Governance/ Legal Specialist

Engagement Details:

Role: Governance/ Legal Specialist (Board Secretariat & Committees Workstream)

Engagement Type: Short-term, immediate start

Engagement Location: On-site in Riyadh

Duration: 2 months

Experience Level: Mid-level, 3–5 years

Language: Arabic, both spoken and written, required

*Candidates who are immediately available or able to start within one week are strongly encouraged to apply.

Role Overview:

Our client, a Riyadh-based consulting firm, is seeking a Governance / Legal Specialist to support committee regulation standardization and Board Secretariat governance design.

The selected candidate will play a key role in reviewing, standardizing, and strengthening governance practices across multiple committees while contributing to the development of governance manuals, operating models, and policy management frameworks.

Key Responsibilities:

Committees

• Standardize regulations across multiple committees by reviewing existing regulations, identifying conflicts, and aligning them into a consistent framework.
• Support improvements to regulatory processes, including transitioning archiving from a manual scan-based process to a more structured convening mechanism.
• Develop a policy governance framework covering how policies are created, approved, and managed.

Secretariat

• Contribute to the Governance Manual by defining the Secretariat's relationship with the committees and clarifying respective responsibilities.
• Support the development of an operating model for the Board Secretariat.

Requirements

• 3 to 5 years of experience in governance, policy drafting, or related legal and regulatory work.
• Fluent in Arabic, with the ability to speak, write, and draft governance and policy documents in Arabic.
• Strong drafting and analytical skills, with the ability to work independently to review and standardize regulatory documents.
• Immediately available or able to start within one week for a 2-month engagement.