Trainees - Legal at GE - General Electric

Role Summary/Purpose

• GE Africa's Early Career Development Program (ECDP) is a twelve month development program designed to give recent university/college graduates challenging work assignments, training and development, and exposure to leadership.
• The program combines hands on experience with formal classroom training to equip participants with the tools and knowledge to become leaders in GE.

Essential Responsibilities

• This position will be within the Global Growth Business based in Lagos, Nigeria or Accra, Ghana and are open to recent university/college graduates in Law.
• Responsible for reviewing, updating and tracking the following documents: Powers of Attorney; Non-Disclosure Agreements; leases, first level review of agreements and other tasks as may be assigned from time to time.
• Research and collect data, review legislative trends including updating advise obtained from external counsel and communicate these to the legal team and implement early warning system
• Update manual and digital repositories (support central libraries and shared drives) with latest materials;
• Promote frequent use of repositories to ensure user awareness of key information and documents;
• Interface with internal and external senior level executives, government officials and various outside organizations on a need to basis;
• Support the West Africa legal team in process improvement initiatives, in line with current business challenges
• Drive compliance programs across the region
• As valuable members of our team, ECDP participants will receive many benefits including:
  • Challenging work assignments
  • Business mentors
  • Leadership training
  • Functional training
  • Opportunities to network with Leaders and other ECDP members

Qualifications/Requirements

• Recent college/university graduate with no more than 2 years’ work experience /or with national service discharge (relevant degrees and/or experience preferred).
• LLB; BL; LLM (LLM not mandatory)
• 2 years of legal experience.
• Must be fluent in spoken and written English
• Must be fluent in spoken and written French
• Authorized to work in your country full-time and without restriction. For Nigeria, must have NYSC discharge or exemption certificate in hand
• Proficiency in the use and application of Microsoft Excel and other MS packages (Word, PowerPoint)
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Excellent organization skills, ability to independently prioritize multiple tasks and work to deadlines

Additional Eligibility Qualifications
Desired Characteristics:

• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Demonstrated team player
• Confident self-starter who has demonstrated drive
• A post graduate degree in a relevant field will be an advantage
• High performer with a passion to achieve positive business results
• Curiosity and desire to learn and expand skill set
• Flexible, adaptable, and open to change