Senior Legal Counsel – Compliance and Litigation

Job Purpose

To ensure that the company is compliant to all laws, internal policies, applicable IDC policies/circulars and to attend to the company’s dispute resolution proceedings

Key Responsibilities

• Regularly monitor and ensure institutional compliance to applicable legislation
•  Regularly monitor compliance to license requirements and or regulator directives
• Develop, track and report on the progress of the compliance monitoring plans for the business area in order to identify significant compliance breaches, exposures and potential areas of improvement.
•  Update and maintain the INFRATEL Compliance Tracker.
•  Report all material compliance issues.
• Attend to INFRATEL’s dispute resolution proceedings, including ex curia meetings; mediation, arbitration, and Court.
• Monitor departmental expenditure and advise supervisor on extent of adherence to the annual budget
• Executes any other duties as may be assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB)
• An advocate of the High Court of Zambia (ZIALE)
• Minimum of three (3) years post admission at the bar work experience in a similar role
• Good understanding of the Zambian laws

Competencies required for this Role

• Experience in dispute resolution
•  Excellent relationship management and communication skills
• Excellent writing skills
• Good planning and Organizational skills
• High level of confidentiality, dependability and attention to detail
• Executes any other duties as may be assigned.