We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Legal Associate
Requisition ID: 1680
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full Time
Reports to: Senior Manager, Legal
Job Objectives
- Responsible for providing legal support to the company and supporting the company secretary.
Key Responsibilities
- Authentication of documents
- Filing of Statutory Returns to the Corporate Affairs Commission
- Maintaining the Statutory Registers of the Company
- Arranging of meetings (Board, AGM, EGM, Committee Meetings); Issuing Notices & Agenda
- Assisting with the drafting and circulation of the minutes of meetings
- Managing relations and correspondence with external Legal Advisers
- Managing litigation portfolio of the Company
- Managing Trademarks Portfolio of the Company
- Managing Lease/Property Portfolio of the Company
- Conduct Searches at the Lands’ Registry; Preparation of Lease Agreements
- Preparation of Franchise Agreements
- Managing Stock Options and Employee Staff Trust
- Managing corporate communication
- Assisting the HR in the preparation of Employees’ Agreements
- Ensuring compliance with the Company’s Memart and other statutory and regulatory requirements
- Liaising with Regulatory Authorities
- Maintaining the Seal Register
- Legal Research.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Outputs
- Frequency
- Verification of draft agreements
- MTTR (Mean Time To Respond)
- Quality of meetings
- Quality of documentation
- Duly filed Statutory returns
- Up-to-date Statutory Registers
- Duly conducted searches
- Prompt correspondence with shareholders/stakeholders
- Up-to-date Trademark Registration Certificates.
Qualifications
Educational Qualifications / Experience:
- Minimum of university degree or equivalent
- Minimum of 3 years working experience.
Functional Competencies / Requirements:
- Experienced in Legal functions
- Familiar with the Food Industry Trends
- Process Management, Knowledge and Application
- Problem Solving & Analysis.
General Management Competencies / Requirements:
- Strong Analytical skills
- Planning, Scheduling, Controlling & Coordinating
- Strong Oral and written Communication skills
- Strong Problem Solving Skills
- Ability to plan, schedule and coordinate effectively
- Strong Interpersonal Skills.
Desired Personal Attributes:
- Integrity
- Proactive self-starter
- Logical Mind
- Ability to work with all levels of management, build partnerships and teams
- Highly organized and significant ability to multi-task effectively
- Ability to cope with and work under pressure.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
Deadline: August 15, 2024
Job Features
Job Category | Legal Associate |