Job Purpose Statement

The Legal Counsel is responsible for providing support to the allocated units for retail banking business from account opening, lending, securities, contracting and business banking projects, litigation, retail collections to retail recoveries.

The allocated retail banking business units will be selected from the units below:

• Business Banking
• Consumer Banking
• Workplace Banking
• Retail lending – Offer letters, credit requests and approvals, security perfection and review
• Asset Finance Retail
• BRM, SME Recoveries & Consumer Banking recoveries
• Staff Lending
• The NCBA Branch Network

Ideal Job Specifications

Academic:

• Bachelor’s Degree Law LLB
• Master of Laws LLM Desired but not necessary

Professional:

Admission as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya minimum 3 - 5 years post admission

Desired work experience:

A minimum of 3 years’ experience in the  legal department of a busy organization, financial institution or law firm, with sound exposure to:

• Contract and customer documentation drafting
• Development of sound legal advisory and sound general advice
• Credit or lending
• Legal assisted recoveries
• Perfection of securities