Head, Legal Services at a New Tier 1 Urban Microfinance Bank

We are a newly Central Bank of Nigeria Licensed Tier 1 Urban Microfinance bank located at the Igbon-Efo, Lekki corridor of Lagos State. We are desirous of recruiting young, talented and ambitious self starters who would lead the bank towards achieving the mutual desired goals of all stakeholders in the position below:

Job Title: Head, Legal Services

Job Code: LS 03
Location: Lagos

Job Summary

• The Head of Legal is first and foremost tasked with leading and motivating all the Legal Officers both at the head office and the regional offices to ensure that the perform optimally.
• The person will also act as a mentor to all legal department personnel, encouraging their professional growth.

Job Description

• Legal Advisory Role: The Head of Legal along with the Legal Adviser manages legal risk within the enterprise by providing legal advice to the business and management.
• Collaboration Role: The role of the Head of Legal is also a collaborative one and in that capacity he works with departmental leadership and key stakeholders across the business in overseeing and ensuring legal compliance across the business, maintaining the business' integrity both internally and externally (reputational risk).
• Specific functions: The Head of Legal also performs similar duties as he deems fit for the proper execution of his duties and duties as delegated by the Company Secretary / Legal Adviser and management of the bank.
• Supervise legal work of Legal Officers, paralegals, and outside counsel; consults on difficult or sensitive issues.
• Ensure compliance by the Bank with best Corporate Governance Practices including risk identification and mitigation.
• Draft, review, and approve policies and procedures, regulations, bylaws, and other legal documents.
• Reviews contracts, leases, and other legal documents; researches legal issues and recommends revisions as necessary.
• Review, research, interpret, and prepares both written and oral opinions on a wide variety of legal issues.
• Provide efficient, effective legal support services and ensuring compliance by the Bank with laws governing its operations;
• Ensure the Bank is legally protected in all its transactions, with customers and other third parties;
• Manage the Bank's litigation portfolio to ensure that it is within set parameters by Managing disputes, claims, actions and potential disputes.

Minimum Qualifications

• LL.B.
• Not less than 7 years post bar proven experience in a diverse legal field.
• Preferably candidates from the banking sector.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate, real estate, commercial law and procedures in the banking sector.
• High degree of professional ethics and integrity.
• Candidate for this position must not be more than 32 years as at January 1st, 2022.

Application Closing Date
26th January, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their most recent CV and a Cover Letter of Intent to: [email protected] using the Job Code as the subject of the email.

Note: All successful candidates would be interviewed and expected to resume NOT later than April 1st, 2022.