Associate Company Secretary / HR / Legal Executive at KNN Corporate Services Limited (Remote)

KNN Corporate Services Limited is a dynamic group of professionals with more than three decades of combined experience in supporting businesses, providing corporate governance, HR consulting and company secretarial services. We are young, energetic, and highly proficient in our various fields, and also enjoy serving you - our client.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Associate Company Secretary / HR / Legal Executive

Location: Lagos (Remote)
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are a corporate services firm that renders company secretarial/legal advisory/human resources & governance consulting services on an outsourced basis; looking to hire a smart and self-motivated lawyer who will join the team in providing qualitative and innovative services to our esteemed clients.
• Our ideal candidate must be very confident, trustworthy, reliable, confident, and very well-organized with experience in company secretarial, human resources and legal advisory services.

Responsibilities

• Draft and review a wide variety of legal agreements.
• Provide legal advice/ opinion on corporate legal issues and business matters.
• Prepare correspondence and legal documents such as contracts, pleadings, briefs, affidavits, motions, and settlement agreements for contract negotiations and proceedings.
• Interpret laws, rulings, and regulations for individuals and businesses.
• Provide the full spectrum of company secretarial services to external clients on an outsourced basis.
• Provide the full spectrum of company secretarial services to external clients on an outsourced basis.
• Ensure the proper safekeeping and update of the company registers, statutory books, and corporate seal.
• Managing clients’ cases from start to finish.
• Ensure clients’ adherence to extant laws and regulations.
• Monitor the maintenance of the registers and other records required to be maintained and/or filed by the organization under the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA 2020).
• Draft guidelines, policies, and procedures documents.
• Assess the company’s/clients’ corporate governance practices and provide advice on how to improve them.
• Incorporate new businesses and develop the governance structures.
• Assist in identifying, analysing, and evaluating legal risks and developing risk mitigation strategies to protect the company/client’s, assets, and stakeholders’ interests respectively.
• Conduct land & title searches as well as perfection of title.

Requirements

• Proven 3 - 6 years post NYSC experience.
• A graduate degree in law from a reputable university (minimum of second class lower).
• Member of the Nigerian Bar Association.
• ICSAN Certification will be an added advantage.
• CIPM Certification will be an added advantage.

Skills:

• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office applications especially Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Strong knowledge of corporate/company & labour law.
• Commitment and enthusiasm in the delivery of the organization's objectives.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and discretion.
• Advanced critical and legal reasoning skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and teamwork abilities.
• Excellent research and writing skills. A record of undertaking research and writing of papers, reports, and presentations would be an added advantage.
• A keen sense of responsibility & ownership.

Application Closing Date
28th November, 2024.

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