Current Jobs in Lagos at Townsend Property Investments Limited
Townsend Property Investments Limited - A leading construction company
in Nigeria with head office in Lagos and work site spread all over the
country is seeking to recruit focused, results-oriented and suitably
qualified professional to fill the job positions below:
Job Title: Legal Officer
Location: Lagos
Job Description
Job Details:
- We need a Legal Officer to the Managing Director/CEO.
- An experienced PA being a Lawyer is required for this position
to ensure that the Managing Director/CEO has excellent administrative
support, enabling her to focus on business development and high-level
management issues.
- S/he will be an excellent organizer and communicator with a proactive and friendly attitude.
- S/he must have the multi-tasking ability and flexibility to work
in the dynamic and ever-evolving environment, and must be able to work
well under pressure to meet tight deadline.
- S/he legal experience is expected to be used to handle of the legal related activities of the company at any particular time.
Responsibilities
As a Legal Officer, your responsibilities include but not limited to the under listed:
- Provide as well as superintends the provision of legal advisory services to the company;
- In conjunction with external solicitors, supervises the provision of litigation services to the company;
- Organize and attend management meetings and render all necessary secretarial services in respect thereof;
- Advising on compliance issues generally with the applicable laws, rules and regulations;
- Maintaining the registers and other records required to be maintained by the company under subsisting legislations;
- Developing and overseeing the systems that ensure the company
complies with all applicable codes of Corporate Governance, as well as
all relevant regulatory and statutory requirements;
- To develop, in conjunction with the various relevant departments appropriate contracting systems and procedures for the service;
- To establish and maintain a contract monitoring system with
relevant departments that ensures that service providers and vendors
abide by the dictates of their contracts;
- To take responsibility, as delegated, for negotiating,
implementing, monitoring and reviewing contractual arrangements with
independent service providers.
- To ensure that the contracting process is efficient, focuses on
service outcomes and is underpinned by the principles of best value;
- To regularly review contract compliance through liaison, support
and performance monitoring as a means of assisting providers maintain
agreed standards.
Qualification, Experience & Attributes
- Minimum of 2nd Class Upper LL.B Degree; and Barrister at Law (BL) from any reputable tertiary institution.
- Minimum of 4 years Legal Officer and company secretary experience with a large listed company.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving capabilities.
- A very good organizational skill.
- Excellent presentation, written and communication skills.
- Ability to fluently interface with all levels of senior management.
- Ability to think creatively, multi-task and work without supervision.
- The successful candidate must not be more than 30 years of age.
- Be confidential with all information concerning the MD except when you have authorization to do otherwise.
Job Title: Personal Assistant
Location: Lagos
Job Description
Job Details:
- We need a Personal Assistant to the Managing Director/CEO.
- An experienced PA being a Lawyer is required for this position
to ensure that the Managing Director/CEO has excellent administrative
support, enabling her to focus on business development and high-level
management issues. S/he will be an excellent organizer and communicator
with a proactive and friendly attitude. S/he must have the multi-tasking
ability and flexibility to work in the dynamic and ever-evolving
environment, and must be able to work well under pressure to meet tight
deadline.
- S/he legal experience is expected to be used to handle of the legal related activities of the company at any particular time.
Responsibilities
As the Personal Assistant, you job description includes:
- Organize, manage and maintain the MD’s official diary and official phone directory
- Meet with the MD as requested by her to discuss upcoming engagements, invitations and other appointments.
- Schedule on behalf of the MD meetings between her and her
direct reports, stakeholders, residents, homeowners, business
associates etc.
- Filter general information, queries, phone calls and
invitations to the MD by redirecting or taking forward such contact as
appropriate.
- Reply, draft and prepare correspondence on behalf of the MD based on her instructions and consent.
- Attend official meetings with the MD as requested and take
minutes of meetings. Send a reminder to the MD as at when due
concerning the resolutions and agreements reached at the meeting.
- Ensure the MD is fully briefed on, or prepared for, any engagements she is involved in.
- Represent the MD in some official capacities as requested and give the her full briefing of what transpired
- Oversee MD’s Office generally.
Qualification, Experience & Attributes
- Minimum of 2nd Class Upper LL.B Degree; and Barrister at Law (BL) from any reputable tertiary institution.
- Minimum of 4 years Legal Officer and company secretary experience with a large listed company.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving capabilities.
- A very good organizational skill.
- Excellent presentation, written and communication skills.
- Ability to fluently interface with all levels of senior management.
- Ability to think creatively, multi-task and work without supervision.
- The successful candidate must not be more than 30 years of age.
- Be confidential with all information concerning the MD except when you have authorization to do otherwise.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should kindly send their CV's to:
[email protected]
Application Deadline 5th December, 2016.