Litigation Officer at a Legal Firm - Value Edge Management Service Limited

Value Edge Management Service Limited - Our client, a Legal Firm, is recruiting suitable candidates to fill the position below:

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Litigation Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Together with other lawyers, maps out litigation pathways and legal arguments to achieve the change sought and submits case proposals to the co-Executive Director (Litigation) for approval.
• Initiates and manages impactful litigation at administrative, civil, criminal, quasi-judicial, and other legal fora in collaboration with national lawyers.
• Ensures clients’ support needs are identified and addressed through direct support or referrals as appropriate.
• Monitors and records strategic and other impacts of litigation.
• Ensures accurate documentation of cases, including maintaining the case docket for upcoming activities and up-to-date records of case progress using the case sheet for each case.
• Participates in external case file reviews to monitor progress, identify barriers and brainstorm solutions.
• Maintains comprehensive electronic case files to a high professional standard, complete with scanned original documentation, accurate case sheets, client engagement letters, and summary translations of national language documents
• Keeps the Senior partners (Litigation) abreast of developments in a timely fashion, raising opportunities and risks as they occur.
• Maintains regular communication with national lawyers and other stakeholders. Other
• Cooperates closely with the Impact Manager and non-litigation staff to support advocacy and related activities.
• Implements a strong collaborative work-ethic with the team and with partners externally, providing support to and seeking support from colleagues when necessary.
• Represents Validity flexibly and to a high professional standard to a diverse range of external partners and stakeholders.
• Carries out other tasks as requested by the Senior partner (Litigation).

Requirements

• Interested candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree in relevant fields with 2 - 5 years work experience.

Application Closing Date
18th August, 2023.