Legal Officer at KKON Technologies (KKONTech)

KKONTech is all about Innovation, Quality and Integrity - whether it’s our people, our products or our services. Combined with drive for customer satisfaction, it’s what’s driven our phenomenal success. We started the business of ICT over 17 years ago with the sole aim of being the most reliable and highly proficient ICT solution provider in Nigeria. There’s no doubt our industry is saturated - we’re the first to admit that. But the edge we have over others can be seen in our provision of affordable and reliable connectivity service to both corporate and retail customers.

We also excel at developing our own people into leaders of the future. As an organization with a high-performance culture, we’ll expect a lot from our employees. But we’ll support our employees every step of the way to help them deliver. If any employee is passionate and ambitious, rapid career progression is a reality in KKON. And because we’re a growing firm, there are plenty of exciting opportunities for employees to develop a truly extraordinary career.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The Legal Officer shall be responsible for providing advice on legal matters, commercial contracts, and agreements. Also responsible for assisting the team in administrative tasks, document management and research.

Accountabilities

• Draft a wide variety of legal agreements.
• Provide advice on corporate legal issues and business matters.
• Provide internal advisory services to the business units and departments within the Company.
• Provide commercial legal support to all departmental projects and job functions.
• Ensure the development of service level agreements for service support and delivery.
• Assist in the development of guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• Analyse and review legal agreements, legislation, and documents for the Company.
• Ensure (internal & external) compliance with laid down guidelines, policies, and procedures; investigate issues of non-compliance as may be required.
• Liaise with external solicitors, regulatory bodies, governments, landlords of buildings occupied by the Company in various states, and other stakeholders.
• Monitor concise summaries of court proceedings across different courts, as allocated to external legal counsel.
• Deal with all legal matters, including criminal, civil, police liaison, and alternative dispute resolution.
• Maintain and update all contracts database/filing systems.

Qualification & Experience

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
• Member of the Nigerian Bar Association.
• 1 year post NYSC experience.
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office applications especially Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Skills:

• Good research skills.
• Excellent written &verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of corporate law; commitment and enthusiasm in the delivery of the organization's objectives.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and discretion.
• Good understanding of general and specific Company and commercial law.
• Excellent team working ability to ensure smooth operation in the Legal Unit and the Company as a whole.

Salary
N200,000 - N220,000 per month.

Application Closing Date
3rd October, 2024. 

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@fob.ng using the Job Title as the subject of the email.