Benedict Evodius Katare
Dar Es Salaam
Summary
Experienced lawyer with over 6 years of diverse legal expertise, specializing primarily in labor law while also serving as a Human Resource officer. Proficient in oral argumentation, case research, and providing legal counsel. Demonstrated track record of successful arbitration and settlement negotiations. Career objective is to apply extensive knowledge and skills in Law and Human Resources to contribute to an organization's mission and vision. Aims to make a meaningful impact that enables the organization to efficiently and effectively achieve its goals and objectives. Currently seeking a challenging and rewarding career opportunity.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Human Resource Officer and Company Lawyer
Yapi Merkezi Insaat Ve Sanayi Anonim Sirketi Construction and Industry Inc. Co. Ltd
12.2018 - Current
- Company Overview: Construction of Standard Gauge Railway Line from Ilala (Dar Es Salaam) to Kilosa (Morogoro)
- Overall responsibility as Human Resource Officer
- Assisting to prepare and coordinate staff recruitment according to Company procedures and retain best talents to ensure availability of maximum manpower as per project manpower establishment and need arises
- Processing and managing work requirements (practice license for professional engineers from Engineering Registration Board of Tanzania), work and resident permits for expatriates, Registration of National Social Security Fund (NSSF) for both Employees (Local employees and Expert), Tax Identification Number for both workers, Port entrance and exist permit
- Assisting to prepare Monthly payroll and ensure statutory contributions are submitted within time including follow up of payments and provision of pay slip to staff
- System management and e-filling of NSSF, Workers Compensation Fund (WCF), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and provision of deduction and calculation for PAYEE and Skills Development Levy (SDL)
- Assisting to make follow-up on leave and attendance management including preparing monthly reports, follow up on pending leaves
- Preparing, leading, and conducting employee’s meetings including preparing agendas, participant’s status and writing related meeting minutes, and sharing with line managers
- Review and advise on internal regulation in compliance with government law, rules and regulations relating to Human Resource, Labour laws etc
- And provide answers to whenever issues occur
- Assisting to prepare employees contracts and develop terms and conditions for skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled (casual laborers) Onboarding, Offboard and exist management including calculations of benefits
- Preparing and organizing filing systems and record keeping for important and confidential organization documents i.e
- Contracts, reports, official letters and ensuring unified filing system
- Overseeing all the administration and local content work in the company and ensures the smooth running of the company business
- Receiving and handling employees’ complaints and grievances management
- Provide guidance and support to the management on labor laws matters and employment relation issues and keeping track of regulatory changes or improvements
- Attended disciplinary hearing as designed by company and CMA and internally of the same by following fairness of procedures and reasons also provision of vivid evidence
- Overall responsibility for the company’s lawyer
- Skillfully negotiated civil dispute settlements to minimize payment or maximize receipt of monetary damages
- Provide clear legal opinion in different departments in all their legal problems which they are facing
- Conduct and control the disciplinary process internally (within the company) and also manage to attend and handle the litigation procedure at Commission for Mediation and Arbitration and High Court Labour Division
- Support both side (employer and employee) to understand and be aware of different branch of Tanzania law and International law as well for the betterment of the project
- Support Chief Operating Officers and Managers with daily legal operational functions
- Provide legal opinion (generally and substantially) in the project and in different departments with regard to the legal problem at hand
- Authored accurate and thorough waivers, motions, opening statements, preliminary objections, petitions and applications on behalf of clients
- Developed detailed litigation strategies for each case
- Communicated effectively with clients to interpret laws, rulings and regulations which affected each case
- Conduct in depth legal research in order to write effective proposals, legal opinion, agreements and contract
- Reduce or eliminate risk by providing expert legal advice on legality of business plans and operational activities with regard to criminal matters, labour matters, contract issues, finance issues and management issues
- Deliver an exceptional level of legal service to employer, employee, client and consultant in the operation of the project
- Manage team of more than 3000 employees, oversee the hiring, training and professional growth of employees
- Construction of Standard Gauge Railway Line from Ilala (Dar Es Salaam) to Kilosa (Morogoro)
Company Legal Officer
Yapi Merkezi Insaat Ve Sanayi Anonim Sirketi Construction and Industry Inc. Co. Ltd
02.2018 - 11.2018
- Company Overview: Construction of Standard Gauge Railway Line from Ilala (Dar Es Salaam) to Kilosa (Morogoro)
- Overall responsibility for the company’s legal officer
- Developed new process for employee evaluation which resulted in marked performance improvements
- Supported Advocates with daily operational functions
- Supported Advocates, Human Resource Manager and Administrative Manager in improving operations and resolving legal and management issues to deliver top-notch development in the project
- Managed team of more than 1000 employees, overseeing the hiring, training, and professional growth of employees
- Support the Human Resource Department in disciplinary procedure, process and mechanism
- Performed internal legal assessment and analysis to begin research process
- Analysed departmental documents for appropriate distribution and filing
- Construction of Standard Gauge Railway Line from Ilala (Dar Es Salaam) to Kilosa (Morogoro)
Trainee Legal Officer
R.K. Rweyongeza & Co. Advocates
07.2016 - 10.2016
- Company Overview: Posta, Dar Es Salaam
- Overall responsibility for the trainee legal officer
- To understand various professional skills applied by advocates in executing their day to day duties such as counseling clients, legal drafting, and litigation skills
- Understand on how to deal with clients and legal problems
- Participated in daily activities concerning legal practice done in a firm
- Attended court sessions mostly concern with criminal matters, civil matter, land matters, bank and finance matters and labor matters as well
- Conducted Legal Research, where by the external supervisor used to provide assignments which require legal research
- Drafting of Legal Documents concern different cases
- Posta, Dar Es Salaam
Education
Post Graduate Diploma - Legal Practice
The Law School of Tanzania
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania11.2024
LAW
Mzumbe University
Morogoro, Tanzania12.2017
A’ Level’s Studies - Advance Level
St. Matthew’s High School
Pwani 12.2014
O’ level studies - Ordinary Level
Swilla Secondary School
Mbeya, Tanzania12.2011
Primary studies - Primary Level
Mlimani Primary School
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania12.2007
Skills
- Microsoft Office User Specialist
- Labour law & Industrial Relation
- Human Resource Management
- Intellectual Property lawyer
- Case interpretation skills
- Court procedures skills
- Negotiation skills
- Litigation management
Accomplishments
- Achieved in enhance a good follow up of procedures from recruitment stage to retrenchment stage of more than 3000 employees in the big construction project of Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway.
- Resolve more than 100 disputes among employees of different nation's through good and strategic grievance mechanism.
- Attending more than 100 Court session while well representing my employer in different Courts of Tanzania.
Professional Development
- Microsoft Office User Specialist
- Labour law lawyer
- Intellectual Property lawyer
- Case interpretation skills
- Court procedures skills
- Negotiation skills
- Litigation management
- Skills in drafting of legal documents
- Skills in drafting and writing precise legal opinion
- Skills in precise oral arguments
- Researcher and writer of research report in Intellectual Property Law
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 07/08/94
References
- Mr. Khalfan Chambo, Human Resource Manager, Yapi Merkezi Insaat Ve Sanayi A.S., P.O. Box 79317, Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam, +255 677 054513, +255 764 111721
- Advocate Maria Gwaje, Customer Officer, TRA (Moshi), +255 653 230245
- Izam Mohamed Mansour, Human Resource Officer, China Civil Engineering Construction Cooperation, +255 714 434353, +255 699 609540
Other Information
Very good, Very good, The Copyright Law & Advancement of Digital Technology: A Critical Analysis of Copyright Law Enforcement Against Copyright Infringement In The Video-Film Industry In Dar-Es-Salaam – Tanzania, Working hard with minimum supervision, Interacting with friends and peer socialization, Public Speaking and sharing of ideas, Studying, Reading books, articles and different magazines, Teaching, Listening to Radio, Watching TV Shows, Sports and Games, Domestic activities, Self-thinking and analysis
Languages
Swahili
Native language
English
Upper intermediate
B2
Timeline
Human Resource Officer and Company Lawyer
Yapi Merkezi Insaat Ve Sanayi Anonim Sirketi Construction and Industry Inc. Co. Ltd
12.2018 - Current
Company Legal Officer
Yapi Merkezi Insaat Ve Sanayi Anonim Sirketi Construction and Industry Inc. Co. Ltd
02.2018 - 11.2018
Trainee Legal Officer
R.K. Rweyongeza & Co. Advocates
07.2016 - 10.2016
Post Graduate Diploma - Legal Practice
The Law School of Tanzania
LAW
Mzumbe University
A’ Level’s Studies - Advance Level
St. Matthew’s High School
O’ level studies - Ordinary Level
Swilla Secondary School
Primary studies - Primary Level
Mlimani Primary School
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