Position: Head of Legal 
Level: Director
Reporting to: Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer 

Main responsibility areas: 

• Support in developing legal department’s strategy, vision and roadmap for the organization keeping in view short term & long-term perspectives. 
• Participate in meetings to understand internal customers’ requirements at a broad level and plan strategies ensuring effective service delivery. 
• Understands Departmental and Organizational Focus Areas and requirements and give recommendations to the Departmental Head from legal perspectives. 
• Supporting in providing legal observations in company performance and security of its legal interests ensuring full compliance of all statutory provisions. 
• Formulates and guides counsels on legal issues of the company as well as on projects of normative acts ensuring compliance. 
• Ensures that legal services requirements are regularly assessed by the legal team to devise relevant strategies for effective service delivery. 
• Ensures smart spending, zero based budgeting and revenue focused planning in legal services. 
• Ensures high employee engagement for creating passion for excellence in service delivery. 
• Regularly reviews planned performance of legal vertical as per planned and agreed KPIs and provide guidance and directions to team members ensuring vertical objectives are met. 
• Provides legal expertise on projects, orders, instructions, regulations, standards and other legal acts prepared in the organization. 
• Supervise all litigation and casework of Ncell ensuring protection of the best interest of the company. 
• Ensures Legal Team takes regular updates on legal provisions of Nepal to make sure updated legal services are rendered to the whole organization.  
• Ensures legalization and execution of contracts, agreements, as well as results of claims perusals, & provide suggestion to the management on revealed deficiencies. 
• Verifies compliance of draft orders, instructions, contracts, letters and other legal documents as per the requirements of current legislation. 
• Represent Ncell on legal related matters during meetings with relevant external bodies as per operational requirements of the business. 

Your qualification and experience: 

• Dynamic Legal professional having Bachelor’s Degree in Law.
• Minimum 12 years of experience of which 8+ years should be in managerial position.
• Extensive legal experience in leadership role in directing and developing ‘Legal' strategies and in providing Legal services to Businesses. 
• Prior experience in a multinational organization with multi-cultural exposure.
• Expert knowledge and understanding of legislative and judicial system of Nepal. 
• Prior telecom exposure will be an added advantage. 

Your profile: 

• Considerable knowledge and understanding of Labor laws and Information security norms and regulations. 
• Experience in drawing up and providing conclusion of contracts. 
• Understanding of Legal processes in government organizations in Nepal. 
• Demonstrated competence in team building, strategic planning and organizational management. 
• Strong leadership skills, with the proven ability to direct and guide the team of highly-skilled legal team and be able to draw upon each’s strengths and assist in weaknesses. 
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, superior oral and written capabilities, including the ability to build professional relationships with government and judiciary bodies. 
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with a variety of stakeholders and the ability to respond to member needs (strategically and tactfully) as well as exercise leadership and diplomacy amongst diverse perspectives and priorities. 
• Fluently bilingual (English and Nepali) – both spoken and written. 

What we offer:
International Working Environment, Robust Performance Management Process, Internal Opportunities, Ncell Academy Trainings, Work – Life Balance, Flexible Working Practices, Competitive Compensation, Festive Allowance, Social Security Fund, Leave Travel Allowance, Medical Insurance, Communication Facilities, etc.

Shortlisting will be done on the basis of your answers and uploaded documents while applying, therefore answer the questions carefully. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Telephone enquiries will not be entertained.