RESPONSIBLE TO: CORPORATE SECRETARY/HEAD OF LEGAL SERVICES
DIVISION: LEGAL
Main Purpose of the Job
Under the general supervision of the Corporate Secretary, the Legal Officer will be responsible for providing legal resources to the Executive Management and assist the Corporate Secretary in the management of the Boards’ functions.
Duties and responsibilities/ Key performance areas
- Ensure that the Fund’s Act, the Rules and other constitutive documents of the Fund are up- to-date and meet the expectations and needs of the Fund and its Members;
- Study the legal issues arising out of the interpretation or application of the Act establishing the Fund, the Rules, policies and other constitutive documents of the Fund;
- Carryout research and provide legal advice/opinion to the management of the Fund;
- Facilitate the processes and coordination of the Board and Board’s Committees meetings;
- Ensure that the Board packs are fit for purpose and distributed in a timely manner;
- Assist the Corporate Secretary with the secretarial services to the Secretariat;
- Perform such other duties relevant to the Office of the Legal Division of the Fund which may from time to time be assigned.
JOB SPECIFICATION
Knowledge and Experience Required
- LLB or equivalent with a legal practise experience of at least three (3) years;
- Admitted as an Advocate;
- Experience in financial / corporate law is an added advantage.
Required Competences
- Time management and prioritization;
- Excellent written communication and analytical abilities;
- A Team Player;
- Decisive and attention to details;
- Computer literacy;
- Possession of a driver’s license.
Interested candidates may deliver their applications with CVs, certified copies of passport/ID, transcripts and educational certificates together with two sealed letters of recommendation to the following address:
Head of Finance and Administration
Public Officers’ Defined Contribution Pension fund
Constitution Road, 4th Floor, Pension Fund House
P.O. Box 14395, Maseru 100.
Tel: {+266) 22313088 www.pensionfund.org.1s
Deadline for submissions: 10th July 2020
Only shortlisted candidates will be communicated to.