- Relevant, provable experience with this exact situation
- Clear cost structure
- Availability within the deadline
- A defined process with next steps
Professional services — legal · Nairobi and surrounding counties
Chief Risk Absorber
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Job Specification
Spec cardJob Title
Chief Risk Absorber
Employer
A person or owner in an unfamiliar, high-stakes situation with asymmetric information, who is embarrassed to ask basic questions and terrified of the meter running.
Vacancy / Trigger
An external event with a deadline — a demand letter, a court date, a regulator, a death, a breakdown in a relationship or a contract — that cannot be ignored any longer.
Job to Be Done
Transfer an unbounded risk to a competent party, and regain the ability to think about something else.
Job Location
In the evening after work, reading a letter twice, searching phrases from it on a phone, before a conversation with a partner or co-founder.
Current Employees
Large established firm, Solo practitioner, Legal-tech templates, Accountant, broker or advisor, A friend who is a lawyer, Forums and search, Do nothing / hope it resolves
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Hiring Criteria
What the customer evaluates- Explains without jargon or condescension
- Responsive — replies within a day
- Honest about the weak parts of the case
- Credible enough to name to a peer or board
- Discreet
- Presents professionally in front of the other side
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Current Employees
Everything hired to do this job| Alternative | Part of the job it performs | Why the customer hires it |
|---|---|---|
| Large established firm | Maximum credibility and capability | Signals seriousness to the other side |
| Solo practitioner | Direct, personal representation | Access to the actual decision-maker |
| Legal-tech templates | Produce a document cheaply | Cheap, immediate, no exposure of ignorance |
| Accountant, broker or advisor | Interpret the situation and refer on | Existing trusted relationship |
| A friend who is a lawyer | Free triage and reassurance | No cost and no judgement |
| Forums and search | Understand the letter that arrived | Available at 11pm and costs nothing |
| Do nothing / hope it resolves | Avoids cost and confrontation | Avoids admitting the problem exists |