Legal Advisor Employment Opportunity – MTN-Uganda
Job Title: Legal Advisor
Organisation: MTN-Uganda
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Senior Manager – Commercial Legal and Secretarial
About US:
MTN-Uganda is the leading telecommunications Company in Uganda, providing payphone, fixed lines, fax/data, internet and mobile services.
Job Summary: The Legal Advisor will guard the legal interests of the Company in all its dealings with third parties with respect to commercial transactions by providing advisory services to the company on commercial contractual and legal terms.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Formulation of standard contract templates for all products/services
- All required Documents lodged with the Registrar of Company
- Adherence to Committees & Board Charter
- Maintain Statutory Register
- Maintain Minutes Book
- Retention all Documents as required by the applicable Acts
- Submission of Annual Returns to Registrar of Company
- Payment of appropriate Annual Fees to the Registrar of Company
- Compliance with the approved Reporting Formats for Company Accounts
- Issue of circulars to shareholders
- Communication of Dividend Information to shareholders
- Issue of notice of meetings to all shareholders on time
- Facilitation of Board Self Evaluation
- Maintenance of share registry
- Percentage of shareholder queries addressed within 7 working days
- Issue of share certificate
- Preparation of Board Pack Contents
- Circulation/Communication of the Action List to the concerned managers within the Company
- Prepare, Communicate and update the year planner for Directors
- Safe custody of all documents and contracts.
- Employee Satisfaction (Commercial function)
- Average number of training hours per Commercial FTE
- Management of Litigation matters.
- Preparation of regulatory information.
- Formulation of standard contract templates for all products/services
- All required Documents lodged with the Registrar of Company
- Adherence to Committees & Board Charter
- Maintain Statutory Register
- Maintain Minutes Book
- Retention all Documents as required by the applicable Acts
- Submission of Annual Returns to Registrar of Company
- Payment of appropriate Annual Fees to the Registrar of Company
- Compliance with the approved Reporting Formats for Company Accounts
- Issue of circulars to shareholders
- Communication of Dividend Information to shareholders
- Issue of notice of meetings to all shareholders on time
- Facilitation of Board Self Evaluation
- Maintenance of share registry
- Percentage of shareholder queries addressed within 7 working days
- Issue of share certificate
- Preparation of Board Pack Contents
- Circulation/Communication of the Action List to the concerned Managers within the Company
- Prepare, Communicate and update the year planner for Directors
- Safe custody of all documents and contracts.
- Employee Satisfaction (Commercial function)
- Average number of training hours per Commercial FTE
- Management of Litigation matters.
- Preparation of regulatory information.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the MTN Uganda MFS Legal Advisor job placement should hold a Bachelors of Laws (LLB) Hons
- Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
- Valid Practicing Certificate
- Three years professional experience, and a minimum of 2 years as an Advocate in a busy Commercial law practice or as an in-house counsel in a major corporate organization
- Ability to work with a team and all levels within the organization
- Excellent Oral communications skills
- Fluent in English coupled with local language
- Excellent Communication skills (Written and Oral)
- Strong Interpersonal skills
- Strong sense of urgency and action,
- Coordination Techniques
- Understanding of area of legal specialty
- Charisma and character
- A strong will to be forceful when necessary.
- Honest and open
- Tactical thinker
- Assertive
- Initiative
- Perseverance
- Attention to detail
- Team player
- Can-do
- Integrity
- Reliability
- Flexibility and comfortable with change
- Commitment to quality and high performance
- Positive Attitude
- Negotiation, Diplomacy and team building skills
- Organized, Disciplined & Prudent
- Skilled communicator
- People skills
- Emotional intelligence
NB: Please note that presentation of false academic documents and certification will lead to criminal prosecution.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their Job Applications with detailed CVs, certified copies of academic certificates (originals are to be presented at the interview) and names and addresses of three referees addressed to the: Recruitment Officer, MTN- Uganda, P.O. Box 24624, Kampala, Uganda (MTN Nyonyi Gardens)
Deadline: 16th March 2018
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