Legal Secretary: Legal Debt Recovery (SP5) - Legal Collections
Listing reference: capbw_002820
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 31 October 2025
Position summary
Industry: Banking
Job category: Banking, Finance, Insurance. Stockbroking
Location: Windhoek
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market related
EE position: No
Introduction
PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS POSITION
To perform a full range of legal secretarial and related duties in support of an assigned Legal Practitioner and the ongoing operations of the office
Job description
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS (KPAS)
1. Legal Collections
1.1 Collection of debts
• Responsible for effective and efficient execution of the debt collection procedures in compliance with the rules of the Magistrates Court and High Court of Namibia.
1.2 Realisation of securities
• Responsible for effective and efficient realisation of all collateral securities ceded to the Bank in line with the rules of the Magistrates Court and High Court of Namibia.
1.3 Auctions
• Planning of auctions in liaison with other internal and external stakeholders.
1.4 Drafting
• Responsible for drafting legal documentation for the review of the legal practitioner
• Responsible to analyse and understand collateral documents before drafting court documentation.
• Responsible to analyse and understand collateral documents before drafting court documentation.
2. Secretarial Duties
2.1 Scheduling of appointments
• Ensure effective and efficient booking of all appointments for the legal practitioner and clients.
• Assist with typing of minutes of meetings with clients.
• Ensure effective and efficient booking of all appointments for the legal practitioner and clients.
• Assist with typing of minutes of meetings with clients.
2.2 Customer Service
Ensure that all customers internal and external are assisted in a professional, prompt and in a friendly manner.
Ensure that all customers internal and external are assisted in a professional, prompt and in a friendly manner.
3. Relationship Management
• Building and enhance long term working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders including clients, e.g. deputy sheriff, registrar of high court, opposing attorneys, etc.
• Enhance and maintain effective and efficient working relationship with existing clients.
• Provide professional customer service to both internal and external clients at all times.
• Enhance and maintain effective and efficient working relationship with existing clients.
• Provide professional customer service to both internal and external clients at all times.
4. Compliance, Risk and Support
• Responsible for effective and efficient administration of legal collection external processes and procedures in order to ensure compliance with the Bank’s risk framework to minimise risk.
• Provide support and guidance to various stakeholders such as branches, attorneys, etc. on risk matters related to legal collections.
• Provide support and guidance to various stakeholders such as branches, attorneys, etc. on risk matters related to legal collections.
5. Routine Administration
• Responsible for effective management and control of all routine administrative activities related to legal collection in the branch in compliance with the Bank’s policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
• Responsible for effective and efficient management and submission of reports to relevant stakeholders.
• Responsible for effective and efficient management and submission of reports to relevant stakeholders.
6. General
• Must be prepared /willing to do any other reasonable and lawful instruction/task and ensure that it is normally carried out on time and correct.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
• Relating and networking
• Analyzing and Interpreting
• Creating and Conceptualization
• Organizing and Executing
• Delivering and meeting customer expectations
• Planning and organizing
• Adapting and Coping
• Adapting and responding to change
• Write clearly and succinctly
• Accurate and attentive to detail
Minimum requirements
EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
• At least 7 years experience in a legal collection environment.
• Knowledge of ejustice
• Basic computer skills (words, outlook, excel, etc.)
• Knowledge of debt collection in a banking environment will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge of ejustice
• Basic computer skills (words, outlook, excel, etc.)
• Knowledge of debt collection in a banking environment will be an added advantage.
QUALIFICATION
• A legal diploma with 7 years experience in relevant field
