• Application Deadline: Sun, 25 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Legal Risk Management/Assistant Contract Officer


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 5 - 7 years


• Location Abuja


• Job Field Law / Legal 
  

Job Responsibilities

Legal Risk Management

• Provide specialized legal advice, both written and oral; supervise the preparation of draft memoranda and other legal documents,


• Serves as a legal officer in one or more areas of concentration, and handles a wide range of highly complex, and often sensitive and/or conflicting legal matters involving issues relating to the company.


• Performs extensive legal research and analysis and prepares legal opinions, briefs, reports and correspondence; provides legal advice to organization and its client companies.


• Preparation and review of legal documents, instruments, contracts, templates or other material to mitigate organization’s legal risk.


• Selects relevant material, analyzes information and presents findings for internal review,


• Participates in the development, implementation and evaluation of the organization’s risk management, internal control, and other related programmes/projects, etc…; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and proposes corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; identifies and tracks follow-up actions,


• Coordinates the organization’s risk register,


• Contributes to review and design of new, or new applications of, legal instruments, policy, guidelines, etc.

Contract Duties

• Assist in Legal drafting


• Legal Research


• Litigation management


• Any other task as may be assigned by the Head of Department.

Competencies/ Requirements / Qualifications

• A minimum of LLB and BL Degree


• A minimum of five (5) years’ post call experience


• Excellent legal drafting and communication ability that can be shown from working with varied Clients.


• Demonstrated ability to manage compliance interactions with various Regulatory Agencies and other stakeholders.


• Advising on and handling matters in different Courts for multiple Clients.