Posted on :
31 May, 2016
31 May, 2016
Water Health Ghana (WHG) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Water Health International, a Company that aims at providing scale-able, safe drinking water solutions to under served areas through advanced technology and innovative business models. Headquartered in Irvine, USA, Water Health International (holding Company of WHG) runs operations worldwide including Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria Bangladesh and India. WHG came into the existence in 2008 with a vision to provide safe, scalable and affordable drinking water to the under served communities across Ghana. WHI runs similar operations in India, Nigeria, Liberia and Bangladesh.
Job Description
Position Title | : | Head – Legal | |||
Designation | : | Assistant Manager/Manager | |||
Reporting to | : | Country Head | |||
Function | : | Legal | |||
Location | : | Accra, Ghana | |||
Basic Data | Functional description | ||||
The Incumbent would be responsible to ensure the legal compliance and to protect the companies from the issues. To ensure risk mitigation in the company especially from contractual stand points | |||||
Contacts of the function | |||||
External to WHG | Internal to WHG | ||||
Advocates, Consultants | All other functions | ||||
Roles and Responsibility | Areas of Responsibility | Responsibility (See Legend) | |||
# | Tasks | ||||
1 | Drafting the contacts | Full | |||
2 | Responsible for maintaining litigation, which consists of civil and criminal cases filed by/against the company | Full | |||
3 | Resolving the ongoing, legal and compliance related issues | Full | |||
4 | Maintaining legally validated documents related to all the WHCs | Full | |||
5 | Undertake all the Secretariat related issues of the Company | Full | |||
Supervisory Role | Number of Staff Controlled | 0 | |||
Next Level | NA | ||||
Legends | |||||
Responsibility | Full | Complete ownership of the task | |||
Shared | 25 – 75% ownership | ||||
Minor | < 25% ownership | ||||
Level | Expert | ||||
Advanced | |||||
Basic | |||||
Trend | > | Will increase in future | |||
= | Will remain the same | ||||
< | Will decrease in future |
Required Skills or Experience
Qualification and Experience | Education: LLB (Minimum) | ||||
Functional Experience: a minimum 10 years of experience in the related field | |||||
Superspeciality : PG ADR, LLM | |||||
Other: NA | |||||
Years of Experience: The incumbent should have a minimum 15 years of experience in the related field. | |||||
Knowledge, Skills and Attitude | Knowledge | Level (See Legend) | Future trend (See Legend) | ||
1 | Company Knowledge | Expert | = | ||
2 | Functional Knowledge | Expert | = | ||
3 | Legal and Statutory | Expert | = | ||
Skills | |||||
1 | Communication Skills | Expert | = | ||
2 | Networking Ability | Expert | = | ||
3 | Presentation Skills | Expert | = | ||
4 | Managing Ambiguity | Expert | = | ||
Attitude | |||||
1 | Assertiveness | Expert | = | ||
2 | Decisiveness | Expert | = | ||
3 | Accountability | Expert | = |
How to Apply
All interested qualified persons should submit their application letter and CV to:[email protected]