Senior Legal Officer

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 Position: Senior Legal Officer (SLO)
Job 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.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.