy contracts, application forms and quotes).
Writes financial planning circulars, works on projects, review client communication and conducts training sessions (for Business Unit Advisors).
Legal sign-off on business processes and products.
Resolution of customer complaints.
Provides oversight for legal risk management through other managers and their teams.
Networks with industry bodies.
Assists with shaping and influencing other stakeholders/Regulators.
Contributes to the talent management process developmental interventions and on-the job-coaching.
Individually accountable for staff time, tasks and output quality.
Balances own priorities with directing and motivating others.
Plans & assigns work to team members.
Guides and directs staff to achieve operational excellence standards.
Creates a climate for optimal performance.
Defines performance parameters (incl. balanced scorecard and development plans) and measurements for areas under supervision.
Provide comments on new legislation and advise the various business units of the potential impact, and ensure the business is adequately prepared and informed to implement such legislation; and
Selects potential staff to sustain customer/client service delivery.
Assist with corporate secretarial related tasks as and when required by the Group Legal and Corporate Secretarial Manager.

Skills

Competencies

Builds Effective TeamsBusiness InsightCollaboratesCommunicates EffectivelyDecision QualityEnsures AccountabilityInstills TrustManages Complexity

Education

Bachelor Of Laws (LLB)

Closing Date

25 November 2026 , 23:59

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About the Company

Old Mutual

Life insurance, asset management, and banking

Generating summary for Old Mutual.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1845

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