Legal Compliance and Governance Specialist (Midrand) at Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)

Description
Compliance Custodianship

• Establish standards and procedures to ensure compliance programmes that are effective and efficient throughout the organisation.
• Develop and maintain the compliance policy, framework.
• Maintain a database of applicable laws and regulations/ Universe of Laws.
• Create monitoring mechanisms for reporting on compliance with laws and regulations.
• Develop the annual compliance implementation plan.
• Provide commentary into new legislation and those under review.
• Keep abreast of recent changes in the law.
• Provide input to risk management programmes and highlight any issues of compliance.

Ethics Management 

• Develop and maintain the Ethics policy and framework.
• Reviewing a SACAA’s operations and ethics policy and codes of conduct to evaluate how effectively they practice ethics and drive the ethics culture.
• Identifying new ways to implement ethical practices in business.
• Ensuring that all SACAA policies are ethical and adhere to government compliance regulations.
• Developing new policies and codes of conduct that promote ethics within a workplace.
• Meeting with divisional teams to discuss how they can implement ethics at work.
• Creating awareness about ethics amongst all stakeholders.
• Performing audits to gain more information about a company.
• Remaining updated on ethics topics, including government and corporate concepts
• Develop the Ethics Risk Register.
• Conduct the Ethics Surveys and develop action plans to address any gaps.

Implementation and Monitoring

• Compile monthly ethics and compliance reports for Exco and quarterly compliance and ethics reports for the Board of Directors.
• Develop policies and programmes that encourage employees to report non-compliance with laws and regulations.
• Monitor the compliance to legislations through the Compliance Risk Management Plans.
• Monitor the implementation of the Ethics Risk Register.
• Oversee and monitor the implementation of compliance and ethics programmes.
• Conduct periodic review regards to legal compliance by Divisions.
• Handle administrative queries relating to compliance issues or audits.
• Report any non-compliance with legislation through the Company Secretary.
• Assist with PAIA applications.

Capacity-building and Awareness

• Develop or identify and roll out an appropriate training programme and materials to enhance capacity and raise awareness on compliance, ethics and governance within SACAA.
• Guide the Board of Directors, through the Company Secretary concerning compliance and ethics.
• Communicate new compliance obligations and best practices.

Governance Development

• Assist the Company Secretary with the development and implementation of the corporate governance process for SACAA.
• Assist the Company Secretary in the drafting or review of key governance documents; in line with applicable legislation and best practices.
• Prepare the Governance dashboard and ethics/compliance write up for the Annual Report.

Requirements
EDUCATION

MINIMUM

• LLB degree
• Compliance Management Certificate
• Admitted Attorney or Advocate

IDEAL

• B Proc, LLB
• Membership with the South African Compliance Institute, a postgraduate qualification in compliance and/or ethics, project management certificate would be an advantage

EXPERIENCE 

• 5 Years experience in a legal compliance function, 3 of which must be within a public entity.  2 years must be as a senior compliance officer.