Legal Risk Management / Assistant Contract Officer Job at Eta-Zuma Group

Eta-Zuma Group is a company of 8 separate companies with exploration licenses covering diverse solid minerals like iron ore, gold, tantalite, coal, limestone/marble, etc. In April 2009, these eight companies were acquired by Energy and Metal Industries Limited to form the Eta-Zuma Group Limited.ETA-ZUMA Group is an indigenous conglomerate with interests in diverse strategic sectors of the economy. The acquisition was spurred by the economic reason to consolidate the diverse licenses into a balanced portfolio that will reduce risk and position the emerging company to exploit emerging market opportunities in a global commodities market that is on a rebound.


The acquisition also included Eta-Zuma Group Limited - a key player in the emerging solid minerals industry of Nigeria. The acquisitions increased the size of the company more than five-fold. The Group re-opened earlier exploration sites and has since invested over $10million in proving reserves of especially marble and opening up new coal reserves and in new plant and machinery. The headquarters at Abuja currently coordinates mainly exploration activities at all exploration sites especially in the Kogi block now in partnership with the technical partners EMI and the Geological Institute of Ukraine.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Legal Risk Management / Assistant Contract Officer
Job Location: Abuja (FCT)

Job Responsibilities
Legal Risk Management:

  • Provide specialized legal advice, both written and oral; supervise the preparation of draft memoranda and other legal documents,
  • Serves as a legal officer in one or more areas of concentration, and handles a wide range of highly complex, and often sensitive and/or conflicting legal matters involving issues relating to the company.
  • Participates in the development, implementation and evaluation of the organization’s risk management, internal control, and other related programmes/projects, etc…; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and proposes corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; identifies and tracks follow-up actions,
  • Coordinates the organization’s risk register,
  • Performs extensive legal research and analysis and prepares legal opinions, briefs, reports and correspondence; provides legal advice to organization and its client companies.
  • Preparation and review of legal documents, instruments, contracts, templates or other material to mitigate organization’s legal risk.
  • Selects relevant material, analyzes information and presents findings for internal review,
  • Contributes to review and design of new, or new applications of, legal instruments, policy, guidelines, etc.

Contract Duties:

  • Assist in Legal drafting
  • Legal Research
  • Litigation management
  • Any other task as may be assigned by the Head of Department.

Competencies/ Requirements / Qualifications

  • A minimum of LL.B and BL Degree
  • A minimum of five (5) years of post call experience
  • Excellent legal drafting and communication ability that can be shown from working with varied Clients.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage compliance interactions with various Regulatory Agencies and other stakeholders.
  • Advising on and handling matters in different Courts for multiple Clients.
 


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