A reputable organization seeks a dedicated individual for this role. Position Overview:

The Incorporated Trustees of Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization[hereinafter referred to as “(WEWE)” a women-led, local not-for-profit Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), is seeking applications from qualified lawyers to fill the position of Legal Associate for its ‘Widows, fatherless and Orphans social protection program’ to provide legal services and advice, facilitate administration of welfare, managing widows' data, handling correspondence, fundraising, and report writing.

WEWE wishes to recruit a talented, God-fearing Legal Associate who has a call from God to serve Widows and Orphans and who believes in working with local organizations. We are looking for someone who has integrity, recognizes Nigerians' ingenuity, and believes that the best of Nigeria can be better than the rest.

This position is being recruited based on merit. We do not have a pre-existing candidate and genuinely seek the best candidate to add value to the organization.

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S/he will assist in ensuring that all Widows’ requests are swiftly responded to and in a professional manner

S/he will assist in ensuring that there is accurate recording and enrolment of all Widows in the Widows database

S/he will raise memos for administrative and logistic expenses and do the required retirements

S/he will assist the program team to ensure that all WEWE’s GlobalGiving project activities meet effective programming standards and best practices established by the donor and the Nigerian Government

S/he will assist in basic bookkeeping of donors’ cash inflows and disbursements to beneficiaries

S/he will assist in providing in-house legal advisory services, compliance and risk mitigation support services through the assessment and development of effective corporate/legal structure.

S/he will assist in being responsible for all communications and correspondence between Widows and the Executive Director.

S/he will assist in managing the Widows Litigation Portfolio and liaise with external solicitors to defend the interests of the widows.

S/he will assist in providing legal advisory services to the widows and develop legal strategies to defend the interests of the Widows groups.

S/he will assist in conducting legal risk analyses and evaluations for WINGS activities, documentation, and commitments, and suggest risk mitigation strategies.

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