The Senior Legal Manager shall be responsible for deputizing the Head of Legal and shall be responsible for providing support and having oversight on matters related to customer and vendor management, legal advisory, litigation management and regulatory support.
Responsibilities
• Manage and steer the team supporting on the legal, compliance, risk and regulatory functions within the department.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key external stakeholders to achieve business goals.
• Undertake comprehensive, timely and accurate review of contracts, and where required develop/draft legal instruments, including but not limited to contracts, leases, licenses, notices etc.
• Handle the organization’s litigation portfolio including but not limited to pre-trial briefing, assisting in the review and response to pleadings, collating supporting documentation, identifying potential witnesses, attending Court sessions, maintaining litigation files and ensuring proper maintenance of such files.
• Provide sound legal advice in all operational matters including emerging laws and regulations, commercial transactions and HR issues among other areas.
• Management of external counsel i.e. development of SLA, undertaking firm audits, , issuance of instructions in consultation with the Head of Legal, performance appraisal etc.
• Facilitate debt recovery by issuing demands and notices to debtors and guarantors as well as responding to demands issued to the organization.
• Conduct quarterly reviews of the organization’s litigation matters in order to reduce litigation portfolio by closing cases where recovery chances are slim.
• Support as a key account manager for Tier 1 customers and address and respond to customer complaints, customer demands and offer legal advisory as required.
• Management of legal costs and ensuring departmental cost reduction by at least 10% of budgeted amount.
• Supporting other departments as business partner to ensure compliance and risk prevention.
• Facilitate legal awareness on litigation and commercial transactions to mitigate risk.
• Development of compliance checklist and work status reports.
Person Specification
Education, Training, Skills & Experience Qualifications
• Excellent drafting skills
• Ability to work with all levels of management
• Exceptional organizational and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Able to multitask and meet deadlines, getting things right the first time
• Analytical, problem-solver who is able to identify key issues quickly
• Effective self-leadership as an individual contributor in a high-performance environment
• High level of integrity
• Conflict management capabilities
• Ability to analyze data and formulate recommendations
• Ability to make sound business decisions
• Relationship management competency
• Strong negotiation skills
• Accuracy oriented with strong attention to detail
• Expert knowledge of relevant compliance legislations
• Expert knowledge of corporate and commercial law
• Well organized
• Leadership skills
• Teamwork-driven
• Results-oriented
Education and Experience
• LLB Degree or equivalent foreign qualification.
• Admitted lawyer with 8 + years relevant experience in applying general commercial and corporate law.
• 3+ years of property law and/or telecommunications law experience.
Environment Approximately 90% performed in climate-controlled internal office environment working under normal office conditions. Approximately 5-10% travel will be required in support of the position’s responsibilities.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands and finger to feel and handle, reach with arms and hands, talk and hear. While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently is required to stoop, kneel, and crouch, lift weight or exert a force up to a maximum of 12kgs.
Additional
We are a dynamic organization in a rapidly changing industry. Accordingly, the responsibilities associated with this job will change from time to time in accordance with the Company’s business needs. More specifically, the individual may be required to perform additional and/or different responsibilities from those set forth above.
The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.
You can apply by submitting your cover letter and CV to exechire@truenorthafrica.com by 13th July, 2024 All application documents Must be in either PDF or MS. Word.
