Maritime Contracts, Compliance and Legal Officer at HR-EX Consulting

Job Description
Contract Management and Administration:

• Develop, negotiate, and evaluate contracts on behalf of the Company.
• Advise and enforce the company's rights and ensure the company meets its obligations in each project by communicating expectations to relevant departments.
• Monitor key contract dates to ensure all contract terms are applied timely and correctly.
• Manage legal, project, and contracting risk of the company and ensure that any contractual or legal matter affecting the project execution is addressed correctly.
• Liaise with other departments and third-party representatives regularly to address issues that may arise from each contract renewal, contract award, contract resolution, and contract follow-up action items.
• Provide contract status reports to management for review.
• Carry out evaluations, provide close-out reports for each project, and identify gaps and areas of improvement.
• Assist the other team in preparing requests and responses for contractual interpretations and providing answers to requests for contract clarification, deviations, or changes.

Compliance:

• Ensure that business operations are in line with all applicable laws, regulations, best practices, internal policies, and procedures.
• Prepare compliance documentation for statutory, legal, and regulatory purposes.
• Ensure all regulatory licenses, certificates, and permits are up to date.
• Be abreast of regulatory developments and industry initiatives and advise management accordingly.
• Develop and ensure that the company meets its compliance obligations under relevant laws and the requirements of regulatory authorities.
• Develop compliance checklists and prepare compliance reports, as and when due.

Legal:

• Negotiate, draft, and review all documents that have legal implications for the company prior to execution and implementation with third parties.
• Advise the management and other departments on legal issues and matters relating to or resulting from the company’s operations.
• Litigation and case management activities.
• Provision of legal, regulatory, and compliance support to related entities.
• Maintain legal and statutory records of the company.
• Liaise with professional advisers and consultants such as auditors, external lawyers, tax advisers, bankers, and shareholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law.
• A minimum of 7 years of working experience with at least 3 years of litigation experience and relevant experience preferably within the maritime industry.
• Being conversant with NCDMB, CAC, NPA, NIMASA, and other regulators is an added advantage.
• Ability to work without supervision.

Salary
N300,000 - N400,000 monthly.