
Gulf African Bank
Legal Officer – Kenya – 2025
Job Details
- Position: Legal Officer
- Location: Kenya
- Type of Job: Full-Time
- Job Category: Legal
- Salary: Competitive (Based on Experience)
- Reporting to: Manager, Legal Services
- Application Deadline: February 10, 2025
Introduction
Are you a highly skilled Legal Officer with expertise in legal risk management, security documentation, and compliance? This is a great opportunity to contribute to a leading financial institution, ensuring seamless legal operations and risk mitigation. If you thrive in a fast-paced legal environment and have a passion for ensuring compliance, drafting legal documents, and managing litigation matters, this role is perfect for you.
About Gulf African Bank
Gulf African Bank is Kenya’s premier Shariah-compliant financial institution, providing innovative banking solutions tailored to meet the diverse needs of its customers. Established with a strong commitment to Islamic banking principles, the bank is dedicated to offering ethical and customer-centric financial services. Gulf African Bank is driven by its core values of integrity, innovation, and excellence, ensuring sustainable financial growth while adhering to Shariah principles.
Key Responsibilities
As a Legal Officer, you will be responsible for providing technical and practical legal support to business units, ensuring legal risk management, and facilitating seamless security documentation processes. Your duties will include:
- Drafting Offer Letters in accordance with approved facility papers, ensuring accuracy, compliance with laws, Shariah principles, and internal policies.
- Issuing instructions to external advocates for the preparation of various security documents and ensuring timely legal documentation completion.
- Reviewing and vetting security documents for completeness and clarity, ensuring all legal risks are anticipated and addressed.
- Engaging with external lawyers and service providers to ensure security documentation meets regulatory standards and is perfected before disbursement.
- Drafting internal security documents as needed to support legal and business operations.
- Liaising with Relationship Managers to ensure proper execution of documents by clients and the bank’s legal representatives.
- Monitoring the security perfection process, following up with lawyers, relationship managers, and customers to facilitate a seamless process.
- Maintaining accurate MIS reports to track security documentation, exceptions, and legal performance metrics.
- Advising credit and relationship managers on legal aspects related to security perfection and risk mitigation.
- Reviewing transactional documentation and identifying legal risks to protect the bank from potential losses.
- Maintaining and updating legal records to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Handling litigation matters in the absence of the Manager, Legal Services.
- Ensuring full compliance with relevant Acts of Parliament, statutes, and banking regulations.
- Conducting periodic performance reviews for the bank’s panel of lawyers.
- Undertaking any additional tasks as assigned by management.
Qualifications and Skills
To excel in this role, you must possess the following:
Required Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LL.B) from a recognized institution.
- A Diploma in Law (Kenya School of Law – KSL).
- Admission to the Bar (Advocate of the High Court of Kenya).
- Minimum of 3 years of post-admission experience in a financial institution, corporate law firm, or related industry.
Preferred Skills & Competencies:
- In-depth knowledge of banking laws, contract laws, and regulatory compliance.
- Strong drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills.
- Experience in litigation management and handling of security documentation.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
- Attention to detail and the ability to anticipate and mitigate legal risks.
- Proficiency in MS Office applications and legal research tools.
Company Culture and Values
Gulf African Bank is a values-driven organization that promotes:
- Integrity: Upholding ethical banking practices and transparency.
- Innovation: Implementing modern financial solutions in line with Shariah principles.
- Customer-Centric Approach: Providing tailored financial services to meet client needs.
- Teamwork: Encouraging collaboration and a positive work environment.
- Excellence: Commitment to high standards in all operations.
Apply Now for Legal Officer Position
If you are a dedicated and detail-oriented legal professional with a passion for ensuring legal compliance and risk mitigation, we invite you to apply today. Don’t miss this chance to be part of a dynamic and growing institution!
Application Deadline: February 10, 2025.
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Equal Opportunity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining the best employees from all backgrounds. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
To apply for this job please visit gulfafricanbank.com.
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