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Posted 1 year ago |
Job Title: Legal Adviser
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Contract
The Legal Adviser reports to: The Executive Director
Purpose of the Assignment
- KNCV Nigeria aims to engage a highly qualified Legal Counsel to oversee the legal aspects of our operations.
- You will be expected to safeguard the organization’s reputation by guaranteeing that the company strictly follows law-giving lines and give legal advice to management about all relevant issues.
- The Legal Adviser will assist in optimal compliance with all statutory obligations as an entity.
- The responsibilities of the legal Adviser also include drafting legal documents, structuring solutions for issues, and providing support in all corporate legal issues.
- This will effectively ensure legal conformity and minimize the probability of exposure.
Specific TOR
The Legal Advisor will be expected to provide the following:
- Conducting legal analysis and researching legal matters.
- Give accurate and timely counsel to executives on a variety of legal topics (labor law, partnerships, international ventures, corporate finance etc.)
- Collaborate with management to devise efficient defence strategies.
- Specify internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance.
- Research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations.
- Apply effective risk management techniques and offer proactive advice on possible legal issues.
- Communicate and negotiate with external parties (regulators, external counsel, public authority etc.), creating relations of trust.
- Draft and solidify agreements, contracts and other legal documents to ensure the company’s full legal rights.
- Deal with complex matters with multiple stakeholders.
- Provide clarification on legal language or specifications to everyone in the organization.
- Conduct your work with integrity and responsibility.
- Maintain current knowledge of alterations in legislation.
- Providing advice on legal matters.
- Drafting legal opinions, memoranda, and briefing documents.
- Reviewing legal material.
- Formulating formalities regarding settlements of disputes.
- Monitoring the implementation of the legal clauses.
Timeframe:
- Medium-to long term assignment for a period of 1 year (contract subject to renewal based on performance and availability of funding)
Who are we looking for?
- First Degree in Law.
- Master’s in Law or in Business Administration will be considered an advantage.
- Proven experience as a Legal Counsel in business environment.
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate law and procedures.
- Full comprehension of the influences of the external environment of a corporation.
- Experience in the law field.
- Strong analytical and research skills.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work well within a team and individually.
- Ability to work long hours when needed.
- Demonstrated ability to create legal defensive or proactive strategies.
- High degree of professional ethics and integrity.
- Sound judgement and ability to analyse situations and information.
- Outstanding communication skills.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested and qualified candidates should send their detailed Proposal and Proof of prior work experience (which must be indicated on their Proposal) to: [email protected] using the Job Title and Vacancy Number as the subject of the email.
Note
- All applications carry a specific consultancy name.
- We only consider applications that are received through the KNCV TB Foundation Nigeria recruitment email.
Deadline: June 14, 2023
Job Features
Job Category | Legal / Law |