Permanent - Executive: Legal Affairs and Governance - Johannesburg (Incl. Northern Suburbs) - S[...]

Permanent - Executive: Legal Affairs and Governance - Johannesburg (Incl. Northern Suburbs) - South Africa

The incumbent will be responsible for providing legal advice to the business and executives on a broad range of commercial, legal, and regulatory matters, and efficient and effective secretarial services to the Board, Committees as well as other governance structures within the organization, to ensure compliance with governance and statutory requirements.

Major Task Headings

• Responsible for providing accurate, effective, and timely legal advice, analysis and support at an expert level on complex matters of significant and strategic value in relation to its airport services and other businesses.
• Negotiating complex transactions relating to the company and providing legal advice regarding these transactions to senior stakeholders.
• Keep stakeholders updated and briefed on key projects and risk management.
• Ensure that all legal matters are reported and managed in accordance with company governance requirements and processes, delegation of authority and Code of Conduct.
• Monitor and ensure that the organization complies with its statutory obligations under any relevant laws and regulations.
• Advise the Board on Corporate Governance principles and implementation of programmes and risk management frameworks including but not limited to:
• Matters of good corporate governance and the requirements of the Companies’ Act, King IV reports;
• Corporate Governance and other corporate law regulations and the entities’ agreements.
• Provide strategic guidance and advice to the Board and its Committees on Legal, Governance and Compliance best practices.
• Advise the Board on critical matters pertaining to the Shareholder.
• Attend to Shareholders' enquiries and provide any ad hoc tasks normally associated with the function of the Company Secretary which may be requested by the Board, Shareholders or Executive Management from time to time.
• Develop and maintain the Corporate Governance and Legal framework.
• Provide general secretarial and administrative support to the Board (i.e. Minute taking and recording, Compilation of Board and Committees packs, meeting arrangement etc.).
• Draft and review key governance documents, in line with applicable legislation and Corporate Governance best practices.
• Handle the budget for the Company Secretary office including that of the Board and Committees.
• Facilitate the induction of new Board and Committee members and ongoing developments including Board effectiveness and performance assessments etc.
• Assist the Chairperson of the Board and Committee Chairpersons with all necessary tasks to ensure the smooth running and effectiveness of the Board and Committees.
• Generate reports and any other documentation as and when required and maintain an efficient filing system.
• Preparation of Board resolutions, arranging signatures and communication thereof to relevant stakeholders.
• Drafting, reviewing and managing all legal documents e.g. contracts, legal opinions, memoranda.
• Establish and improve processes to ensure legislative compliance.
• Provide internal legal support and counsel to mitigate the Company’s exposure to risk.
• Manage relationships with external legal counsel.
• Fulfil the role of legal compliance officer for the Group by monitoring new legislation and being a member of internal business project teams to investigate new legislation.
• Minimum of 8 - 10 years’ experience in a senior legal position and/or company secretariat with a commercial focus.
• Working knowledge and understanding of the requirements of the Companies Act and relevant protocols on Corporate Governance in the private sector.