Legal Officer at Townsend Property Investments Limited

Townsend Property Investments Limited - A leading construction company in Nigeria with head office in Lagos and work site spread all over the country is seeking to recruit focused, results-oriented and suitably qualified professional to fill the job positions below:

Job Title: Legal Officer
Location: Lagos
Job Description
Job Details:

• We need a Legal Officer to the Managing Director/CEO.
• An experienced PA being a Lawyer is required for this position to ensure that the Managing Director/CEO has excellent administrative support, enabling her to focus on business development and high-level management issues.
• S/he will be an excellent organizer and communicator with a proactive and friendly attitude.
• S/he must have the multi-tasking ability and flexibility to work in the dynamic and ever-evolving environment, and must be able to work well under pressure to meet tight deadline.
• S/he legal experience is expected to be used to handle of the legal related activities of the company at any particular time.

Responsibilities
As a Legal Officer, your responsibilities include but not limited to the under listed:

• Provide as well as superintends the provision of legal advisory services to the company;
• In conjunction with external solicitors, supervises the provision of litigation services to the company;
• Organize and attend management meetings and render all necessary secretarial services in respect thereof;
• Advising on compliance issues generally with the applicable laws, rules and regulations;
• Maintaining the registers and other records required to be maintained by the company under subsisting legislations;
• Developing and overseeing the systems that ensure the company complies with all applicable codes of Corporate Governance, as well as all relevant regulatory and statutory requirements;
• To develop, in conjunction with the various relevant departments appropriate contracting systems and procedures for the service;
• To establish and maintain a contract monitoring system with relevant departments that ensures that service providers and vendors abide by the dictates of their contracts;
• To take responsibility, as delegated, for negotiating, implementing, monitoring and reviewing contractual arrangements with independent service providers.
• To ensure that the contracting process is efficient, focuses on service outcomes and is underpinned by the principles of best value;
• To regularly review contract compliance through liaison, support and performance monitoring as a means of assisting providers maintain agreed standards.

Qualification, Experience & Attributes

• Minimum of 2nd Class Upper LL.B Degree; and Barrister at Law (BL) from any reputable tertiary institution.
• Minimum of 4 years Legal Officer and company secretary experience with a large listed company.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving capabilities.
• A very good organizational skill.
• Excellent presentation, written and communication skills.
• Ability to fluently interface with all levels of senior management.
• Ability to think creatively, multi-task and work without supervision.
• The successful candidate must not be more than 30 years of age.
• Be confidential with all information concerning the MD except when you have authorization to do otherwise.