IT Horizons Ltd 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).
Legal Officer
- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
- Experience: 4 years
- Location: Lagos
- Job Field: Law / Legal
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.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@ithorizonsgroup.com using “Legal Officer” as the subject of the mail.
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