Senior Counsel

Job Code
‎30000771
Basic Function
To provide legal counsel, advice and representation in support of the Law
Department’s discharge of its overall responsibilities in respect of JHAH’s
legal, compliance and related affairs.
Scope
The Senior Counsel works on assigned matters and functional areas under the
supervision and direction of the General Counsel and his or her delegate(s),
and has responsibility for rendering sound, timely and relevant legal opinion,
analysis and other legal support in the matters and areas so assigned. The
Senior Counsel supervises or assists in supervising the work of more junior
Department lawyers, support personnel and other team members, but has not been
vested with responsibility for managing their performance, careers or
professional development.
Principal Contacts

Daily contact with Law Department lawyers and support personnel.

Ongoing contact with JHAH executives, physicians, clinicians, administrators,
managers and staff as needed and appropriate within assigned responsibilities.

Frequent contact with representatives of outside legal counsel, governments,
courts and tribunals, shareholders, vendors and suppliers, and other members
or representatives of the legal, business and patient communities with whom
JHAH engages directly in regulatory, judicial, business and operational
matters.

Occasional public and community contact through communication of policy
announcements and revisions, conduct of active legal matters, participation in
professional organizations and programs, and similar activity.

Principal Duties
Under the supervision and direction of the General Counsel and his or her
delegate(s):

Conducts and assists the General Counsel and other Law Department members in
marshalling and examining laws and facts pertinent to legal problems, in
preparing legal documents, and in advising and maintaining liaison with
management and JHAH’s operating organizations.

Prepares for approval by the General Counsel and his or her delegate(s)
written opinions and memoranda of law, contracts and agreements, guidance
manuals or papers, and other documents and instruments pertaining to matters
within the purview of the Law Department.

Conducts, supervises, supports and assists in negotiation and communication
with representatives of counterparties, stakeholders, and others in the
ordinary course of the Law Department’s representation of JHAH.

Conducts, supervises, supports and assists in the development and conduct of
meetings, presentations, briefings, training sessions and similar
opportunities to disseminate to JHAH personnel the knowledge and understanding
needed to discharge their responsibilities in a manner that protects and
advances JHAH’s legal interests.

Conducts, supervises, supports and assists in preparing or supervising the
preparation of applications, submissions, briefs, filings and other materials,
and in preparations for trials, hearings, appeals and arguments, before
tribunals, government agencies and regulatory bodies, courts and quasi-
judicial or investigatory bodies, including the gathering of facts and
interviews or interrogation of witnesses, as needed or appropriate in the
ordinary course of the Law Department’s representation of JHAH.

Coordinates and supervises the work of outside legal counsel, external vendors
and others who have been engaged to support the Law Department in the conduct
of its functions.

Participates in activities of professional and technical legal societies.

Education
For Saudi Arabia nationals deemed by the General Counsel to be sourced in
Saudi Arabia:

Degree from a Shari’ah college or

Bachelor of law from one of the Kingdom’s universities or

An equivalent of any of these degrees obtained from abroad (recognized as
equivalent by the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Justice for purposes of licensure),
or

A post-graduate diploma of legal studies from the Institute of Public
Administration.

For all other candidates:
Juris Doctor (JD) (US System), or

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Commonwealth system), or

The equivalent from one or more internationally recognized, accredited
educational institutions satisfying the educational requirements for admission
to the bar or qualification for a practicing certificate in a jurisdiction
approved for this purpose by the General Counsel.

Experience
No less than seven years’ diversified, post-qualification practice and
experience in providing legal counsel to clients in a company, law firm,
government or private consultancy environment.
Certifications/Other requirements as applicable

‎1. Certification:
For Saudi Arabia nationals deemed by the General Counsel to be sourced in
Saudi Arabia: Registered and licensed to practice law by authority of the
Saudi Arabia Ministry of Justice.

For all other candidates: Licensed and qualified to act as an attorney-at-
law, solicitor, barrister or its local equivalent in a jurisdiction approved
for this purpose by the General Counsel.

‎2. Demonstrated legal competence, and the ability to exercise independent
judgment and self-direction in the matters for which he or she has been
assigned responsibility.

‎3. Additional requirements may apply for positions requiring assignment to
particular functional areas.