LEGAL / COMPLIANCE OFFICER AT INVEALTH PARTNERS LIMITED | LEGAL / COMPLIANCE OFFICER JOBS IN ABUJA

About Company:

Invealth Partners Limited is an Investment and Management company with a focus on creating investment opportunities and strategic partnerships in the African continent. The company is poised to create efficiency and viability in the Infrastructure, healthcare, energy, retail and commodity sector while attracting investment and management of this portfolio to ensure sustainable growth and directly impact on service delivery across targeted ecosystems.  Invealths strategy is one that takes advantage of the need for entry into the African opportunity marmet and developes strategies, models and vehicles that are familiar to investors especially financial management and value growth over an acceptable period. Our company and processes are designed to give investor confidence, and we have a due diligence process that ensures that we only partner in the value based solutions.

Invealth Partners serve to create a link between business opportunities and investors, either private or institutional, with a mid to long-term overview. Our business focus is guided by a strong Environment, Social and Government partnership justification. Africa is the next investment destination…Invealth provides the strategic partnership that provides holistic value.

Job Description:

Legal Management and Corporate Legal Services:
Responsibilities:

• Provide legal guidance and operational support on commercial, corporate, employment, procurement, partnership, and transactional matters.
• Take direct responsibility for managing the organization’s legal affairs and legal exposure.
• Interpret and apply relevant Nigerian laws, regulations, and statutory requirements affecting organizational operations.
• Review operational activities and business decisions to ensure legal adequacy and compliance.
• Coordinate legal responses relating to disputes, claims, investigations, and regulatory matters.
• Manage relationships with external solicitors, regulators, and legal consultants where required.
• Support management during negotiations, partnerships, investments, and strategic transactions.
• Ensure the organization’s legal interests are adequately protected in all engagements and transactions.

Key Deliverables:

• Effective management of organizational legal risks and exposures.
• Prompt legal review and resolution of operational and commercial matters.
• Timely legal support to management and internal stakeholders.
• Reduced legal disputes, liabilities, and institutional exposure.
• Timely statutory filings and legal documentation management.

Contract Drafting, Negotiation, and Administration:
Responsibilities:

• Draft, review, negotiate, vet, and manage all contracts, agreements, MOUs, SLAs, NDAs, employment agreements, and legal documentation.
• Ensure contractual terms adequately protect the organization’s legal, financial, and operational interests.
• Monitor contract obligations, deliverables, timelines, renewals, and compliance requirements.
• Coordinate contract execution processes and maintain contract governance procedures.
• Support procurement, vendor engagement, partnerships, and project transactions from a legal and compliance perspective.
• Maintain centralized and secure legal documentation and contract management systems.

Key Deliverables:

• Timely review and execution of contracts and legal documents.
• Reduced contractual disputes and legal liabilities.
• Effective contract monitoring and compliance tracking systems.
• Centralized and properly maintained legal records repository.

Regulatory Compliance and Corporate Governance:
Responsibilities:

• Ensure organizational compliance with all applicable Nigerian laws, industry regulations, licensing requirements, and statutory obligations.
• Coordinate all regulatory filings, approvals, renewals, and submissions with relevant authorities.
• Maintain updated compliance registers, statutory records, licenses, and governance documentation.
• Monitor regulatory developments and implement compliance measures across departments.
• Develop, implement, and enforce internal compliance policies, governance frameworks, and control procedures.
• Ensure adherence to corporate governance standards and ethical business practices.
• Liaise directly with regulators, government agencies, and oversight institutions on compliance-related matters.

Key Deliverables:

• Zero or minimal regulatory sanctions, penalties, or compliance breaches.
• Timely statutory filings, renewals, and regulatory submissions.
• Fully updated legal, compliance, and governance registers.
• Improved institutional compliance and governance culture.

Legal Risk and Compliance Risk Management:
Responsibilities:

• Identify, assess, and monitor legal, contractual, operational, and regulatory risks affecting the organization.
• Develop mitigation measures and corrective action plans for identified risks.
• Coordinate compliance enforcement activities across departments.
• Investigate legal breaches, compliance violations, ethical misconduct, and operational infractions.
• Escalate high-risk legal and compliance issues to management where necessary.
• Support enterprise risk management initiatives from a legal and regulatory standpoint.
• Ensure remediation actions are implemented and properly monitored.

Key Deliverables:

• Effective legal and compliance risk monitoring systems.
• Reduced exposure to operational, regulatory, and contractual risks.
• Timely investigation and resolution of compliance incidents.
• Proper documentation and tracking of remediation measures.

Compliance Monitoring, Audits, and Enforcement:
Responsibilities:

• Conduct periodic compliance audits, reviews, and monitoring exercises across departments and operations.
• Prepare legal and compliance reports for management, regulators, and external stakeholders where necessary.
• Track implementation of corrective actions arising from audits, inspections, and investigations.
• Ensure departments comply with approved policies, legal requirements, and governance procedures.
• Coordinate organizational readiness for external audits, regulatory inspections, and compliance reviews.
• Enforce institutional compliance standards and escalate unresolved violations appropriately.

Key Deliverables:

• Accurate and timely compliance monitoring reports.
• Improved audit readiness and compliance documentation.
• Prompt resolution or escalation of compliance issues.
• Strengthened internal compliance enforcement systems.

Ethics, Training, and Organizational Awareness:
Responsibilities:

• Develop and coordinate legal and compliance awareness programs for staff.
• Train employees on regulatory obligations, anti-corruption practices, workplace ethics, data protection, corporate conduct, and compliance standards.
• Promote an organization-wide culture of accountability, ethics, and compliance.
• Provide compliance guidance and support to operational departments.
• Ensure employees understand institutional legal obligations and compliance expectations.

Key Deliverables

• Periodic staff legal and compliance training programs.
• Improved staff awareness of legal and ethical obligations.
• Stronger institutional compliance culture.
• Training completion and compliance awareness reports.

Investigation, Dispute Resolution, and Incident Management:
Responsibilities:

• Coordinate investigations involving fraud, misconduct, contractual breaches, ethical violations, and regulatory non-compliance.
• Gather evidence, document findings, maintain confidentiality, and support disciplinary or legal actions where required.
• Coordinate organizational responses to legal claims, disputes, enforcement actions, and regulatory inquiries.
• Recommend corrective, disciplinary, and preventive actions arising from investigations.
• Monitor recurring incidents and recommend institutional control improvements.

Key Deliverables:

• Prompt and professional handling of investigations and legal incidents.
• Reduced recurrence of compliance and ethical violations.
• Effective documentation and management of investigation processes.
• Coordinated institutional response to legal and regulatory matters.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law (LL.B) from a recognized institution.
• BL qualification and active membership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
• Minimum of 4–6 years progressive experience in legal practice, corporate compliance, risk management, or corporate governance.
• Experience within healthcare, corporate services, regulated industries, or project environments is an added advantage.
• Strong knowledge of Nigerian corporate law, labor law, contract law, regulatory compliance frameworks, and governance standards.
• Experience managing contracts, regulatory engagements, investigations, and compliance systems.

Benefits

• Attractive Salary Package
• Health Cover
• Career Growth and Development

Salary

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