Legal Compliance Specialist at AfroCentric Group

Job description

About the Role

We are looking for a Legal Compliance Specialist to facilitate compliance with relevant legislation, in particular Protection of Personal Information, and taking appropriate action to ensure full compliance with best practice and governance and compliance risk management principles.

Who we are looking for:

Type of person

The candidate must be articulate, be able to multitask, be assertive, be able to drive influence, have a sense of urgency, must be able to deliver results and must be able to effectively pay attention to detail.

Skills:

• Conflict Management
• Demonstrates Creativity
• Demonstrates Customer Focus
• Computer Technology Skills
• -Attention to Accuracy and Detail
• Customer Focus
• Numerical Ability
• Relevant systems knowledge and application
• Knowledge and application of relevant legislation
• Financial Skills
• Attention to Accuracy and Detail
• Problem Solving
• Customer Focus

Experience:

 At least 3 years’ experience in compliance, preferably in the Law field, experience in the translation of the requirements of the law into business processes

Qualifications:

 Undergraduate degree in Law or related field

What you will do:

• Continuous improvement:
• Implement practical solutions that use the specialist and departmental systems and processes
• Provide specialist input and recommendations to improve the efficiency, compliance and quality objectives related to the area of specialisation
• Identify problems and develop and propose solutions to present to appropriate leader or stakeholders
• Ensure day to day operational support required from area of specialisation is provided to enhance performance
• Cost containment:
• Support the identification, development and implementation of cost-effective processes to increase efficiency and reduce cost drivers related to area of specialisation
• Continuously review cost / benefit and Return on Investment within area of specialisation
• Drive customer-centricity:
• Maintain a high level of impact on other departments to support improved delivery
• Continually increase understanding of client and stakeholder needs, satisfaction and service delivery
• Knowledge management:
• Ensure that adequate knowledge regarding specialisation is shared as required and maintained within the research library
• Provide advice and / or training as required
• Maintain, develop and implement specialist knowledge within the day to day operations of the organisation
• Maintain expertise level:
• Be a member of related professional bodies
• Ensure CPD (continual professional development) or similar accreditation requirements are met annually to ensure maintained specialist accreditation
• Network key relationships:
• Engage with and provide support to the established network of internal and external expert resources and partners
• Specialist support to projects:
• Provide Specialist expertise and ensure best practice related to specialisation is implemented in projects, when required
• Conform to project management disciplines when participating in projects
• Represent department or project on appropriate committees related to area of specialisation

Closing date for applications: Friday 26 September 2017.