Tongston is a pan-African group of companies connecting entrepreneurship and education through finance, media, consulting and training. Tongston, with special focus on secondary education, partners with educators, parents, students, profit and non-profit enterprises, social influencers, investors and government, whilst leveraging on media, learning and finance, to transform secondary schools into entrepreneurship institutes, secondary teachers to entrepreneurial educators and secondary students to entrepreneurial learners.

Tongston is structured as a holding company, Tongston Entrepreneurship Holdings, together the “Tongston Group” with 4 subsidiary entities: Tongston Entrepreneurship College (Tongston College): A business secondary school, Tongston Entrepreneurial Teachers Hub (Tongston Institute): An educator training centre, Tongston Entrepreneurship Ventures (Tongston Ventures): A venture capital & private equity firm and Tongston Entrepreneurship Media (Tongston Media): A multimedia production company.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Policy Regulatory and Governance Intern

Location: Abuja (FCT)

Job Roles and Responsibilities

• Monitoring and/or advising on all legal matters, commercial contracts, and agreements
• Drafting corporate agreements and handling company secretarial duties
• Ensuring the company complies with the statutory and corporate governance practices and guidelines as applicable
• Managing intellectual property filings
• Managing interfaces with external counsel.

Requirements and Skills

• LLB in Law or equivalent Legal qualification
• At least 2 years’ experience in a law firm focused on commercial and contract law
• Relevant legal qualifications, either solicitor, barrister or CILEX
• Strong legal experience in corporate and commercial matters
• Excellent contractual drafting skills
• Experience handling corporate secretariat matters
• Strong attention to detail
• Self-motivated and takes initiative
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Possess Entrepreneurial attitude, skills and knowledge
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft office tools – PowerPoint word and excel
• Ability to work independently and to manage multiple projects
• High integrity, ethics and work standards
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Application Closing Date
14th July, 2022.