Lead Counsel, Secretarial / Board Matters at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited Full Time

Job Title: Lead Counsel, Secretarial / Board Matters

Locations: Nigeria

Objectives

• Provision of secretarial assistance to the General Counsel on board-related matters including filing, indexing, archiving, and handling of the company’s document management system while ensuring record protection.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the General Counsel in providing effective, efficient, and qualitative corporate secretarial and legal services to NNEL Board and Management.
• Compile and update lists of Letters of Intent, approved Board Memorandum.
• Monitor and keep track of mails and books in the General Counsel’s Office and Law Library.
• General Supervision of the Registry in the Legal Department.
• Develop and maintain the Document Management System.
• Ensure reliability of records.
• Construct a reasonable level of protection to records (i.e., private, confidential, privileged, secret, or classified).
• Transfer records to historical archives.
• Ensure secure and appropriate records disposition.
• Assist in providing an efficient, effective, and reliable documents and records management system.

Educational Qualifications

• A University Degree in Law; Barrister at Law (BL) qualification is a must. Must have been called to bar.
• A Master Degree in Law or any other relevant post-graduate degree is an added advantage.
• Professional qualification and membership of relevant professional body is required e.g. NBA.

Experience:

• Minimum of 9 years relevant post qualification experience.
• Experience in the oil and gas industry will be an added advantage.

Competence:

• Skilled in Oil and Gas Industry regulations and laws.
• Mastery in Legal Case Handling & Analytics skills.
• Skilled in statutory laws.
• Mastery in Legal Advisory.
• Mastery in Legislation Interpretation skills.
• Mastery in the principles of Corporate Governance.
• Presentation and Negotiation skills.
• Mastery in Relationship management skills.
• Skilled in Ethics, Integrity, and Values management.
• Skilled in Organisational Awareness.
• Skilled in Business Understanding.
• Skilled in Planning & Budgeting.
• Mastery in Regulatory compliance enforcement.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.