Senior Manager - Legal Affairs, BIGD

Job Description

Title: Senior Manager - Legal Affairs, BIGD

Company Name: BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Dhaka (Mohakhali)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ LLB/LLM from any reputed University/ Institute. BAR-at-Law degree is preferred for this position
∎ BAR Council membership is preferred

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Category: Operations
∎ Location: BIGD, Mohakhali, Dhaka
∎ Employment Type: Full time contractual

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Reviews, advises on, drafts and negotiates complex agreements and other legal documents; develop new legal modalities to meet unique needs/circumstances.
∎ Coordinate with research and finance team before finalizing all contracts, Memorandum of Understanding between BIGD and other international institutions.
∎ Contributes to the review and design of new, or new applications of, legal instruments, policies, guidelines, etc.
∎ Ensure BIGD's research and academic activities comply with donor agreement and national legislation.
∎ Establish intellectual property rights for the work produce by the institution.
∎ Create an organizational approach to legal matters. Guard organization against legal risks.
∎ Review existing policies of the organization and if require, standardize the policies. Act as a policyholder of the organization.
∎ Develop due diligence instruments, perform partners due diligence and report to senior management in terms of partner's ability to deliver contractual obligations.
∎ Serve as focal in replying due diligence queries to the funding body.
∎ Performs other duties as assigned.

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least three years of relevant experience.
∎ Excellent drafting skills in English and Bangla.
∎ Excellent knowledge of all corporate laws governing the state.
∎ Proven expertise on copyright, intellectual property rights, data protection/ownership, data sharing etc.
∎ Excellent negotiation and communications skills.
∎ Analytical ability and strong attention to detail.
∎ Strong sense of managing work in time.
∎ Having experience in any development agencies will be an asset.

Salary: Negotiable

Application Deadline: 20 Dec 2020

Company Information:
∎ 6 Dec 2020
∎ BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University

Category: Law/Legal

: Applications that do not comply with the instructions will not be considered.

Source: bdjobs.com