Discovery Life

 

Legal Advisor

Marketing Legal

 

About Discovery

 

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

 

About Discovery Life

 

Discovery Life is an ever growing fast-paced and dynamic environment that provides innovative risk assurance to individual clients.  This environment thrives on customer engagement and customer experience as well as mutually beneficial relationships with our brokers and other stakeholders.  It is important for our employees to provide a world class service to our internal and external clients, thereby ensuring long and sustainable relationships.

 

 

Key Purpose

Providing the highest quality legal advice, legal opinions, to relevant internal and external stakeholders regarding all legal related matters to minimize risk of the organization. 

 

 

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

 

Legal advice: Attend and oversee legal and other queries from financial advisors and clients Legal drafting: To draft buy and sell contracts and provide input with Estate Planning and trusts Collaboration: To train and advise financial advisors on how to use Discovery’s products in conjunction with tax, estate duty and forex legislation to increase sales Marketing: To provide seminars and high profile events to maximize the exposure of Discovery’s products by utilizing the latest tax, legal and investment highlights Knowledge: To stay up to date with the latest legal and tax changes affecting Discovery and the industry

 

Education and Experience

 

Essential

Matric Bachelors of Laws (LLB) degree 10 years + experience in the Financial Services/Insurance Industry CFP Qualification in Tax

 

Advantageous

LLM

 

Technical Skills and Knowledge

Essential

Sound knowledge of tax, estate duty, insurance and Forex legislation Drafting and review of legal documentation such as buy and sell contracts, trust deeds and wills Ability to train and present to large groups Working experience in the Long-Term Insurance industry

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   
                             
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.