Legal Senior Advisor

Date: 11 Nov 2025

Location: Riyadh, Riyadh, SA, Riyadh

Company: Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority

Purpose of Job

Jobholders at this level are responsible for leading work activities and working autonomously with minor direction towards predetermined long-term objectives.

Jobholders might act as internal consultants and facilitators through providing guidance to deliver and perform operational activities.

Their main operational role includes participating in assessing the effectiveness of current legal practices and tools to accordingly guide legal research and achieve research objectives across different legal areas, sharing research findings with key stakeholders to answer related queries and questions.  

Job Responsibilities

  • Assist in the establishment of a Legal Research and Development Strategy to assist ZATCA in achieving research objectives in a range of legal areas
  • Assess ZATCA's current legal practices and tools and analyse their relevance and effectiveness in relation to the organization
  • Specify prospective data sources for planned research and studies
  • Communicate all research outcomes with key stakeholders and accordingly schedule needed meetings to answer all related queries and questions
  • Keep abreast as well as continuously suggest new research topics to enhance ZATCAs research repository
  • Develop, maintain and improve research sources and database to ensure availability and accessibility of required information

Job Details

Communication and Contacs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies, Business Administration, or equivalent is required

Master’s degree in Legal Studies, Business Administration, or equivalent is preferred

 

Experience

A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience

Competencies

Collaboration and Communication - Developing
Customer Focus - Proficient
Data Gathering and Assessment - Advanced
Enablement of Change and Innovation - Developing
Legal Advisory - Advanced
Legal Writing and Policy Drafting - Advanced
Legislations and Regulations - Proficient
Professionalism - Proficient
Research and Analysis - Advanced
Results Oriented - Proficient
Stakeholder Management - Proficient