Urgent Hire: Legal Executive in Abuja

URGENT HIRE: LEGAL EXECUTIVE

LOCATION: ABUJA

Roles and Responsibilities

Legal

·         To prepare, approve, sign and seal agreements leases, legal forms, and other official documents on the company’s behalf, when authorised by the board of the directors or the executive responsible.

·         To advise, in conjunctions with the company’s solicitors, the chief executives and/or other executives, in respect of legal matters, as required.

·         Deal with enquiries from solicitors and other external agencies and advice the client of the next step accordingly;

·         Advice corporate clients and employees on their legal rights and obligations;

·         Ensure proper protection of company and clients’ company from trouble by anticipating and helping to circumvent problems;

·         Keep discovery and external clients up to date on new business laws and regulations;

·         Provides advice on labour relations, employee contracts, tax issues, employee injury, patents and contracts with clients/employees/vendors;

·         All administrative tasks required for the post.

Company Secretary:

·         Maintaining statutory books, including registers of members, directors and secretaries;

·         Dealing with correspondence, collating information and writing reports, ensuring decisions made are communicated to the relevant company stakeholders;

·         Organizing, preparing agendas for and taking minutes of board meetings and annual general meetings (AGMs);

·         Contributing to meeting discussions as and when required, and advising members of the legal, governance, accounting and tax implications of proposed policies;

·         Liaising with external regulators and advisers, such as lawyers and auditors

HR/ Admin Manager:

·         Assist in the Coordination of work within the HR unit

·         Creates and executes HR project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements

·         Provide assistance with writing job descriptions

·         Assist in notices and advertisements preparations for vacant staff positions.

·         Provide assistance in developing human resource plans.

·         Handle all related administrative chores

·         Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualification and Skills

·         Must be a Legal Practitioner, or a Law graduate that has been called to bar with minimum of four (4) years’ post-graduation experience

·         Must have qualified as a Chartered Secretary

• Relevant post graduate qualifications is an added advantage, but are not a requirement
• Must have worked in similar position for not less than 3-4 years
• General business interest and awareness;
• Able to work effectively at all levels in an organization;
• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal;
• People management skills;
• Exceptional communication skills – both written and verbal;
• Leadership qualities and effective team working skills.

Other Specifications:

·         Candidate must be resident in Abuja and should be able to resume within short notice

·         Application closes on Monday, 29^th February, 2016.

·         All CVs must be sent with the Job Title as the subject to:
financetreat@gmail.com