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Job Announcement: Manager for corporate governance / Senior Corporate Specialist

We are looking for a Manager/Senior Specialist for strategy and corporate governance

Key Responsibilities

  • Have extensive knowledge in strategy development and organizational restructuring, institutional capacity building preferably in the public sector;
  • Extensive experience in development and implementation of organizational policies, including, corporate governance standards, developing intra-departmental relationship between multiple internal units/departments;
  • Development of new strategy, mission, vision and fully restructuring of the entire institutional setup and operation;
  • Conduct analyses on a range of issues relating to employment and corporate law, research relevant procedures, and propose appropriate practical solutions;
  • Review client documents for adherence to legal policies and procedures;
  • Draft, review, negotiate and finalize documents on various matters or practice areas.

Essential Qualifications and Experience

  • Bachelor's degree is a must. Candidates with a legal background will be given a preference.
  • A Master’s degree is an asset.  The ideal candidate would have a master's degree from a foreign university.
  • Preferably 5-7 years of public sector experience, 2 years working at public legal entities, or alternatively 5-7 years of in-house (corporate) experience in a company with a diverse set of activities (ideal candidate would have 5 to 7 years in strategy, corporate, legal and/or HR-related experience).

Analytical Skills

  • Excellent demonstrated analytical skills; able to spot legal issues and risks in a given transaction;
  • Ability and maturity to make independent judgment;
  • Ability to do comprehensive research independently or with minimal supervision.

Communication Skills

  • Effective listener – able to listen carefully and comprehend all given instructions;
  • Excellent writing and verbal communication skills – able to express ideas concisely, unambiguously and consistently.

Core Skills and Competencies

  • A person with the right attitude, ambitious but with realistic in expectations
  • High ethical and professional standards
  • Ability to meet tight deadlines and to work hard when necessary
  • Fluency in Azerbaijani and English (both written and spoken); Russian would be an asset
  • Effective computer literacy
  • Ability to plan and organize work unsupervised
  • Excellent team-player, respect and support fellow colleagues
  • Able to work directly with clients with minor supervision

Pay and Benefits

  • A competitive salary will be offered to a good candidate based on skills and experience
  • Stable, reliable, stress-free & friendly work environment 
  • Good training opportunities both locally and overseas

Interested candidates are requested to submit their resumes to hr@ekvita.com

Only candidates who noted vacancy name in the subject line (Manager/Senior Specialist for strategy and corporate governance) will be considered.

Deadline: 18.03.2021

25 Feb, 2021