Responsibilities:

• You will prepare or vet legal documents; represent the company at meetings on legal issues.
• Advise the Board and company on ethics, conflict of interest and good corporate governance.
• Diligently prosecute litigations involving the company by engaging / coordinating all relevant external stakeholders (solicitors, ministries / government agencies) to protect the interest of the company
• Manage the relationships with regulatory authorities, government agencies, shareholders & their associations and successful conduct statutory meetings.
• Entrench good corporate governance practices with the Board and Management of shareholders & their associations having good impression about corporate governance practices in the company.
• Prevent imposition of sanctions on the company by the government and or regulatory authorities for failure to comply with applicable laws.
• Successfully conduct statutory meetings for the company in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

What Will Make You Successful?

• You should be receptive to new ideas on better ways of doing things
• Accessible to stakeholders and willingness to assist them achieve business objectives
• Possess good leadership and communication skills
• Able to dialogue with all levels of management and external stakeholders
• Able to work under pressure, manage crises and still achieve desired results
• Good interpersonal relationship, trustworthy and reliable
• Minimum Educational qualification:
• LLB and valid license to practice as a lawyer.

  Minimum Relevant work experience:

•  Called to the bar with a minimum of 10 years of cognate corporate practice experience in legal and company secretarial activities