Legal Officer at a Microfinance Bank - Swean Consulting

Swean Consulting - Our client, a Microfinance bank, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Officer

Location: Garki, Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Attends to all the administration work of the Department (not limited to preparation of reports required from the Department, maintaining Departmental dashboards, maintaining Departmental records, filing, and diarizing meetings);
• Assists as is directed with all administration duties of the Office of Company Secretariat (not limited to preparation of Board packs, assisting to draft minutes of Board committee meetings);
• Assists the head of Legal to ensure effective and efficient management of the in-country legal risk as from time to time directed to the Legal Officer;
• Conducts any primary legal research required for purposes of preparing legal opinions;
• Receives all mail that is sent to the Legal Department, brings it to the attention of the Legal Manager;
• Tracks and records all work in progress/deadlines/responsibilities/projects of the Legal Department.

This involves preparing and maintaining trackers for any work as is directed:

• Keeps and maintains a register of all contracts that the bank is party to. This specifically excludes contracts for credit facilities with the Banks customers;
• Keeps and maintains a register of all litigation instructions handled to external legal panel firms; Assists to review and provide legal advice on tender documents and procurement processes;
• Assists Head of Legal to provide training and support to the business on relevant legal risks management aspects, as is appropriate; and, ensure an up to date and relevant knowledge of principal areas of the law and practice in all commercial law areas relevant to the business needs of the Bank.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB) from a recognized University
• Relevant professional certificates.
• Minimum of 3 years working experience (with at least 1 year of Commercial work experience including company secretarial work).
• High attention to detail.
• Sound judgement and decision making.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to prepare complex legal documents.
• High degree of professional ethics and integrity. Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Application Closing Date
30th July, 2024.