Head Legal

POSITION: Head of Legal

REPORTS DIRECTLY TO: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

DIRECT REPORTS: 

• Contracts Manager

• Head, Regulatory, Govt Relations, Compliance & Community Issues (Lagos and Abuja)

PURPOSE

• To head the legal functions and activities including rendering of in-house legal opinions on all possible contentious matters having impact on legal, regulatory & business issues, and ensure full compliance, and ethical business conduct.

• To coordinate all arrangements for meetings of the Board to ensure that they are properly organized and conducted, and to implement all necessary policies and procedures, and governance structures to ensure that the Company complies with the Memorandum, Articles of Association and its statutory obligations.

• To oversee procurement functions and activities and ensure required goods and services are acquired at the very best value, in the right quality, and quantity, at the right time, in the right place, and from the right sources for the direct benefit of the company.

KEY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

With limits of delegated authority from the board of directors, the CEO will be responsible for achieving the following responsibilities:

• Manages all legal matters of the company ensuring that all contracts are properly negotiated, executed and filed.

• Provides internal legal services and acts as the chief legal advisor to the company on all legal, statutory and constitutional requirements to ensure that the organization is protected from all legal action.

• Develops and ensure implementation of procurement strategies and contractual arrangement s in conjunction with heads of departments to achieve required outcomes and deliver value for money.

• Develops and monitors the implementation of procurement, purchasing and stores accounting policies and procedures to maintain economy and efficiency of business operations.

• Facilitates and coordinates a competitive procurement tendering process to establish the most appropriate procurement arrangement, taking account of procurement policies and procedures within the company.

• Creates, administer, and monitors the implementation, and updates company legal related policies and procedures designed to insure that the organization and its employees comply with required laws and regulations.

• Oversees the company legal process and compliances, and legal matters pertaining to site acquisition, management of community issues, permits and permits approvals, contracts and Contractual agreements, and company secretarial duties.

• Provides guidance for the Board and senior management team on matters relating to compliance.

• Acts as the depository of Legal records, Laws, Regulations, Licenses, Notices, Conventions and Protocols and disseminates the same to relevant arms of the company.

• Responsible for the updating and maintenance of the company legal and statutory documents, and taking all necessary steps to ensure that the company complies with data protection legislation.

• Drafts and negotiates all legal contracts and verifies the drawing of contracts and other legal documents and ensures the safe custody of security documents.

• Participates in the vetting and recommendation of appointment of External lawyers and their subsequent annual evaluation.

• Sets and develops internal compliance procedures for the Company.

• Coordinates with external legal resource and follows up of litigation by and against the company.

• Ensures internal compliance and permits approvals, contracts and Contractual agreements, and company secretarial duties.

• Provides guidance for the Board and senior management team on matters relating to compliance.

• Acts as the depository of Legal records, Laws, Regulations, Licenses, Notices, Conventions and Protocols and disseminates the same to relevant arms of the company.

• Responsible for the updating and maintenance of the company legal and statutory documents, and taking all necessary steps to ensure that the company complies with data protection legislation.

• Drafts and negotiates all legal contracts and verifies the drawing of contracts and other legal documents and ensures the safe custody of security documents.

• Participates in the vetting and recommendation of appointment of External lawyers and their subsequent annual evaluation.

• Sets and develops internal compliance procedures for the Company.

• Coordinates with external legal resource and follows up of litigation by and against the company.

• Ensures internal compliance and with appropriate law of the land and provides legal advice, service (including standardization, drafting, legal opinion, strategic advise)and consultation to internal stakeholder in the company.

• Develops, in...