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Required Skills

Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities

• Deep knowledge of Pakistan's employment law, service rules, administrative law, and relevant federal/provincial legislation

• Proficiency in drafting legal documents including notices, briefs, appeals, charge sheets, and contractual instruments

• Strong litigation management skills with experience coordinating multi-forum legal proceedings

• Sound understanding of disciplinary and accountability frameworks in public sector institutions

• Strong organizational skills with ability to manage multiple concurrent cases and deadlines.

Key Responsibilities

To provide strategic legal leadership and expert counsel to the University by managing litigation, safeguarding institutional interests, ensuring legal and regulatory compliance, mitigating risks and enabling informed decision-making through proactive legal advisory, effective dispute resolution and robust governance support.

• Handle recovery cases and all litigation for employees, students, vendors and

stakeholders as an in house lawyer

• Represent NUST in courts, tribunals, and quasi-judicial forums

• Approve litigation strategy and engage external legal advisors/firms

• Negotiate out-of-court settlements

• Provide legal advisory on institutional and policy matters

• Interpret government rules, notifications and directives

• Advise on statutes, university regulations, and audit objections

• Vet MoUs, AoUs, DoUs, agreements, contracts and all legal documents

• Review submissions to ministries and other departments where required)

• Guide harassment cases and internal inquiries

• Approve legal documents

• Provide legal input for SPVs/subsidiaries

• Attend meetings, provide preventive legal advice

• Supervise case-tracking system and records

• Mentor supervise and build capacity of staff under to enhance efficiency

• Support senior management in preventing legal and institutional risks by

developing proactive measures

• Prepare periodic reports for Dir HR/ Rector on litigation status, & policy compliance.

• Oversee performance evaluation of external legal counsel and ensure cost-

effective litigation management

• Ensure compliance with court orders, judgments and implementation of legal

decisions.

Experience Required

Essential Experience

12 years experience valid experience with any Public Sector Organization

Desirable Experience

Extensive experience in in-house legal advisory and litigation management in a reputable organization, serving in a Head of Legal capacity.

Qualification

Essential Qualifications

LLB from HEC recognized University

Desirable Qualifications

LLM from HEC recognized University

Enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council

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