Legal Associate, Africa

The Role

• We are looking for an experienced Legal Associate to offer legal support to our in-house legal team. The successful candidate will assist in managing legal operations, ensuring regulatory compliance, and mitigating legal risks as we scale our business operations and delivery of projects.

Accountabilities

• Contract Management: Draft, review, and negotiate various commercial agreements, vendor contracts, and legal documents.
• Charitability: Provide support and guidance on GEAPP's assessment, project management and execution and disbursement relating to charitable funding activities (i.e., grants, contracts for charitable purpose and program-related investments).
• Organizational Risk Management: Provide legal expertise in developing and delivering the organization's risk management and/or control policies and procedures.
• Operations Management: Provide support and guidance on legal aspects of procurement, internal management and formulation of internal policies and procedures.
• Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. For example, asks questions to encourage others to think differently and enrich their analyses of complex situations. Accurately defines the key elements of complex, ambiguous situations.

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

• Communicates Effectively: Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. For example, engages diverse groups by communicating in a way that matches each group's preferences. Listens carefully and probes beneath the surface to gain richer insight on others' views.
• Action Oriented: Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. For example, encourages others to take timely action and take on new challenges with a can-do attitude. Secures new business opportunities.
• Manages Ambiguity: Operates effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear. For example, sees and seizes possible opportunities in unknown situations. Steers others skilfully with a stabilizing presence and clear targeted coaching in order to make significant progress.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• A qualified lawyer with at least 3-5 years of proven legal experience gained in an international law firm of repute and/or in-house in a multinational institution. International qualification preferred given multinational nature of the intended role.
• Experience of energy and infrastructure financing work in emerging markets.
• An understanding of the requirements and processes followed by development finance institutions.
• Experience working with governments, public and private sector entities and an understanding of issues arising from activities in emerging markets.
• Experience working in multiple emerging markets jurisdictions with other stakeholders and advisors.
• Excellent project management, negotiation, drafting and analytical skills.