Our client, a sole legal firm is looking to hire an Associate Dispute Resolution who will be a foundational member of the firm’s Dispute Resolution Practice Group. The likely candidate will be responsible for delivering high-impact legal support across litigation, arbitration, and advisory mandates.
This role requires an independent, results-driven professional capable of driving case strategy, conducting rigorous legal analysis, and ensuring effective client and case management in a demanding environment.
Responsibility
Core Dispute Resolution & Advocacy
This section focuses on the non-negotiable legal duties and advanced practice skills required.
- Pleadings & Drafting: Prepare, review, and finalize complex court processes, including motions, defences, claims, and settlement agreements, ensuring absolute accuracy and strategic alignment.
- Adjudicative Representation: Actively appear in courts at all levels (Magistrate, High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court) to conduct hearings, argue motions, and present evidence, both independently and under the guidance of Senior Counsel.
- ADR Practice: Represent clients and advance the firm\'s position in Arbitration, Mediation, and Conciliation, aiming for expedient and commercially viable resolutions.
- Evidence & Witness Preparation: Strategically assist in preparing documentary evidence, affidavits, and witnesses for cross-examination and trial.
Legal Research & Knowledge Leadership
The role requires the Associate to be a leader in legal expertise, contributing directly to the firm\'s knowledge base.
- Strategic Research: Lead in-depth legal research, developing comprehensive case briefs, advisory opinions, and position papers that inform strategy.
- Knowledge Contribution: Stay abreast of critical developments in case law and statutory amendments, preparing internal knowledge notes and training materials for junior staff and firm newsletters.
Client & Practice Management
This emphasizes the responsibility for client relationship nurturing and flawless administrative execution.
- Client Relationship Management: Serve as a reliable point of contact for clients, maintaining regular, proactive communication regarding case developments, and articulating complex legal concepts clearly.
- Case Docket Management: Flawlessly track all court dates, deadlines, and filing requirements. Collaborate effectively with support staff to ensure all case files are digitally indexed, current, and instantaneously retrievable.
- Financial Compliance: Ensure rigorous adherence to the firm’s billing procedures and accurately record all professional time (time-sheets) and expenses associated with cases.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) and mandatory Call to the Nigerian Bar (B.L).
- Minimum of 2–4 years of high-quality, post-call experience in active litigation and dispute resolution practice.
- Proven mastery of Civil Procedure Rules, Arbitration & Conciliation Act, and commercial jurisprudence.
- Mandatory experience with electronic legal research platforms (e.g., Primo, LawPavilion, Westlaw, LexisNexis).
Must have skills
- Legal Acumen: Exceptional analytical, legal reasoning, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Communication: Superior oral advocacy and sophisticated technical drafting skills.
- Integrity & Work Ethic: Unwavering professionalism, discretion, and the proven ability to thrive under pressure while managing heavy, concurrent deadlines.
- Collaboration: A demonstrated team player with strong interpersonal skills, ready to assist in mentoring junior staff and supporting business development initiatives.
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Our organization powers businesses through people, culture, and technology, ultimately reshaping the culture of work in Africa. We are passionate about enabling exceptional workplace experiences and supporting businesses across the entire HR value chain and employee lifecycle.
The Full-stack Engineer will work as part of the engineering team to build and maintain all innovative initiatives at our organization.
This role is perfect for someone passionate about problem-solving, who is bubbling with creative ideas. You’ll own features end-to-end, from architecture and API design to shaping DevOps infrastructure and supporting to refine pixel-perfect UI. You’ll collaborate closely with Product and Design, mentor peers, and set quality standards that let us ship fast without breaking things.
Responsibilities
- Own the full development cycle: From architecting scalable backends to support designing sleek, user-friendly interfaces.
- Write clean, high-performing code that doesn’t just work but sets new standards in efficiency and scalability. You will also review PRs for team members.
- Maintain DevOps pipelines: manage and design CI/CD, automate tests, releases, and rollbacks.
- Collaborate with product, design, and business teams to translate ideas into powerful digital experiences.
- Stay ahead of the curve by experimenting with emerging technologies, frameworks, and best practices.
Qualifications
- Up to 5 years professional experience building production web applications across frontend (React or similar + TypeScript) and backend (Node.js and/or PHP).
- Some experience with implementation and maintenance of CI/CD system
- A problem-solver’s mindset: You break down complex issues and build smart, efficient solutions.
- A builder’s mentality: You take ownership, push boundaries, and thrive in fast-moving environments.
Must have skills
- Great, frequent, clear communications skills. A must as we work remotely with our partners.
- Curiosity and the desire to learn. Our business is evolving rapidly, which means flexibility and speed are key.
- Ninja research skills. The ability to understand trends and break down larger, complex information and data into smaller easy-to-comprehend chunks.
- Confidence in presenting and navigating information.
- Relatability in person and online.
- Tact, sensitivity, and diplomacy. We have to be confidential with information.
- Strong organisation skills.
- Problem-solving skills - the ability to get to the root cause and design solutions with the users in mind.
- Strong Data skills. Understanding why data is important, what data to store, and how to store and track data.
- A self-driven work ethic. You need to be a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through to completion.
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