The assistant legal officer is a corporate officer who assists the Legal Officer to handle the legal affairs of the institution. The assistant legal officer will work with other legal staff to address the internal and external legal concerns of Advans Ghana. This professional must have superb legal skills and discipline to keep the institution functioning and out of legal trouble.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Assistant Legal Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n Activities\/Duties<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Assist the Legal Counsel and Company Secretary generally in providing proactive legal advice and assistance to the Institution. \u2022 Head of Units\/ Steerco Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 A minimum of LLB qualification How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n Kindly apply through: jobs@advansghana.com<\/strong><\/p>\n Closing Date: 26 <\/strong>October, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The assistant legal officer is a corporate officer who assists the Legal Officer to handle the legal affairs of the institution. The assistant legal officer will work with other legal…..<\/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":[44],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-6Xh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26739"}],"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=26739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Hold Brief for and on behalf of the Legal Officer and Company Secretary in Court
\n\u2022 Undertake such company secretarial duties as are assigned by the Legal Officer and Company Secretary.
\n\u2022 Ensure that good record keeping practices are observed and that all documents are properly retained in the department.
\n\u2022 Build good relationships with those of equivalent level and more senior in other functions and with external advisers and government bodies. As an administrator, he must promote strong relationships with partners and clients of the corporation, acting as a liaison between partners and work groups.
\n\u2022 Make significant contributions in ensuring that all the department\u2019s internal and external stakeholders receive excellent service delivery thereby ensuring that the legal department effectively partners all the departments and branches.
\n\u2022 Ensure compliance with statutory obligations and advise Legal Officer and Company Secretary accordingly
\n\u2022 Drawing up and submitting major contracts, agreements and other legal documents as directed by the Legal officer
\n\u2022 The Assistant Legal officer may prepare and monitors budgets and expenditures on certain projects and activities of the units
\n\u2022 The assistant legal officer must research different information to make sure the institution is acting in accord with all applicable laws of the country
\nInterpersonal Relations
\n\u2022 Internal relations: Branch staff \/ Head Office department
\n\u2022 External relations: Prospects \/ Clients
\n\u2022 Supervises: Administrative assistant, Legal
\nCareer Path
\nHorizontal mobility:<\/p>\n
\nVertical mobility (within the same function): Branch Manager
\n\u2022 Staff of the same level<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Qualified to work as a legal practitioner in Ghana.
\n\u2022 Must possess a minimum of 1 year post qualification experience within the industry
\n\u2022 Savings and Loans company or its equivalent as lawyer.
\n\u2022 Good knowledge and appreciation of Ghana laws and labor related issues
\n\u2022 Strong decision making skills
\n\u2022 Excellent oral and presentation skills
\n\u2022 Strong, analytical, drafting and negotiating skills.
\n\u2022 Open and outward looking attitude.
\n\u2022 Strong inter-personal\/communication skills.
\n\u2022 Ability to work confidently and stand ground with more senior managers.
\nLocation: Accra<\/p>\n