Legal Officer at IT Horizons Limited

IT Horizons Limited is a company with diverse talents and skills on existing, recent and upcoming technologies worldwide. We are a team of young, vibrant, ambitious but experienced professionals who deal with everything relating to technologies especially information communication technologies (ICT). In addition, we have the ability to update with latest trends.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• The Legal Officer will be responsible for providing legal advice and support to the organization on a wide range of legal matters, including contracts, compliance, intellectual property, and regulatory issues.
• Collaborate closely with the Business Assurance team to ensure company-wide compliance with internal policies, statutory obligations, and regulatory frameworks
• Liaise with external counsel/auditors and regulatory authorities as may be required from time to time.
• Maintain an organized, secure digital/legal archive of all company legal documents.
• Provide legal guidance to internal stakeholders on risks, compliance, and processes.
• Represent and/or defend the interest of ITH Holdings Limited and any of its subsidiaries before establishments, including the courts, the Nigeria Police Force and other regulatory authorities.
• Liaise with the Company Secretary/Legal Adviser and obtain clarification and/or approval on legal issues/documentations.
• Secretarial & Administrative Functions
• Prepare and distribute internal memos, board resolutions, and meeting notices.
• Organize and record minutes of meetings and ensure timely action tracking.
• Secretary/Legal Adviser may be required from time to time.
• Draft, review, and manage legal documents including letters, contracts, MoUs, NDAs, and policies documents.
• Executive Support
• Provide confidential executive assistance to the CEO and/or Company Secretary/Legal Adviser as may be required from time to time.
• Serve as liaison officer between the CEO's office and internal departments for legal/administrative matters.
• Carry out all duties and support that may be required or delegated by the CEO and/or Company Secretary/Legal Adviser from time to time

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• % of legal documents reviewed and closed on time
• Timeliness of executive meeting minutes and action item implementation
• Accuracy and organization of legal documents, as well as legal records and filings
• Stakeholders’ satisfaction with responsiveness and clarity
• CEO Administrative & Executive support deliverables met without escalation

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Juris Doctor (JD), or equivalent legal qualification.
• Admission to the bar in the relevant jurisdiction; license to practice law required.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience practicing law, preferably in a corporate or commercial setting.
• Relevant management qualification or training.
• Strong knowledge of contract law, corporate law, and regulatory compliance
• Dimensions
  • Manages and work with direct reports
• Awareness
  • A good understanding of what is involved in an area of expertise and its relevance to the business.
  • Ability to describe the main elements of the area of expertise and their importance to the business; and
  • Ability to recognize how and where competences in expertise are relevant to their own job.
• Knowledge
  • Ability to interpret and evaluate information and advice from experts in an area of Expertise.
  • Knowledge and ability to correctly use the terminology (vocabulary) of the area of Expertise.
  • Ability to hold an informed debate with experts in the Area of Expertise; and
  • Ability to ask questions that test the viability of proposals in an Area of Expertise.
• Skill
  • Ability to consistently carry out the activities of an area of Expertise to the required standard.
  • Ability to perform satisfactorily majority of activities of the Area of Expertise.
  • Ability to translate guidelines and standards for the Area of Expertise into practical actions.
  • Ability to solve imaginatively common technical /operational problems in the Area of Expertise, and
  • Ability to guide and advise others in operational /technical aspects of the Area of Expertise.

Application Closing Date
1st October, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@ithorizonsgroup.com using "Legal Officer" as the subject of the mail.