The
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is the independent regulatory agency mandated by Government to monitor and regulate the electricity industry in Nigeria. The Commission is committed to promoting and ensuring efficient market structures and an investor-friendly industry to meet Nigeria's need for safe, adequate, reliable and affordable electricity.
To drive the achievement this mandate, the Commission seeks to recruit qualified professionals for vacant positions in the Office of the Chairman and its 6 specialized Divisions.
NERC is recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Assistant General Manager, Legal Advisory Services
Job summary
The Assistant General Manager, Legal Advisory Services leads and supervises all staff in the Legal Advisory Services Unit. The job holder will report to the General Manager, Legal, Licensing and Enforcement.
Responsibilities
- Ensures all legal instruments, documents of the Commission are properly drafted
- Provides legal advice on all matters referred to the Unit including the Commission’s regulations
- Ensures that due process is followed in the drafting of all the Commission’s legal instrument
- Gives legal opinion in the Division on matters other than Enforcement and ADR
- Vets all legal instruments emanating from the Commission or to which the Commission is a party
- Ensures that all Regulations of the Commission are gazetted in accordance with the law
- Supervises all litigations against the Commission not arising from its functions e.g. Ordinary contracts
- Supervises the process for registration of Counsel in the Commissions
- Ensures that due process is complied with in the appointment of Counsel
- Ensures proper and adequate preparation for Commission’s cases before the Arbitration Tribunals as provided in the contracts
- Ensures all subpoenas, resolutions and orders of the Commission arising from non-regulatory activities of the Commission are duly served as instructed
- Liaises with Commission’s Counsel in the conduct of all cases involving the Commission
- Prepares and reviews motions, briefs and responses to petition
- Prepares leases, conveyances and other documents relating to land and property acquisition
- Supervises inputs into legal instruments e.g PPA and all other industry agreements
- Supervises the monitoring and administration of insurance claims
- Prepares training programmes for the Unit in consultation with the GM Legal, Licensing and Enforcement unit
Requirements
- Demonstrable Leadership and mentorship skills
- Able to work with and in teams
- Must be results oriented and committed to excellence
- Must be self-motivated, creative and innovative
- Attention to details
- Analytical skills and problem-solving skills
- Must possess strategic business sense and an international mindset
- Organizational skills
- Adept at using the computer, especially Microsoft Office suite
- Other legal skills including legal research, factual analysis and legal drafting
- Excellent communication skills – both written and oral
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Must possess industry-specific knowledge
- Good grasp of Nigerian law, Nigerian Legal System, court processes
- Good case management skills
- Must possess a Law degree and be called to the Nigerian Bar
- Must also possess an LLM
- Candidate must have not less than 18 years post call experience in the legal profession, with at least 5 years in senior management
Application Closing Date
8th August, 2013
Method Of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply