Legal Assistant

The Legal Assistant performs varied and complex legal assignments, both routine and non-routine, requiring evaluation, originality and ingenuity in providing assistance to the Office of the Corporate Secretary in the execution of the corporate secretarial function.

Job Opportunity

Legal Assistant

Division:  Office of the Corporate Secretary

Department:  Legal

Reports To:  Legal Officer/Corporate Secretary

Position Scope:

The Legal Assistant performs varied and complex legal assignments, both routine and non-routine, requiring evaluation, originality and ingenuity in providing assistance to the Office of the Corporate Secretary in the execution of the corporate secretarial function.

Key Duties And Responsibilities:

• Conducts research and analysis on rulings, judgments, precedents, legislation, laws and regulations, both regionally and internationally, to provide support for legal advice and opinions on matters affecting the Corporation

• Composes memoranda, correspondence and drafts documents/responses on legal issues, presenting data and documentation in support of legal advice and opinion

• Assists in the preparation of legal contracts, deeds, leases and other legal papers

• Prepares synopses, abstracts or summaries on legal issues in the preparation of legal contracts as required

• Conducts internal investigations where there is legal liability, securing evidence and compiling information

• Drafts policies and procedures pertaining to the work of the Corporate secretarial function

• Assists the Corporate Secretary in the provision of secretarial service to the Board

• Assesses requests filed under the Freedom of Information Act

• Prepares documents and information for external parties including outside counsel or investigative and/or enforcement agencies

• Provides advice on legal requirements for control and retention of documents throughout the Corporation

• Liaises with external stakeholders such as MPU, business partners/associates, external counsel, adverse parties and other governmental agencies

• Adheres to health, safety and environmental rules, regulations and guidelines

• Performs other related duties that may be required by the job function

   

  Education:

       

•      Bachelor's Degree in Law (LL.B)

•      LEC Qualification desirable

   

  Experience: