Job Title: Assistant General Manager, Legal Advisory Services
Division/Department: Licencing, Legal and Enforcement
Employer: Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
Sector: Power
Recruiter: ReStraL Limited
Job summary: The Assistant General Manager, Legal Advisory Services leads and supervises all staff in the Legal Advisory Services Unit. The job holder will report to the General Manager, Legal, Licensing and Enforcement.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Ensures all legal instruments, documents of the Commission are properly drafted
2. Provides legal advice on all matters referred to the Unit including the Commission's regulations
3. Ensures that due process is followed in the drafting of all the Commission's legal instruments
4. Gives legal opinion in the Division on matters other than Enforcement and ADR
5. Vets all legal instruments emanating from the Commission or to which the Commission is a party
6. Ensures that all Regulations of the Commission are gazetted in accordance with the law
7. Supervises all litigations against the Commission not arising from its functions e.g. Ordinary contracts
8. Supervises the process for registration of Counsel in the Commissions
9. Ensures that due process is complied with in the appointment of Counsel
10. Ensures proper and adequate preparation for Commission's cases before the Arbitration Tribunals as provided in the contracts
11. Ensures all subpoenas, resolutions and orders of the Commission arising from non-regulatory activities of the Commission are duly served as instructed
12. Liaises with Commission's Counsel in the conduct of all cases involving the Commission
13. Prepares and reviews motions, briefs and responses to petition
14. Prepares leases, conveyances and other documents relating to land and property acquisition
15. Supervises inputs into legal instruments e.g PPA and all other industry agreements
16. Supervises the monitoring and administration of insurance claims
17. Prepares training programmes for the Unit in consultation with the GM Legal, Licensinga nd Enforcement unit
Person Specification:
Required Knowledge and Skills:
1. Demonstrable Leadership and mentorship skills
2. Able to work with and in teams
3. Must be results oriented and committed to excellence
4. Must be self-motivated, creative and innovative
5. Attention to details
6. Analytical skills and problem-solving skills
7. Must possess strategic business sense and an international mindset
8. Organizational skills
9. Adept at using the computer, especially Microsoft Office suite
10. Other legal skills including legal research, factual analysis and legal drafting
11. Excellent communication skills – both written and oral
12. Excellent interpersonal skills
13. Must possess industry-specific knowledge
14. Good grasp of Nigerian law, Nigerian Legal System, court processes
15. Good case management skills
Educational / Professional Qualification(s):
1. Must possess a Law degree and be called to the Nigerian Bar
2. Must also possess an LLM
Work Experience: Candidate must have not less than 18 years post call experience in the legal profession, with at least 5 years in senior management
Deadline: 8th August, 2013
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