Legal Adviser/ Board Secretary

RP International (RPI)

Doha, Qatar

Ref: GP334-674

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

- Organizing and preparing agendas and papers for board meetings, committees and annual general meetings (AGMs)
- Taking minutes, drafting resolutions, lodging required forms and annual returns with Companies House
- Following up on actions from meetings
- Overseeing policies, making sure they are kept up to date and referred to the appropriate committee for approval
- Maintaining statutory books, including registers of members, directors and secretaries
- Dealing with correspondence, collating information and writing reports, ensuring decisions made are communicated to the relevant company stakeholders
- Contributing to meeting discussions as and when required, and advising members of the legal, governance, accounting and tax implications of proposed policies
- Monitoring changes in relevant legislation and the regulatory environment and taking appropriate action
- Liaising with external regulators and advisers, such as lawyers and auditors
- Taking responsibility for the health and safety of employees and managing matters related to insurance and property
- Developing and overseeing the systems that ensure the company complies with all applicable codes, in addition to its legal and statutory requirements.

Requirements

- A High school diploma or paralegal studies from an accredited institution
- Certificate of Legal Assistant from an accredited institution
- 5 – 10 years in a Legal department or in private practice

Job?Specific Skills:
- Excellent IT skills
- Good knowledge of legal policies and law procedures
- Be able to work independently
- Must be well organized for meeting deadlines
- Time Management
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
- Attention to details

About the Company

RP International is the leading specialist recruitment consultancy in the established and emerging telecoms markets.

From our hubs covering the Americas, Europe the CIS, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific we have partnered with operators, vendors, systems integrators and consultancies in more than a hundred countries, giving us an in-depth understanding Of cultural sensitivities, local business practices and hiring requirements.

Our clients and candidates benefit from the long-term perspective and breadth of knowledge that comes from working with an industry partner.

From our beginnings providing telecoms expertise into deregulating markets, we have developed our range of services to supply executive search, contingent, contract and launch and transformation resource solutions across the industry.

Our historic success in cross-border search assignments connects our clients to a global network of industry talent.

We identify the best available candidates on a local, regional and international basis.

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