Asanko Gold Mine, situated in Ghana, one of the top ten gold producing countries, is Asanko Gold’s flagship project. The mine, with proven and probable reserves of 4.8 million ounces, is planned to be developed in two phases.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Unit Manager-Legal<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n Company:\u00a0Asanko Gold Ghana Limited<\/strong><\/p>\n Category:\u00a0Legal<\/strong><\/p>\n Location:\u00a0Accra<\/strong><\/p>\n Job status:\u00a0Full-Time<\/strong><\/p>\n Salary:\u00a0GH<\/strong><\/p>\n Education:\u00a0N\/A<\/strong><\/p>\n Experience:\u00a07 years<\/strong><\/p>\n Job expires:\u00a027 May-2016<\/strong><\/p>\n The incumbent will oversee the company secretarial activities, legal obligations and legal compliance of the company. This includes staying abreast of current and new legislation in order to give sound legal advice and providing legal support in both internal and external legal matters. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced professional to put his\/her stamp on a growing organization. Having worked in a comparable environment, the successful candidate will be expected to bring a wealth of experience in effectively managing the legal compliance function,<\/p>\n Key Responsibilities Include:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Perform legal advisory role within the organisation; Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Tertiary legal qualification from a recognized institution; Location:<\/strong> Accra<\/p>\n How To Apply For The Job<\/strong><\/p>\n Eligible candidates selected after the interview process will be evaluated for suitability in terms of behavioural characteristics, organization fit, capability to work with the relevant complexity of work and to establish and maintain a positive and engaging culture with all stakeholders. Suitably qualified persons with the requirements stated above and who are interested in the selection process outlined should submit applications together with detailed curriculum vitae and proof of qualifications to:<\/p>\n Unit Manager – HR & Administration,<\/strong> Or email: applicants@asanko.com<\/strong><\/p>\n Closing Date:<\/strong> 27 May, 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Asanko Gold Mine, situated in Ghana, one of the top ten gold producing countries, is Asanko Gold’s flagship project. The mine, with proven and probable reserves of 4.8 million ounces,…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-3um","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Co-ordination of all day-to-day legal, compliance and company secretarial activities;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Oversee all legal obligations on behalf of the company;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Provide transactional legal support and contractual review, negotiation and drafting, including property, lease, rental, human resources and procurement agreements;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Ongoing review and reporting on material ‘contracts;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Reviewing new business relationships with vendors, suppliers, agents and contractors:
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Ensure that the business is legally compliant;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Guiding management on regulatory and compliance matters, including compliance auditing;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 First point of call for any legal advice or interpretation and providing general legal advice;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Monitor and ensure compliance with all relevant legislation;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Provide litigation legal support and work with internal staff and external counsel as well as
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 manage the relationship and service levels with all external law firms on matters that have been referred to them;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Keep abreast of current and new legislation by managing and maintaining the legal register;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Assist with formulating policy, particularly where legal interpretation is required, including the areas of Human Resources and contracting; and
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Legal interpretation of and advice on all significant contracts.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Must be called to the Bar in Ghana and be a member of good standing;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Possess exceptional knowledge of and experience in Ghanaian law;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Not less than 7 years of work experience as a senior legal advisor;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Demonstrable experience of good people and stakeholder relationships;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Ability to handle broad legal challenges;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ,
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Have tenacity and unquestionable integrity;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Must be a team player.<\/p>\n
\nAsanko Gold Ghana Limited (AGGL).<\/strong>
\nNo.4, Sir Arku Korsah Road, <\/strong>
\nAirport Residential Area,<\/strong>
\nPo O. Box CT 6153,<\/strong>
\nAccra-Ghana.<\/strong><\/p>\n