Legal & Compliance Officer – TelOne 1716 views

TelOne is going through a business transformation process and would require suitable and qualified personnel to fill in the vacant and strategic positions below that have been created in the new structure.

Legal & Compliance Officer

The incumbent will be responsible to the Procurement Head.

Job Purpose

Responsible for assisting the Procurement Head in giving Procurement Legal Advice and guidance to Management and staff.

Major Activities of the Job

• Assist with the development of scope of work and invitation to tender and specifications.• Develop contract and service level agreement strategies to minimize risk.• Manage post award vendor relationships and partnerships with large EPCM service providers.• Provide unsolicited procurement legal advice to Management to safe guard against breach of regulatory and statutory issues.• Interpret procurement legislation and other legal or regulatory directives that affect the Organizations’ operations.• Gather information required for submission of statutory and regulatory requirements, quarterly and annually.• Maintain procurement registers for Statutes that impact on the Organisation’s operations and review these in conjunction with the Risk Department.• Defend all procurement litigation against the Organisation in conjunction with Legal Counsel.• Draft procurement agreements, contracts and correspondences in relation to legal issues.• Manage a portfolio of contracts, including vendor performance and procurement policy frameworks.• Review procurement procedures and policies in line with statutes.

Qualifications and Experience

• LLB (Honours Degree).• Registered legal practitioner in terms of the Legal Practitioners Act.• Three years post graduate experience in commercial Law environment.

Competencies• Excellent legal analysis skills.• Outstanding legal writing skills and spoken fluency in English.• Ability to design, manage and implement contracts with legal and policy focus.• Excellent interpersonal skills.• Legal exposure in commercial industrial sector.

For consideration on the above posts, please submit your application together with CV to,

The Corporate Services Director, TelOne Private Limited, 107 Kwame Nkrumah, Runhare Building, or e-mail to [email protected] not later than Thursday 28 March 2019.