Legal Advisor

iOCO · Johannesburg, Gauteng

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Job Description

  • We are looking for a practical, commercially minded Legal Advisor to join our CASHUB team. This is a hands-on role covering funeral claims, specialist investigations, team leadership, client relationships, marketing, technology and new project delivery.

What you'll do

  • Draft legally sound funeral-claim repudiation reports and give clear recommendations to insurers.
  • Complete legal reports within the strict service levels agreed with clients.
  • Handle complaints, insurer escalations and Ombudsman matters.
  • Train and guide investigators on policy wording, exclusions and evidence requirements.
  • Lead one Junior Legal Counsel and two Senior Underwritten Life Investigators.
  • Support complex, high-value underwritten life investigations.
  • Manage team workload, productivity, quality, turnaround times and investigator expenses.
  • Build client relationships, market XTND's CASHUB services, win new clients and grow work from existing clients.
  • Contribute to pitches, proposals, quotations and presentations.
  • Build, develop, test, implement and use AI and automation to improve quality, capacity and turnaround times while keeping proper human legal review.
  • Set up and run new legal, claims, fraud, intermediary or investigation projects secured by the business.

Your expertise

  • 5-8 years relevant experience in insurance law, funeral or life claims, policy interpretation and repudiations.
  • Strong legal writing skills and experience with complaints, formal submissions or Ombudsman matters.
  • Experience leading specialist staff and supporting complex investigations.
  • Commercial confidence, strong client skills and a willingness to market services and secure work.
  • An interest in AI, automation and smarter ways of working.
  • Admission as an attorney or advocate, and exposure to fraud, underwritten life investigations, project management or business development, would be an advantage.

Qualifications

  • An LLB or another recognised legal qualification.
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