About the Role
Jobholders at this level operate with minimal supervision, preparing complex, specialized, or ad-hoc reports in their field. They contribute to milestones or operational targets within the assigned functional area, undertaking various operational activities such as conducting legal research, preparing legal studies related to fines and customs assessments imposed by the company, and ensuring completeness of data in files.
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Job Responsibilities
- Draft company legal lawsuit management policies, guidelines, and standard model forms.
- Assist in identifying opportunities for continuous improvement of legal systems, processes, and practices by researching global best practices and trends.
- Develop relevant templates for lawsuit management services related to all company functions.
- Assist in developing a negotiating strategy together with internal stakeholders to effectively manage legal cases.
- Handle continuous updates of lawsuit management database systems to ensure request logs are always recent.
- Conduct preliminary evaluations to determine the severity and urgency of collected litigation cases posed against the company.
- Assist in representing the company in cases raised for or against the authority before judicial bodies, committees, and governmental authorities, ensuring all necessary documents are available to support cases.
- Prepare settlements to negotiate with employees and external entities involved in lawsuits against the company (excluding settlements related to audit and collection).
- Archive all judgments from lawsuits won by the company for future reference.
- Search for outsourced legal experts to provide additional legal advice when needed for managing internal and external non-tax, zakat, and customs litigation cases.
- Follow relevant policies, processes, and standard operating procedures to ensure work is carried out consistently.
- Assist in resolving escalated problems and provide necessary support for junior team members to ensure efficient work performance.
- Escalate complex problems to the relevant parties to ensure proper closure of cases/issues.
Communication and Contacts
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies or equivalent is required.
Experience
- A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.
Competencies
- Project Management - Developing
- Data Gathering and Assessment - Developing
- Research and Analysis - Proficient
- Legislations and Regulations - Proficient
- Legal Writing and Policy Drafting - Developing
- Stakeholder Management - Developing
- Professionalism - Developing
- Collaboration and Communication - Developing
- Results Oriented - Developing
- Customer Focus - Developing
- Enablement of Change and Innovation - Developing
