Department/Unit: Legal
Duration: One Year (Renewable)
Location: Dar es Salaam – Tanzania
Reports to: Managing Partner
Salary: TSHS: 1,000,000 (gross/monthly)
About ERM Attorneys:
ERM Attorneys is the fastest growing law firm practicing law in Dar es Salaam and elsewhere in Tanzania. Our areas of practice include Immigration and Refugee Law, Cooperate and Commercial Law, Insurance Law, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Banking and Finance Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property Law, Real Estate Law, Land law, property conveyance and Mortgage Financing, Employment, Employee Benefits & Labour Relations, Arbitration, Gas and Oil, Energy and Mining, Constitutional & Administrative Law, Tax Law.
For this reason we aspire to recruit the most intelligent and dedicated staffs who will work to further our mission and vision.
Vision
At ERM Attorneys we aspire to be one of the top tier legal firms in Tanzania and Africa with the purpose of provision of exceptional service and satisfaction to our clientele.
Mission
We take pride in ensuring our customer satisfaction by the positive results of our service. Our Motto is “where results matter” which entails our commitment to ensure results for our clientele. To this end we endeavor to:
- Ensure satisfaction of customers become a norm and symbolic of our law firm
- Integrity, serenity, diligence and confidentiality will be our guiding principles in our day-to-day business with clients.
- Being result oriented we will only be satisfied when we deliver on behalf of the clients in our everyday endeavors.
For more information on ERM Attorneys, please visit: www.ermattorneys.co.tz.
How to Apply:
This position is open to everybody who qualifies.
For the interested applicants please send your applications to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Deadline: All applications should be sent to the above email not later than 10 February 2022
Note: Due to the volume of applications that we receive, only those individuals shortlisted will be contacted.
ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY
JOB DESCRIPTION
Purpose of the Position. The Associate Attorney is responsible for handling a variety of complex assigned corporate and litigation legal matters. This role applies subject matter knowledge and requires capacity to understand specific needs or requirements to apply skills/knowledge to properly handle corporate and litigation matters. This role May provide functional advice or training to less experienced advocates.
Duties and Responsibilities
Litigation:
- Drafting and reviewing of litigation documents including pleadings, notices, affidavits & correspondence; submissions; etc
- Furnishing legal opinions and advice on any areas of the law arising in civil & commercial litigation
- Consultations with clients and counsel
- Reviewing new legislations regularly and keep updated all the time
- Attending court at the High Court and Magistrate’s Courts and/or all tribunals
- Conducting negotiations with a view to settling potentially litigious matters
- Conducting the administration of an attorney’s practice, including file management and electronic time-keeping
- Leading and handling all corporate assignments for the firm as assigned
Drafting Ability:
- Draw up contracts and other legal documents ensuring attention to detail
- Finalizing legal documents without supervision
Case & Transaction management:
- To be able to demonstrate that they are technically very able across a sufficiently wide area, able to work without significant supervision and have developed a particular strength and reputation in their work area.
- To be able to show a track record of achieving their fee targets and time targets and that the targets are appropriate for their position and level of qualification.
Advocacy Skills:
- To provide a high quality legal service to all clients.
- Offering advice on the law, legal procedures and a wide range of associated issues
- Research on diverse range of assigned issues, documents and case history to ensure accuracy of advice and procedures
- Keeping up-to-date with changes in the law
Client care & Practice support:
- Receive requests for legal advice from current and potential clients and deciding on the most appropriate responses to make to these requests.
- To develop and maintain good client relationship skills, gaining clients’ confidence and that of other professionals
Business Development:
- To be strategic and commercially aware and be fully familiar with the firm’s current strategy. Be able to have knowledgeable discussion about the market the firm operates in, the threats and opportunities the firm faces and the future plans for the firm and their role in those plans.
- Attract additional business from new and existing clients.
Professional Development:
- To have a clear understanding of what it would take to develop a career to the next level.
- Attend internal training and external training as and when required.
- Maintain high standards of professional conduct while generating adequate practice income, ensuring that the fees earned
- Sufficiently exceed total costs and expenses incurred.
Reliability:
- Proven track record of effectively delegating work to other members of the department and supervising the work effectively.
- Successfully be in charge of a matter that involves other departments.
Dedication to the firm:
- Participate in team meetings
- Ability to identify projects and use their initiative to get them up and running.
Minimum Requirements
- LLB Degree from a recognized University
- Must hold the most current Practicing Certificate as an Advocate of the High court of Tanzania
- A minimum of 3 years’ work experience in a busy Litigation department preferably with a top tier law firm is highly desirable.
- Experience in handling a range of corporate matters is highly preferable
- A successful track record in Civil & Commercial litigation will be an added advantage.
- Masters Degree in the relevant areas of specialization especially Masters in Corporate and Commercial law, taxation etc is an added advantage
Competencies and Skills required
- Broad base of legal practice experience
- Excellent communication (fluent in English), presentation, research & analytical skills.
- Demonstrate excellent writing and communication skills
- Developed interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively and work diplomatically with clients and individuals at all levels across the Firm
- Ability to foster positive relationships with all individuals across the Firm
- Must have high moral integrity and character
- Highly organized and good time management skills
- Computer and other relevant technology competencies (e.g., MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access, use of gadgets)
- Focused on performance and results
- Poised to work under pressure with very little supervision
- Focused and inquisitive learner, proactively pursues opportunities to build expertise and skills
- Desire and ability to learn from and confer on an ongoing basis with other Advocates of the Firm when the handling matters with a view to continuously developing professional knowledge and expertise;
- Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and focus
- Smart and friendly at place of work.