Senior Legal Counsel, JUN Monetary Stability Unit, Legal

Senior Legal Counsel, JUN Monetary Stability Unit, Legal

ROLE PURPOSE

Provide, and manage and guide a team of legal counsels, in providing the following in-house legal services to assist the Bank in discharging its mandates, managing its legal risks and protecting its interests :

• legal advice and solutions on law, governance, contract and legal risks;
• drafting / vetting primary and secondary legislation; and
• drafting / vetting contracts and other documents.

Bank Negara Malaysia (the Central Bank of Malaysia), is a statutory body which started operations on 26 January 1959. Bank Negara Malaysia is governed by the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009. The role of Bank Negara Malaysia is to promote monetary and financial stability. This is aimed at providing a conducive environment for the sustainable growth of the Malaysian economy.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Assist the Bank in discharging its mandates, managing its legal risks and protecting its interests by providing the following services, and managing and guiding Legal Counsels and Associate Legal Counsels in providing the following services :

central banking (including monetary and financial stability, central bank governance and independence, reserve management and statistics);

2. Assist the DGC (and / or the department where necessary) in managing resources within the Unit and promote progressive enhancement to their technical and leadership competencies in meeting the department’s needs and mandates; and

3. Effectively participate in a meeting, committee, taskforce and project of the Bank or the Department to assist the Bank in managing its legal risks and protecting its interests.

QUALIFICATIONS

Academic Qualifications

Experience

TECHNICAL SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE

Malaysian legal system and common law approaches to statutory interpretation;

GENERIC SKILLS / ATTRIBUTES

PREVALENT & EMERGING SKILLS

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