Head Legal, Governance, Ethics and Compliance

2 days ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Ellahi Consulting Full time
Job title : Head Legal, Governance, Ethics and ComplianceJob Location : Gauteng, JohannesburgDeadline : March 20, 2025Quick Recommended Links
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Introduction

  • The incumbent will be responsible for managing legal, governance, ethics, and compliance within the general Compliance and Regulatory Framework, which the company needs to comply with. In addition, the role involves ensuring alignment and implementation of applicable strategies, approaches, interventions, and programs that support this regulatory framework and ethics standards throughout the business.

Minimum requirements
Academic Qualifications

Essential: Relevant degree (e.g., LLB Law)
Advantageous: Admitted attorney

Work Experience

  • Essential: 5-10 years of experience in legal, governance, ethics, compliance, and reporting, particularly within a manufacturing regulatory framework. Proven reporting/analysis track record; professional liaison with top management.

Knowledge and Skills

  • Understanding governance/compliance frameworks
  • Strong numerical interpretation and visual information charting skills
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills (EQ), critical thinking, multi-tasking, and project management
  • Technology and systems literacy

Behavioral Attributes

  • Ethical conduct, clear communication, resilience under stress, decision-making ownership, and a focus on action

Level of Decision Making

  • Decisions consider operational trends and the business plan, managing trade-offs among budget, people, and technology.

Level of Problem Solving

  • Involves specialized and technical problem-solving.

Job description
Key Deliverables and Outputs

  • Establish a Compliance Framework and ethics/compliance strategies with priority policies.
  • Continuously update the regulatory universe and ensure policies and training are rolled out as required.
  • Effectively implement, maintain, and monitor the company's Compliance Framework, ethics and compliance strategies, and priority policies. Engage business ethics and compliance champions; monitor implementation initiatives. Establish relevant governance structures and meetings. Monitor the effectiveness of compliance, governance, and ethics policies; identify areas for improvement.
  • Support compliance with corporate governance requirements, including efficient Board and Committee meetings.
  • Manage policies and procedures, ensuring effective roll-out of new priority policies. Establish reliable systems, processes, and controls for compliance and governance. Develop training and awareness materials. Facilitate training and implementation of new policies and ongoing awareness for existing policies.
  • Assess and mitigate ethics and compliance risk.
  • Take ownership of DRAB reporting, including procurement compliance and ABC training across the business.
  • Assist auditors with ethics and compliance audits; address findings and facilitate actions required.
  • Attend and administer relevant committees, including Ethics and Compliance, Risk and Sustainability, and others as appropriate. Prepare consolidated management reports on legal, governance, ethics, and compliance.
  • Provide governance and compliance guidance to the business, supporting opportunities like acquisitions and disposals.

Fulfill duties as Privacy/Information Officer regarding POPIA and PAIA, including:

  • Ensuring compliance and assisting the Information Regulator.
  • Developing and maintaining a compliance framework.
  • Conducting personal information impact assessments.
  • Creating a PAIA manual and internal measures for information processing.
  • Facilitating awareness sessions and submitting annual PAIA reports.
  • Provide legal advice on contractual and litigation matters to the Executive and Management Team.
  • Drive a culture of continuous improvement and innovation by understanding operational and functional needs.
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