Legal and Compliance Officer Career Opportunity - Manufacturing Company ~ Ugandan Jobline Jobs

Organisation: Manufacturing

Company

NFT Consult, a

leading HR Consultancy firm, seeks to recruit for its valuable client, a large

manufacturing company in Uganda with a network across East, Central and

Southern Africa.

Job Summary: The Legal and

Compliance Officer will mainly be responsible for the effective and efficient

management of the legal and compliance function, and ensuring effective

management of legal and contractual risks while also working in liaison with

the company legal consultants.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

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Maintain a consistent management reporting process

that provides the company with timely and relevant information on all aspects

of compliance issues.

·        
Stay abreast with developments in regulatory

framework impacting the company’s operations, timeously reviewing policy for

conformity.

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Be responsible for preparing legal opinions/views on

company affairs and submit these to senior management for consideration.

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Maintain proper records of company key documents

including but not limited to statutes, articles of association, memoranda,

contracts etc.

·        
Work closely with the Finance Department to review

and follow up any company debtors.

·        
Management of the Company’s relationship with

relevant government regulatory agencies providing timely responses to

regulatory queries raised by external regulatory agencies, coordination and

management of correspondence and information dissemination to Key relationships

on key regulatory and policy action items within reasonable timelines.

·        
Develop, interpret and regularly review Human

Resources contracts and policies in close coordination with the Human Resource

Manager.

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In charge of preparing, reviewing and negotiating

company contracts, requests for proposals and other legal documents.

·        
Be a liaison with the company legal consultants to

set litigation strategy to successfully manage suits and contain costs.

·        
Represent the company in liaison with the company

legal consultants in litigation, arbitration, mediation and regulatory

proceedings relating to the Company’s undertaking.

·        
Identify Potential areas of compliance vulnerability

and risk; Develop/implement corrective action Plans for resolutions of

problematic issues, and provide general guidance on how to avoid or deal with

similar situation in future.

·        
Be responsible for disseminating information on laws

to management to create legal awareness

·        
Collaborate with other departments to asses and

address compliance issues and propose solutions.

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Performing such other duties and tasks as directed

by your Supervisor.

Qualifications, Skills and

Experience: 

·        
The Legal and Compliance Officer should preferably

hold an LLB from a recognized University

·        
Possession of a Post Graduate Diploma from the

Ugandan Law Development Centre;

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Certificate of Admission to the Roll of Advocates of

the High Court of Uganda with a valid practicing certificate

·        
At least four years’ experience in the area of

criminal and civil litigation, commercial law practice with a good handle of

corporate Law.

All suitably

qualified candidates should visit the web link below and create a profile on

the NFT Consult website by entering their e-mail addresses. Please visit web

link below and click Apply now if convinced you have the job requirements. The

applications/CVs should be prepared in English and submitted in either MS Word

or PDF format will be considered.

Duty Station: Kampala,

Uganda