Apply for Legal Research Analyst, Admin Officer at the Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF) following the guideline below:
The Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF) is a not-for-profit organization founded with the mission of improving the living conditions of Africans by implementing projects contributing to the reduction of poverty, empowerment of women, elimination of conflict, development of rural communities, and promotion of self-reliance and development.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Legal Research Analyst, Admin Officer
Location: Lagos
Summary
- The Legal Research Analyst will play a key role in sourcing for relevant information from the public domain, gleaning valuable insights to aid business decisions, academic/professional research writing, and providing support to related administrative functions.
Responsibilities and Functions
- Perform a wide variety of research fieldwork preparation tasks i.e, make detailed observations, enter data in Excel format, assist in analyzing data and collect supporting documents or literature from the internet and other sources for interpreting results.
- Analyze internal processes and identify potholes, areas of improvement, conduct researches on industry trends, to aid management in making apt decisions and meeting organizations goals and objectives.
- Provide distinctive support to the CEO in Academic researching, report/research writing, and other related activities.
- Provide legal advice and support for internal and external legal matters, activities, and documents. Suit proof organization/CEO’s documents, ensuring they align with legal ethics and policies.
- Proper meeting minutes documentation, serve as the middle man between external stakeholders and CEO, drafting of letters and preparation of reports/presentations.
- Collect and maintain information (data and reports) in a well-organized manner to support analyses and for further dissemination.
- Draft research reports and conducts relevant research on the organization’s projects.
- Provide support through research for grant sourcing processes.
- Develop and maintain relations with key stakeholders in order to build networks
- Assist in the process of building collaboration with other partner institutions, maintain and update contact lists of research partners, stakeholders, and consultants, keep confidentiality of files on projects.
- Contribute to the overall research process of preparing technical reports, summaries, protocols, as assigned by the management and/or Program staff.
- Provide logistical support to staff in planning and organizing conferences, workshops and meetings and participate in relevant meetings.
- Provide administrative support to the organization and assist in daily operational functions
Job Requirements
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Market Research, Business Administration or any other related course
- Minimum of 2 years experience Post NYSC in Legal Research Analysis
- Experience in applied research, data management/analytics will be an advantage
- Strong legal background in organizational law and the legal system generally.
- Rapt attention to detail, ability to take initiatives, communicate effectively both orally and written, and possess strong organizational skills.
- Ability to deal with people with tact and diplomacy
- Ability to perform a variety of conceptual analyses required for the formulation, administration, and evaluation of projects.
- Promote and demonstrate ethical values
Application Closing Date
30th May, 2021.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitment@mmfnigeria.org using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
Note: Only qualified applicants will be contacted.
