NH

Authority Secretary & Director-Legal Services

NHIMA
📍 LusakaCDIđŸ—“ïž 8 days ago

Job Description

Lusaka
CDI
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Responsabilités

Key Responsibilities The key functions of the role will include but not limited to; To research and provide legal advice on all legal matters affecting the Authority either directly or indirectly in order to adhere to the Governing Laws of the Country; To keep custody of the Authority legal and regulatory frameworks and other statutory documents; To ensure all policies and procedures of the Authority meet the requirements of relevant legislation and reflect best practice; To represent the Authority in litigation cases in order to safeguard the interests of the Authority and interpret all judgements delivered for or against the Authority; To provide legal opinion on all agreements and contracts in order to protect the interest of the Authority; To facilitate collaboration with the Attorney General’s Chambers on legal matters and opinions affecting and impacting the Authority; To provide advice to the Authority on all proposed amendments to the National Health Insurance regulations as may be required; To prepare and file legal documents; To interpret laws, rulings, and regulations and advise the Authority on how to proceed; To provide secretarial services to the Board and its Committees in order to facilitate the smooth conduct of Committee and Board business; To ensure that the procedures for the appointment of Directors of the Board are properly carried out in accordance with the applicable law; To facilitate for a smooth flow of information between the Board and its Committees on one side and Management on the other; To be the custodian of the Authority’s policy universe through provision of oversight and coordination of annual review of all existing policies and related governance documentation; To assist with induction, on-going training and education of Directors; including assessing the specific training needs of directors and executive management in their fiduciary and other governance responsibilities; To ensure that the Board and Board Committee charters and the terms of reference are kept up to date; To provide custody of the Authority Common Seal and manage its use; To supervise employees in the Legal Services Unit; and To perform any other duties lawfully assigned by the supervisor Education Requirements Grade twelve (12) School certificate with 5 ‘O’ levels with credit or better including Mathematics and English Language; Bachelors Degree in Law (LLB) from a recognised institution; Experience Must be an advocate of the High Court for Zambia and holder of a current practicing certificate from the Law Association of Zambia; Not less than Seven (7) years’ experience in legal practice at a senior management level in an organisation of similar size or reputable law firm Required Skills Attributes and skills Must have good oral and written communication skills; Must have good research and analytical skills; and Must be computer literate with good MS Office applications skills

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