Legal Officer at Total Data

JOB TITLE: Legal Officer

JOB LOCATION:  Lagos

JOB DETAILS:

• The legal officer will support the legal and secretariat functions at lESL by ensuring effective board communications, organizing board meetings, providing contract administration, and advising on corporate governance.
• Their role includes preventing statutory and contractual liabilities, promoting best practices, and reducing legal and compliance costs.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and supervise the review and administration of contracts including but not limited to MOA, commercial agreements, leases and all other commercial legal instruments. 
• Ensure the conduct of regular internal legal audit / internal due diligence with respect to company’s contracts.
• Minimum of 6 to 8 years post-call-to-bar experience with bias for company laws, corporate secretariat and governance practice. 
• Memberships of Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) is highly preferred.
• Very strong corporate backgrounds preferably from reputable or high standard organization s (not necessarily from a big corporation)
• Strong academic background and capable of applying jurisprudence and tactfulness in real situations
• High confidence and mannerliness to deal with top ranking officials including executive and non- executive directors
• Ability to maintain high confidentiality in processing of board decisions, deliberations and information.
• Ability to work as part of a team and with both internal and external stakeholders with diverse cultural backgrounds
• Sufficient knowledge of the oil & gas business regulatory framework and environment would be an added advantage. Relevant experience of energy industry and engineering laws.
• Ability to act as Company’s spoke-person and governance advocate and ambassador.

Requirement

• LLB, BL 
• MBA or MSC in Corporate Governance is an advantage
• Memberships of  (Institute of  Chartered Secretaries & Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) is highly preferred.

Salary
N400,000 – N500,000 Monthly.

HOW TO APPLY
To apply for the ongoing Total Data job opening, visit the job APPLICATION PORTAL to submit your application!