Legal Affairs Manager at Community Water and Sanitation Agency

•  Provides sound, timely and high level legal and policy advice.
•  Serves as Board Secretary and prepares draft memoranda and documentation for, and from, Board
•  Develops and maintains formats for contracts.
•  Represents the Agency in court.
•  Prepares and reviews draft contracts.
•  Provides legal advice on negotiations with government, external support agencies and other bodies.
•  Prepares legal briefs and opinion where necessary.
•  Reviews annual work-plans and budgets for the unit.
•  Prepares reports on the status of court cases of which the Agency is a party.
•  Prepares quarterly and annual reports on the activities of the unit.
•  Prepares drafts of legislation for consideration by the CWSA Board.
•  Performs any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Qualification Required & Experience

Applicant must have:

•  Degree from a recognised university.
•  Professional Law Qualification (e.g. BL) recognised by the Ghana Legal Council plus good standing membership of the Ghana Bar Association. Satisfactory performance at a selection interview.
•  It would be an advantage, if the ideal candidate possesses minimum of three (3) years post-qualification experience. This would, however, not prevent applicants with less experience from being considered. Experience in the public sector would also be an advantage.