Legal Officer at Literamed Publications Limited

Literamed Publications Nigeria Limited, est. 1969, is Nigeria's leading Children's book publisher. Its imprint, "Lantern books" is now a household name in Nigeria and West Africa. Literamed has in its stable over 400 titles of books for Pre-primary, Primary, Secondary and Literature texts for different age ranges, all widely accepted in Nigerian Schools.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Officer

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are looking for an in-house Legal Officer who will handle all complex legal matters and projects.
• You will ensure the legality of commercial transactions and advise our company on legal rights and duties.

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 actions 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 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.
• 2 - 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
7th March, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.