Legal Professional

About the position

Job title: Legal Professional

Location: Century City
Employment Type: Permanent



About the Role

We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Legal Professional in our Cape Town Office who will be responsible for rendering professional legal advice to policy holders. The successful candidate will act on behalf of the policy holders by way of informal mediation and negotiations; This includes attending to the drafting of letters and other legal documents, also conducting consultations with policy holders with the intention of ensuring that their matters are resolved amicably.



Minimum Requirements:

• LLB degree, admitted as an attorney or advocate is advantageous
• Ability to speak, write and understand two official African Languages, of which Afrikaans must be one.
• 2+years post articles Labour experience in a Legal Environment
• Must possess qualities such as honesty and integrity
• Must be fully computer literate and have good communication and administration skills
• Excellent Team player
• Able to work without supervision
• Must be able to take initiative and innovative in their approach to their work
• Able to collaborate with other team members and departments
• Strong drafting skills
• High level legal knowledge
• Positive mindset and motivated individual

Responsibilities:



(Duties, as set out below, is not limited 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
• Attending to Labour related matters
• Explaining the process in detail to members as well as the exclusion
• 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 relevant legal topics to remain aware of all current laws in a particular legal
• 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 supporting
• 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 products/policies
• Ensuring accuracy and compliance when escalating matters to our claims department with minimal returns
• Exceptional performance delivery
• Verification of policy payment history
• Follow rejection/exclusion procedures
• Proper administration of his/her file load of pending case files; and diarising
• Attending to all tasks in timeframe provided
• Must be able to take initiative and innovative in their approach to their work
• Able to collaborate with other team members and departments
• Strong drafting skills
• High level legal knowledge
• Positive mindset and motivated individual

Desired Skills:

• Legal
• Law
• Communication

Employer & Job Benefits:

• Pension Fund
• Medical Aid