Vacancy title:
Head of Contracts, Negotiations and Advisory

Jobs at:
Uganda National Oil Company

Deadline of this Job:
not later than Friday 3rd February 2017

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:
The Uganda National Oil Company Limited (UNOC) was established under Section 42 of the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Act 20t3 and incorporated under the Company‘s Act 2012. It is a limited liability company wholly owned by the Government of Uganda.
The overall function of UNOC is; To handle the State's Commercial interests in the Oil and Gas industry and ensure that the resource is exploited in a sustainable manner.
UNOC now seeks to recruit the following;

Job Title: Head of Contracts, Negotiations and Advisory
Report to: Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer
Job Purpose: To lead negotiating and managing of contracts as well as advising the company on all legal matters.

Essential Duties;

• Draft, review and negotiate contracts and/or agreements on behalf the Uganda National Oil Company
  (UNOC) and ensure UNOC achieves the Company's desired risk allocation position.
• Drive contract life cycle from drafting through completion of negotiation process and/or contract execution.
• interpret contracts for all sections of UNOC , contract managers and where necessary the subsidiaries of UNOC on contractual responsibilities and risk.
• Provide legal advisory services to all sections of UNOC on all legal matters affecting its business and mandate.
• Translate complex legal scenarios into simple language and action plan.
• Develop a mentoring programme for junior staff and provide input into the training and staff development programs of UNOC.
• Develop and execute negotiation strategies for UNDC in different projects and/or contracts and ensure the relevant sections are trained and guided in executing the same.
• Ensure compliance to company policy in the negotiation and execution of contracts by UNOC.

Qualifications and attributes;

• A master's degree in petroleum law, policy or management
• A bachelor's degree in law (LLB)
• Diploma in legal practice
• The Candidate must be an enrolled Advocate with a valid practicing license.
• The Candidate must be computer literate.
• The candidate must have at least six years’ experience in a busy corporate entity of high repute.
• Experience in negotiating oil and gas, large infrastructure or high value projects is relevant.
• Experience in providing advisory services in a large corporate entity is relevant.
• Experience in drafting complex contracts and managing the lifecycle of the same relevant.
• Knowledge and experience in analysing and allocating risk in contracts will be an added advantage.

Job application procedure
Electronically completed and signed Applications from together with certified copies of academic certificates should be addressed and submitted in TRIPLICATE to the address below by 17:00 hours (5:00pm EAT) not later than Friday 3rd February 2017. Applications delivered through registered mail and courier will also be received.

While we thank you for your interest, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Any form of lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification.
Job Application Form can be downloaded from Resources > Jobs and Tenders on www.petroleum.go.ug 
THE CEO
UGANDA NATIONAL OIL COMPANY LTD
P.O.BOX 36316, KAMPALA
4TH FLOOR AMBER HOUSE, PLOT 29/33KAMPALA ROAD.
ROOM C406