HPCl Legal Officer

HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED

(A Government of India Enterprise)

Regd. Office: 17, Jamshedji Tata Road, Mumbai - 400020.

REQUIRES

LEGAL OFFICERS

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited is a fortune 500 mega integrated oil refining and marketing PSU with Navratna status. With well rounded peoples’ policies and performance oriented culture, we are committed to meet the highest standards in service and product offerings towards ensuring continued trust and confidence amongst its stakeholders.

Legal function of HPCL plays a vital role in supporting all SBUs. It also advises supporting functions like HR, Finance, Systems and on new business initiatives. The competent and committed legal team of HPCL provides timely and meaningful advice and guidance to the concerned in achieving organizational goals.

We believe in nurturing and empowering our employees to excel, innovate and lead, towards achieving outstanding business results. To surge ahead with this inheritance of excellence, we invite dynamic, qualified and experienced professionals to work in the field of Legal.

POSITION	Legal Officer
NO. OF VACANCIES	12 (GENERAL-8, SC-1, OBC-3)
RECRUITMENT LEVEL	Salary Grade “A”

QUALIFICATIONS:

Candidates should possess a Degree in Law through a Fulltime Course of three years after Graduation or five years after 12^th Standard, with minimum aggregate of 60 % marks (55% for SC/ST candidates).

WORK EXPERIENCE:

(a) Minimum of one year experience as a practicing Advocate or working in a reputed Law Firm or Company. For practicing Advocates, the experience must be after enrolment in the Bar and for working candidates, it must be post qualification.

(b) Experience should preferably relate to drafting Agreements, preparing Court/Arbitration papers, briefing Counsel, etc. substantially covering the law relating to Contracts, Sale of Goods, Transfer of Property, Intellectual Property and Consumer Protection. Exposure to Cyber Law and Competition Law will be an added advantage.

Candidates must have working knowledge of Computers with familiarity in MS Office and fluency in reading & writing English & Hindi languages.

MAXIMUM AGE LIMIT: 26 years as on 24^th February, 2009. (Relaxations as per Government Directives)

SELECTION:

Test/ Interview:

Candidates fulfilling all of the above criteria will be eligible for appearing for the Test on Academic/ Knowledge. Questions would be of Objective, Descriptive and Drafting type. The shortlisted candidates will be called for the Moot court followed by Personal Interview.

Candidates must secure minimum qualifying marks in the Test, Moot court and Personal Interview. Subsequently, candidates will be required to undergo medical examination. Reference for a medical examination does not mean final selection, which may please be noted. The final selection / Offer of Employment will be based on the candidate’s score in Test, Moot Court, Personal Interview, Work Experience, being declared as Medically Fit by HPCL Designated Physician and subject to fulfillment of other eligibility criteria wrt Academic Qualification, Age, Caste, NOC, Relieving letter etc. as may be applicable.

The date for the Test will be communicated in due course.

EMOLUMENTS AND PLACEMENTS :

These positions are in Management Cadre in “A” grade in the Salary Scale of Rs.12000 – 17500 (under revision) plus VDA, HRA, CCA, etc. and other perquisites as applicable to particular grade. The CTC would be appx. Rs.7.00 lakhs per annum. Posting can be in any Division/Department of the Corporation at any place in the country/otherwise and the services thereafter will be transferable as required by the Corporation.