Legal Counsel Career at Focus hub Nigeria Port Harcourt

Focus hub Nigeria is a new technology entrepreneurship and social
innovation hub in the Niger Delta, based in Port-Harcourt.
We have a
mandate to create sustainable business models dedicated to solving
development challenges encountered in the Niger Delta.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Legal Counsel

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job Type Part-time

Job Description

• FocusHub is seeking a highly motivated, creative lawyer with
  excellent judgment, experience and talent to provide practical and
  business focused legal advice and contract support.
• You will be required to consider a wide array of complex and
  often novel legal issues including consumer protection, securities
  regulation, privacy and data protection, Intellectual Property,
  corporate and tax issues.
• Review and draft privacy policies, terms of service and end user
  license agreements, and ensure compliance with such policies and
  agreements.
• Prior experience with, or familiarity of, and affinity for the
  Technology, ICT, startup, entrepreneurship and innovation space is
  preferred. We embrace those who think on their feet, love a challenge
  and are creative problem solvers.
• Specific duties will include: Structure, draft, negotiate and
  review commercial and IP-related contracts, including software and
  content license agreements, development and publishing agreements,
  partnership agreements, online/mobile advertising agreements and
  services agreements.
• Provide legal counsel to the Hub as needed, including on various intellectual property and privacy related matters.
• Provide training to employees and ensure compliance with
  privacy, data collection, intellectual property, advertising and other
  applicable laws and regulations.
• There will often be issues that have never existed before, and
  you will need to have the creativity and confidence to tackle ambiguity
  and craft innovative legal arrangements, with a critical eye towards
  risk and a deep appreciation of regulatory issues.

Skills and Abilities:

• Experience with drafting and negotiating commercial and technology-related agreements and transactions.
• Willing to meet the demands of a dynamic working environment.
• A self-starter mentality with the ability to work well under
  pressure, thrive working under limited direction, and an attitude that
  no job is too challenging or too small,an ability and desire to develop
  expertise in new or unfamiliar areas of law
• Collaborative and team-oriented, but able to work independently with little supervision and minimal administrative support.
• Strong business acumen, with the demonstrated ability to balance business needs and legal risks.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills and strong
  negotiation skills.In-depth knowledge of technology and intellectual
  property as applicable in the country.

Education and Experience

• First Degree in Law, Second Class honours.
• 2-5 years of relevant experience, with technology- and entrepreneurship-related corporate experience preferred.
• Not more than 28 years of age.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send cover letter and resume/CV’s to: vacancy@focushub.net stating the position applied for on the subject area

 
 Deadline  30th September, 2015