Society for Family Health Nigeria

Senior Legal Officer

Society for Family Health Nigeria  •  Abuja, NG (Onsite)  •  5 months ago
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Job Description


  • Ability to draft legal documents such as contracts, bids, leases, subawards, and various litigation documents in a concise and clear manner using appropriate legal terms.

  • Ability to systematically and efficiently manage contract creation and execution for the purpose of maximizing business, financial and operational performance.

  • Ability to prepare board documents and memoranda, take minutes, file necessary documents at the Corporate Affairs Commission, advise on governance and related statutory compliance needs.

  • Ability to conduct research using online and other resource, know where to find the Law and apply same to everyday and critical issues

  • Ability to management some aspect of issues that arise from matters in Court

  • Ability to work with other departments to assist with SFH compliance obligations: contractual and regulatory especially requirements that are relevant to SFH entities.

  • Have in-depth knowledge about commercial and corporate law and operations, structure/restructure and be able to translate that knowledge to advise the Board and Management for effective synergy


Requirements


  1. A minimum of a LLB and B.L is required;

  2. A minimum of five (5) years’ experience with progressively increasing responsibility working with and advising different Clients including Corporate entities, Government and Regulatory Agencies and individuals

  3. Excellent legal drafting and communication ability that can be shown from working with varied Clients

  4. Demonstrated ability to manage company secretarial functions including taking minutes and undertaking filings at Corporate Affairs Commission;

  5. Demonstrated ability to manage compliance interactions with different Regulatory Agencies


  6. Advising on and handling matters in different Courts for multiple Clients
Society for Family Health Nigeria

About Society for Family Health Nigeria

Society for Family Health (SFH) is a non profit, non-political, non-governmental organisation which has interventions in various health fields, including child survival, malaria prevention and treatment, HIV and AIDS prevention, and reproductive health. SFH implements her life saving programmes in partnership with the public and private sectors and provides health products, clinical services and behaviour change communications in both urban and rural areas, especially among the most vulnerable.

SFH works through 24 field offices spread across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory - where the headquarters is located.

Currently running programmes include: Cervical Cancer Screening & Preventative Therapy (CCS&PT) project, Enhancing Nigeria's Response to HIV & AIDS (ENR), Expanded Social Marketing Project in Nigeria (ESMPIN), Global Fund Malaria, Global Fund HIV, Strengthening HIV Prevention Services for Most at-risk Populations (SHiPS for MARPs), Women's Health Project, Universal Access to Female Condom, Maternal & Neonatal Health Project - North East Nigeria

SFH partners with a range of international organisations including Population Services International, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), MSD for Mothers, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), Global Fund, UNITAID, ViiV Healthcare, Procter & Gamble (USA), and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

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Industry
Nonprofit & NGOs
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Abuja, NG
Year Founded
1983
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