Vacancy title:
Legal Officer

Jobs at:
Ferwafa

Deadline of this Job:
24th October 2018 at 12:00 AM.

Duty Station:
Kigali, Rwanda

Summary
Date Posted: 15th October 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Company

JOB DETAILS:

FERWAFA would like to request interested people to apply for the below-listed positions by fulfilling the respective mentioned requirements:

Legal Officer
Report to: The Secretary-General
Role: He (She) is primarily responsible for providing high-quality advice to the FERWAFA management on major legal issues and problems in order to ensure compliance with core processes and procedures.

He (She) is specifically responsible for:

Functions Tasks

• Provide legal advice on all FERWAFA interventions Perform duties as Secretary to Legal Commission and provide sound legal advice to the FERWAFA and make recommendations to Management as necessary.
  
• Advice on various areas of law: intellectual property, sports (including anti-doping, anti-corruption, ethical and moral matters) public, human rights, equality, data protection freedom of information and other regulatory matters.
  
• Collect, review and keep legal documents, instruments or other materials relating to the FERWAFA and ensure its operationalization;
  
• Advise on the application of legal instruments that govern Gender equality;
  
• Provide practical legal opinions to ensure that the appropriate legal approach is taken on arising matters in accordance with existing laws;
  
• Review ongoing cases and advice management accordingly;
  
• Review and advise the management on the legal compliance of internal policies and procedures;
  

Contract management

• Participate in contracts negotiation;
  
• Provide legal advice on tender documents;
  
• Communicate signed contract to all concerned parties.
  
• Preserve all documents relating to the contract (negotiation minutes….);
  
• Monitor contract execution to ensure contract closure, extension or renew;
  
• Draft and/or review legal letters, contracts, and agreements and monitor legal obligations under agreements to ensure compliance, as requested.
  
• Provide legal advice on contract disputes settlement.
  
• Draft legal instruments
  
• Draft legislative instruments (Laws and regulations, MOU);
  
• Draft, amend, review and/or recommend modifications to the policies or related laws and regulations governing the FERWAFA as per request.
  
• Ensure proper legal compliance on documents produced within the institution with legal implications;
  
• Conduct legal research Carry out legal research and highlight potential problems that may engage the liability of the institution;
  
• Propose new amendments and revision of existing legal instruments related to the mission and mandate of the institution;
  
• Research and prepare legal opinions on various civil matters including claims for compensation against the FERWAFA.
  Produce a report of activities
  
• Produce monthly, quarterly and annual report of activities
  
• Perform any other duties related to football that might be assigned to him/her
  

SELECTION CRITERIA
The candidate shall:

• Have a master’s degree in a Law and at least 1 year of working experience in the same field or bachelor’s degree in a Law and at least 3 years of working experience in the same field;
  
• Have a proven experience as a legal counsel in a business environment;
  
• Be proficient in the use of MS Office suite, especially PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
  
• Have excellent verbal, written and presentation skills in English, French, and Kinyarwanda (any other language being a plus),
  
• Be dependable, cooperative and a team player.
  
• Be able to work independently, pro-actively and have a ‘hands-on’ approach.
  
• Have excellent task-management skills, able to set and meet deadlines and multi-task effectively with discretion and confidentiality.
  
• The candidate should be available to start immediately upon confirmation of his recruitment and contract terms finalization.