Job type          

Full-Time

About US

Olajide Oyewole LLP is, at its core, bold, exceptional collaborative and supportive.  Our people are the backbone, heart, and soul of our firm.  Wherever you are in your professional journey, Olajide Oyewole LLP is a place you can engage in meaningful work and grow your career.  Let’s see what we can achieve. Together.

Location           

Lagos

Job Summary  

The business support role is focused on providing department administration and business support to Finance and Projects (T&I) practice group within the firm.

Qualification

• Bachelor of Science or Art (B.Sc. or BA or LL. B) minimum

Experience

Minimum of Two (2) to four (4) years’ proven practice business support, legal and secretarial/administrative experience in a law firm.

Personnel Specification 

• Discretion and trustworthiness: you will often be party of confidential information.
• Ability and willingness to work long hours.
• Ability to work weekends where required to.
• Ability to work with minimal/no supervision.
• Ability to multitask with minimal or no error.
• Ability to be a proactive thinker and an excellent problem solver.
• Flexibility and adaptability.
• Organization skills and the ability to multitask.

Knowledge Needs        

• Good understanding of the applicable laws and regulatory frameworks relating to the practice group in Nigeria.
• Good drafting skills.
• Ability to understand and determine the appropriate clauses required for drafting agreements and other documents.
• Good understanding of legal and commercial issues to assist in review of agreements to identify detrimental clauses and include clauses that are beneficial to the client.
• Good grasp of laws of contract and applicability.
• Basic knowledge of substantive law and legal procedure.

Skills

• Excellent research & writing skills.
• Good negotiation and reporting skills.
• Excellent communication and strong presentation skills.
• Strong problem solving, listening, and learning skills and proactive/analytical thinking.
• Good time management, excellent organizational skills; demonstrates discretion and ability to maintain confidentiality of information.
• Absolute command of Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Familiarity with web browsers and Internet search engines.
• Excellent Administrative ability and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent Organizational skills with an attention to detail (good at multi-tasking).
• Tact and diplomacy.
• Excellent team-player.
• Project prioritization abilities; and
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Rewards          

• Salary is highly competitive and falls within the pay bracket for the role internally.
• Reasonably compensated with competitive benefits (HMO, pension, group life health insurance, discretionary bonus, flexible working arrangement, learning, development, and training programmes, etc)

Application Process

Join us and embark on a rewarding career journey where your skills, passion, and dedication will be recognized and rewarded. Together, we can consistently offer exceptional, differentiated and quality services to our clients. Interested? Please send your application to [email protected].