Legal and Contract Officer at Society for Family Health (SFH)

Duration of Contract: Full time, Six (6) months renewable contract.

Job Profile

• The Legal and Contract Officer will ensure conduct of reviews and drafting of various types of procurement and supply agreements, donor/grant agreements, manage regulatory and government relations, undertaking company secretarial functions and serve as advisory to the Management and Board of Trustees on legal matters.

Job Role - The successful candidate will perform the following functions:
Legal Services specifics:

• Provide internal advisory services to the Board and management as well as other departments within SFH with respect to effective operations and performance of the different units of the business
• Contribute to the commercial and corporate legal strategy for SFH and manage external and internal legal and corporate resources for implementing these strategies.
• Support SFH in the review and implementation of business strategies and overall corporate strategies and developmental activities.
• Review, draft and negotiate a wide variety of legal agreements, sub-recipient agreements, manufacturing agreements, memorandum of understanding with government at all levels, procurement/supply agreements, master service agreements, professional service agreements, collaboration agreements,
• Supervise and assist external counsel on material and complex legal and corporate transactions including commercial contracts, vendors’ contracts and strategic contracts.

Regulatory and Government Relations Management specifics:

• Contribute to the implementation of a regulatory strategy for SFH and manage internal and external stakeholders to maintain conducive operating environment for SFH
• Represent SFH with relevant government agencies on issues with respect to statutory, regulatory, permitting and licensing activities.
• Monitor policies and developments in government regulatory and administrative agencies that may pose risk to the business of or SFH operations and recommend measures that helps to manage the potential risk and ensure needed compliance.
• Preview proposed regulations, policy guidelines and standards of donors, regulators and other relevant government agencies in order to identify threats to and opportunities for SFH’s operation and advice management.
• Monitor and provide overall supervision for SFH’s compliance with all statutory regulatory and policy rules, practices and relevant prescription with a view to ensuring SFH is in compliance.

Other Secretarial functions specifics:

• Preparation of necessary documentation required for Board and committees meeting
• Attendance and taking of minutes at Board meetings
• Filling of returns and changes at the Corporate Affairs Commission.

Qualifications/Experience

• Must possess a first degree in Law (LLB) and have completed Law School (BL). Must possess a minimum of 5 years’ experience with 3 years in a corporate/commercial law firm, legal department of a company, non-governmental organisation or government agency.
• Must have demonstrable integrity, good oral communication; good interpersonal relationship, ability to work under pressure and result oriented.
• Excellent organizational skill and ability to interact effectively with other staff, diverse in-house client department, senior executives opposing counsels and outside partners.
• Good legal research skill.

Specific skills and competence required:

• Excellent knowledge of corporate/commercial agreements drafting and reviews, donor agreements, laws and regulations
• Verifiable ability in managing regulatory compliance and undertaking company secretarial functions
• Ability to interact effectively with donors and other partners in a rapidly changing environment
• Excellent written, oral communication and management skill
• Ability to multitask with keen attention to details.