Contract Specialist Administrative Assistant

OLADIMEJI FALADE

CALGARY, ALBERTA

**************@*****.*** 587-***-**** https://www.linkedin.com/in/oladimejifalade

PROFILE

Foreign trained legal professional with over 41/2 years practical experience in diverse areas of law including law of contract, commercial law, corporate law, property law and so on. Over the course of these years, provided excellent contract specialist services including contract drafting and review to multi-cultural clients, locally and internationally, and provided expert legal opinion and advice on diverse legal issues including different forms of contract activities. Passionate about delivering excellence as a contract administrative assistant with professionalism to help facilitate an excellent service delivery and a smooth running of the organization.

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LEGAL ASSOCIATE Jan 2018 – Jun 2022

Abdullahi Ibrahim & Co. - Lagos, Nigeria

Contract Specialist/Analyst Duties

- Ensured over 80% of project or transactional contracts/agreements entered into by the firm or its clients are thoroughly scrutinized and handled putting into consideration its transactional and legal implications to protect the interest of the firm, its staff or the client to reduce risk and avoid contractual losses and disputes.

- Negotiated, evaluated and reviewed terms of contracts agreed upon by parties on specific project or transaction and protected our client’s interests on such terms before execution of contract.

- Ensured over 30 contractual transactions involving the firm and/or its clients are carried out in line with its goals and objectives and the terms of the contracts are clearly understood by its staff, subcontractors and all parties to the agreement.

- Drafted and edited contractual clauses and provisions when needed.

Performed supervisory oversight functions in relation to key terms of over 50% of contracts prepared by ensuring that the terms and activities done by the Firm’s subcontractors are carried out in line with the agreed and defined contract specifications.

- On a periodical basis, prepared a report on each project being executed and highlighting specific details on whether the use of equipment, material and the quality of work done is in line with the terms of the Contract.

- Kept all stakeholders informed through each stage of the project or transaction of the terms and specifications of the contract by communicating directly with both the client and key staff of the client including the Senior Partner, Manager, Customer Service Manager, Marketers etc.

- Liaised with Customers/Clients who have contracted the firm’s services and walked them through the process of making transactional payments to the firm as part of its professional bill of charges

Answered and resolved contract related issues and queries posed by Clients.

- Prepared and securely stored data of the firm’s multi-cultural Client-base, confidential records and information such as designs, negotiating policies and general trade secrets.

Investigate loopholes and follow up on issues raised on the Contractual terms.

Other Duties

- Represented clients in law suits independently as well as in a team of lawyers with over 80% success rate.

- Interpreted and resolved several legal issues and reviewed business relationships between our clients and their business partners and ensured their relationships complied with legal procedures.

- Reviewed, communicated, and exchanged correspondences with clients, companies, realtors, law firms, vendors/purchasers, banks and financial institutions, managers, etc. on behalf of the firm.

- Treated and responded to official emails on updates, inquiries, requests etc. made by clients/customers.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RECEPTIONIST AND FRONT DESK OFFICER (SHORT TERM/PART TIME) August 2022

Diversified Staffing Agency (Assigned to work at Stampede Toyota) - Calgary, Alberta

- Operated telephone, answered incoming telephone calls from customers and took down any requests.

- Created a positive atmosphere by warmly welcoming and greeting customers, guests, clients and stakeholders and directing them according to their needs.

- Identified enquiries, issues and complaints raised and inputted details of such into the Traffic tracking form.

- Transferred customer calls to appropriate Car Product Advisor for resolution of issues.

- Sorted, inputted and updated the accurate number and data records of customers / client information assigned to each Advisor per day using PBS Systems.

- Collated delivery schedules, New Car sales schedules, and Appointment schedules into the filing books.

- Ensured that the upkeep and maintenance of the reception is kept clean and up to professional standard

- Printed delivery and appointment schedules for the next day using Microsoft Outlook and also ensured proper filing of documentations and correspondences.

- Prepared incoming and outgoing mails; received and sent courier packages; and ensured they are posted.

KEY SKILLS, ABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES

Strong communications skills in conveying information and building internal and external relations.

Strong attention to detail in reviewing and preparation of legal documents.

Effective time management skill in executing tasks.

Strong initiative with the ability to work in fast paced environment in a composed and coordinated manner.

Analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Ability to work independently and in teams to execute tasks and functions.

Strong computer skills and use of MS Office, Excel and Outlook.

EDUCATION

Bachelor degree assessed by the International Qualification Assessment Service (IQAS) Feb 2020

Nigerian Law School, Bwari - Abuja, Nigeria Nov 2016 – Aug 2017

Qualification Degree - Barrister at Law (B.L) – Called to the Nigerian Bar in December 2017

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria Oct 2010 – Sep 2016

Undergraduate Degree – Bachelor of Laws (LL. B) - Second Class (Upper Div.) Hons.

Emeritus David Ijalaye Prize for best student with highest mark - Public International Law, 2014/15 session.

CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAININGS

The Youth Hub Training (Calgary Catholic Immigration Society, Canada) 2022

Online Diploma in Information Technology Management - 2017 (Alison Institution, Ireland) 2020

Corporate Finance Institute (CFI) Certificate of Excel Crash Course 2020

VOLUNTEERING

Volunteered at the Calgary Region Immigrant Employment Council’s (CRIEC) community Partners’ meeting and retirement ceremony of its Founding Executive Director, Bruce Randall Sep 2022

Nigerian Youth Service Corps Legal Aid Community Development Service Jan 2018 – Oct 2018

Rendered free legal services to indigent persons.

Visited detained inmates and interviewed four (4) inmates whose cases we handled and represented in Court.

Minds+Swag Campus International Mar 2014 – Jul 2016

Volunteer on humanitarian and charitable services and events done by the organization.

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