Senior Legal Officer (SLO) at an Indigenous Company

An indigenous company with Head Office in Lagos State seeking to hire qualified, experienced, self-motivated, innovative and hardworking Professionals with willingness to work anywhere within Nigeria to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Legal Officer (SLO)

Location: Nigeria

Job Profile

• The SLO is to report to the Company Secretary/Legal Adviser of the Holdings. The SLO will support the CS/LA in all secretarial and administrative duties.
• Assist in overseeing and assessing the work of, and managing relations with external solicitors, Arbitrators and monitor court cases.
• Support the provision of ongoing legal and regulatory advisory for operational and investment-specific matters across the organization.
• Support in handling legal documentation and information retrieval management, agreements; report collation and analysis and minutes taking.
• Support in development, drafting and reviews of Agreements, Contracts and Policies.
• Assist with legal document retention, storage and custody.
• Management of all communications concerning the organization and Newspaper reviews, communiqués and reporting.

Educational and Professional Qualification

• LL.B, BL
• Must not be less than 7 years at the bar.
• Have experience in Litigation, legal documentation and regulatory compliance.

Additional Advantages:

• Demonstrate experience in legal analysis with the ability to quickly comprehend and analyze material to prioritize on focus and relevance areas.
• Demonstrate management skills with significant experience in a mid-to-senior level management position.
• Outstanding communication skills: spoken/representation and effective inter-personal skills with the proven ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships across diverse partnerships, colleagues and actors.
• Highly advanced computer literacy skills, and experience in handling social media.
• Extremely attentive to accuracy and detail, highly organized with ability to work well under pressure regarding deadlines, workload and unexpected developments.
• Ability, willingness and flexibility to travel and respond to a range of environments if the need arises.
• Able to work with and model integrity, openness and action to feedback and direction with required sound judgment.
• Working Knowledge of Agro Allied, FMCG, Manufacturing, Trading & Distribution, Oil & Gas and Insurance industries.
• Cognizance with the Nigerian Labour, Industrial and Employee Relations.

Application Closing Date
10th October, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter to: [email protected] using the Job Title as subject of email.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.