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Emerging Telecommunications Nigeria, Etisalat Nigeria,is currently recruiting at its Lagos operations for the position of:
Job Title Specialist.Compliance,
Location Lagos,NG

Job Summary
The position works as part of the compliance team in ensuring Etisalat compliance with applicable laws, regulations and policies that impact on Etisalat�s business operations.

Principal Functions
Understanding the Nigerian Communications Act 2003, all Etisalat License Documents and all other regulatory prescriptions particularly those that relate to competition, national roaming, interconnect, co-location, infrastructure sharing, licensing regime, resale of transmission capacity, international transit rights and wholesale price control and in that regard ensure any potential anti-competitive practices bordering on the aforementioned activities are satisfactorily resolved.
Monitoring and maintaining a database of all Regulatory compliance issues and ensuring that Etisalat complies with all Regulations.
Providing regulatory support to various user groups to ensure that projects/tasks that they embark upon are compliant with regulatory prescriptions and meet time to market requirements.
Showing resourcefulness and creativity in preparing and designing the approach for collecting data, and effectively researching and filtering of relevant information and data.
Undertaking research and preparing position papers on topical and developing regulatory issues/trends.
Developing and submitting all mandatory reports which may be required from time to time from the NCC.
Establishing and maintaining valuable corporate contacts at the NCC and other relevant Regulatory Authorities.
Identifying benchmarks, standards, and monitoring changes in applicable laws, Regulations, Guidelines, related trends or International Best Practice which impact on the business activities of Etisalat.
Perform any duties as assigned by the Manager, Compliance.

Educational Requirements

Bachelor of Laws degree from a reputable university and a Barrister at laws degree from the Nigerian Law School.
A Masters in Business Administration will be an added advantage.

Experience,Skills & Competencies

Three (3) to five (5) years work experience with a minimum of two (2) years in regulatory management.
Ideally, the job holder will be a lawyer who has worked:
within the regulatory affairs or compliance department of a telecoms operator;
for a sector-specific telecoms regulator; or
within the telecoms practice of a major law firm or a specialist law firm.
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