Legal Manager – Jumia At Jumia Nigeria

Jumia is a leading e-commerce platform in Africa. It is built
around a marketplace, Jumia Logistics, and JumiaPay. The
marketplace helps millions of consumers and sellers to connect and
transact. Jumia Logistics enables the delivery of millions of
packages through our network of local partners.

JumiaPay facilitates the payments of online transactions for
Jumia’s ecosystem. With over 1 billion people and 500 million
internet users in Africa, Jumia believes that e-commerce is making
people’s lives easier by helping them shop and pay for millions of
products at the best prices wherever they live. E-commerce is also
creating new opportunities for SMEs to grow, and job opportunities
for a new generation to thrive.

With over 5,000 employees in more than 10 countries in Africa,
Jumia is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local
and international talents and is backed by very high-profile
shareholders. Jumia is committed to creating sustainable impact in
Africa. Jumia offers unique opportunities in a vibrant and booming
environment, creating new jobs, new skills, and empowering a new
generation.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Legal Manager – Jumia
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time

Job Objective
o As Legal Manager, your responsibility would be to support the
Head of Legal and Corporate Governance in giving legal advice to
management on all relevant issues and to ensure that the company
adheres strictly to all laws and guidelines with the sole aim of
protecting the company’s reputation.

Key Responsibilities
• Proffer advice on legal and regulatory topics across the full
range of transactions, particularly providing support to Jumia
Services
• Advising on general business law issues and managing the legal
issues of all areas of the company, including but not limited to
corporate matters, procurement, safety, security insurance and
sustainability issues
• Review, draft and negotiate various commercial agreements
• Liaise with various regulatory bodies in getting necessary
regulatory approvals
• Liaise with external legal counsel in managing various
litigation
• Identify and mitigate potential legal risks.
• Liaise with various Law enforcement agencies including Nigeria
Police, EFCC, DSS, Nigeria Customs, etc
• Keep track of all Insurance cases and liaise with Insurance
companies to in the settlement of insurance claims
• Ability to deliver high-quality work under deadlines.

Qualifications & Experience
• LLB from a recognised and accredited University
• 7+ years legal experience in a top law firm or corporate
practice
• Mix of professional experience as in-house legal counsel in a
technology related business and legal counsel in a top tier law
firm with international clients or other relevant private or public
practice
• Proven ability to create legal defensive or proactive
strategies
• Litigation skills to handle administrative procedures within
public authorities
• Sound judgement and ability to analyse situations and
information
• Adequate knowledge of the e-commerce / technology Industry
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced organisation.

We Offer
o A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured
environment
o The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and
dynamic team working around the world
o An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our
longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders
for our future internet ventures.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click
here to apply online^[1]

Jumia is a leading e-commerce platform in Africa. It is built
around a marketplace, Jumia Logistics, and JumiaPay. The
marketplace helps millions of consumers and sellers to connect and
transact. Jumia Logistics enables the delivery of millions of
packages through our network of local partners.

JumiaPay facilitates the payments of online transactions for
Jumia’s ecosystem. With over 1 billion people and 500 million
internet users in Africa, Jumia believes that e-commerce is making
people’s lives easier by helping them shop and pay for millions of
products at the best prices wherever they live. E-commerce is also
creating new opportunities for SMEs to grow, and job opportunities
for a new generation to thrive.

With over 5,000 employees in more than 10 countries in Africa,
Jumia is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local
and international talents and is backed by very high-profile
shareholders. Jumia is committed to creating sustainable impact in
Africa. Jumia offers unique opportunities in a vibrant and booming
environment, creating new jobs, new skills, and empowering a new
generation.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Legal Manager – Jumia
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time

Job Objective
o As Legal Manager, your responsibility would be to support the
Head of Legal and Corporate Governance in giving legal advice to
management on all relevant issues and to ensure that the company
adheres strictly to all laws and guidelines with the sole aim of
protecting the company’s reputation.

Key Responsibilities
• Proffer advice on legal and regulatory topics across the full
range of transactions, particularly providing support to Jumia
Services
• Advising on general business law issues and managing the legal
issues of all areas of the company, including but not limited to
corporate matters, procurement, safety, security insurance and
sustainability issues
• Review, draft and negotiate various commercial agreements
• Liaise with various regulatory bodies in getting necessary
regulatory approvals
• Liaise with external legal counsel in managing various
litigation
• Identify and mitigate potential legal risks.
• Liaise with various Law enforcement agencies including Nigeria
Police, EFCC, DSS, Nigeria Customs, etc
• Keep track of all Insurance cases and liaise with Insurance
companies to in the settlement of insurance claims
• Ability to deliver high-quality work under deadlines.

Qualifications & Experience
• LLB from a recognised and accredited University
• 7+ years legal experience in a top law firm or corporate
practice
• Mix of professional experience as in-house legal counsel in a
technology related business and legal counsel in a top tier law
firm with international clients or other relevant private or public
practice
• Proven ability to create legal defensive or proactive
strategies
• Litigation skills to handle administrative procedures within
public authorities
• Sound judgement and ability to analyse situations and
information
• Adequate knowledge of the e-commerce / technology Industry
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced organisation.

We Offer
o A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured
environment
o The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and
dynamic team working around the world
o An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our
longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders
for our future internet ventures.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click
here to apply online^[1]