Legal Officer at Literamed Publications Nigeria Limited

Literamed Publications Nigeria Limited, established in 1969, is Nigeria’s leading Children’s book publisher and first indegenous book publisher in Nigeria withIts imprint, “Lantern books” is now a household name in Nigeria and West Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Officer

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Roles
Legal Risk:

• Review and provide legal advice on MOUs, Contracts, and tender documents.
• Review ongoing cases and advice management accordingly.
• Liaise with relevant departments to ensure that where legal risks have been identified, appropriate courses of action have been taken.
• Provide legal protection and risk management advice to management especially on contract management.

Policy Development:

• Review and advise management on legal implications of internal policies and procedures.
• Review and draft contracts, agreements and internal policies and ensure that they are in compliance with all statutory or legal requirements.

Litigation Management:

• Review the progress of outstanding litigation and liaise with and manage external lawyers.

Regulatory Compliance:

• Continuously monitor compliance with statutory obligations and advise/recommendations to management and Board of Directors.

Contract Negotiation:

• Review all contracts or any other documentation.
• Prepare, review and modify contractual instruments to assist and support various business activities.
• As needed, provide guidance on contract matters to project managers or other operational staff
• Develop and implement procedures for contract management and administration.
• Negotiate, review and draft documentation for business transactions.

Qualifications & Experience

• Law Degree, Master’s Degree is a plus.
• 3 - 5 years of experience in law firm or multinational organisations (private sector or NGO).
• Demonstrate knowledge of, and experience with laws dealing with commercial/contract administration and labour laws

Required Skills and Competencies:

• In-depth knowledge of general law.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and diplomatic skills.
• Excellent command of English.
• Real interest in environment and conservation.

Application Closing Date
14th April, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their detailed CV to: [email protected] using "Application for Legal Officer" as the subject of the email.