•      Responsible for providing advice and direction to the General Manager and the Board on all key legal and regulatory issues affecting the company

•      Provide direction and advise on sound legal and regulatory practices and due diligence for the Board

•      Responsible for ensuring the company complies with all legal requirements and controls its liabilities and risks appropriately.

•      Draft and/or review all contractual agreements with employees and contractors.

•      Responsible for providing legal advice to all other parts of the organization and directing company legal activities.

•      Provide legal advice, draft and/or review commercial contracts.

•      In order to control potential liability, provide sign off on all material published externally.

•      Provide legal advice and, draft and/or review regulatory documents to be submitted to the authorities of the member countries.

•      Responsible for monitoring of relevant legislation and regulatory decisions and ensure all functions are compliant with such legislation and regulatory decisions.

•      Directs and manages legal issues, insurance issues, intellectual property issues and regulatory issues

•      Directs the activities necessary to respond to and ensure compliance with Orders, Requests and Directives by regulatory authorities

•      Develop and recommend improvements to regulatory processes and procedures and direct the implementation of changes

•      Develops and maintains working relationships with government agencies involved in specifying or regulating any part of the company’s operations

•      Supervise all outsourced activities related to the legal and regulatory affairs of the office

  AOCG-06    :    Executive Secretary
  SUMMARY: Schedules appointments, gives information to callers, takes dictation, and otherwise relieves officials of clerical work and minor administrative & business details by performing the following duties.

   

  ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  Includes but are not limited to the following:

  1. Reads and routes incoming mail to the office of the CEO.
     Locates and attaches appropriate file to correspondence to be answered by employer.

  2. Takes dictation in shorthand or by machine and transcribes notes on typewriter or computer, or from voice recordings.

  3. Composes and types routine correspondence, and prepares outgoing mail.

  4. Files correspondence and other records.

  5. Answers telephone and gives information to callers or routes call to appropriate official and places outgoing calls.

  6. Schedules and plans meetings, appointments and conferences for the Board, CEO and other executives.

  7. Arranges travel schedules and reservations for the CEO and other executives.

  8. Records minutes of staff meetings.

  9. Make copies of correspondence or other printed matter.

   

  Other duties may be assigned.

  REPORTING & RELATIONSHIPS:
   

  1.  Reports to the Chief Executive Officer

  2.  Internal relationships:

  • Department Heads
  • Division Managers
  • Subordinates

   

  QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactory. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and or ability required.

   

  • Organisational astuteness
  • Team spirit
  • Coordinate effectively
  • Self starting initiative
  • Adjust communications to audience
  • Abilities to:  Communicate, Handle multiple tasks at once, Think proactively

   

  EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

  Diploma or preferably a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Secretarial studies with 6-7 years of related experience.

  .

 Education and Experience 

•      University degree in Law, Business Administration, Economics or its equivalent

•      A minimum of 10 years experience within the utility industry, particularly in business focusing on legal and regulatory issues

•      In depth knowledge and understanding of regulatory and legal challenges of electricity transmission in the GCC countries and in neighbouring jurisdictions. 

•      Candidates must be an excellent communicator, as well as demonstrate initiative, judgment, and professionalism in dealing with a wide range of issues and situations.

•      A demonstrated capacity to work in a Middle Eastern environment