Manager: Company Secretary & Legal Services

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Qualifications and Experience:

• An LLB Degree or equivalent qualification.
• Admission as an Attorney or Advocate of the High Court of South Africa would serve as an added advantage.
• A Chartered Company Secretary Qualification would be an advantage.
• Minimum of five (5) years at the senior management level.
• Minimum of five (5) years working as a Company Secretary in a regulatory authority or public service/ administration environment.
• Experience in preparing policy-related briefings and presenting policy proposals.

Responsibilites

• Providing strategic direction and leadership to the Company Secretary Unit and the Agency, and ensuring focus on strategic imperatives.
• Formulating creative solutions to enhance cost-effectiveness and efficiency in the delivery of services.
• Advising and providing legal opinions to the Board and Management on all legally related matters.
• Ensure the formulation of the board's business plan and policies and their execution. Ensuring that the Agency complies with Corporate Governance best practices.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement in terms of sound corporate governance and legislation.
• Facilitate all the activities relating to the evaluation of the effectiveness of the board and its committees.
• Develop and ensure implementation of secretariat policies and procedures.
• Processing and accounting for the Board budget and expenditure.
• Organizing all board and board committee meetings and ensuring proceedings and resolutions are properly recorded and circulated
• Preparing the agenda in consultation with the Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer and the other documents for all the meetings of the board of directors.
• Attending the broad meetings to ensure that the legal requirements are fulfilled and provide such information as is necessary.
• Arranging with the consultation of the Chairperson the annual and extraordinary general meetings of the Agency and attending such meetings to ensure compliance with the legal requirements and to make correct records thereof.
• Ensuring compliance with the provisions of the Companies Law, King IV, and rules made thereunder, and other statutes and policies of the Agency.
• Litigation, early detection of possible litigation, and legal management.
• Compliance management of the Agency.
• Reporting to various statutory bodies and other internal reports as required.
• Ensuring that the affairs of the agency are managed by its objects contained in the articles of association and the provisions of the Companies Law
• Filling of various documents/returns as required under the provisions of the Companies Law.
• Advising, in conjunction with the agency's legal services, the chief executive or other executive, in respect of the legal matters, as required.
• Engaging legal advisors and defending the rights of the Agency in the Courts of Law.

Competencies, Skills, and Attributes

• A thorough understanding of the Municipal Finance Management Act, Local Government, Municipal Systems Act, Companies Act, and related legislation and regulations.
• Knowledge of the King IV Code of Good Governance.
• Knowledge of Performance Management & Reporting. A high level of computer literacy is essential.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills.
• People management and empowerment.
• Knowledge management; Change management; Legislation, policy, and implementation; Stakeholder relations; Mediation; Client orientation and Customer focus, as well as Communication, both verbal and written.
• Ability to deal with pressures and setbacks.