Officer (P10): Legal Compliance and Discipline at Sol Plaatje University

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in law or equal
• 2 - 3 years related experience
• Computer literate

Duties and Responsibilities

General Legal Compliance

General duties associated with legal compliance

• Implement and manage an effective legal compliance program.
• Develop and review University policies to ensure legal compliance.
• Advise management on the University’s compliance with laws and regulations through detailed reports.
• Create and manage effective action plans in response to audit discoveries and compliance violations.
• Assess University operations to determine compliance risk.
• Ensure all employees are educated on the latest regulations and processes.
• Resolve employee concerns about legal compliance
• Ensuring timeous submission of reports in respect of relevant legislation
• Monitoring and informing the University community regarding new / amended legislation

Student discipline

• Receiving student disciplinary cases from Security Department
• Checking student disciplinary cases to determine if there are grounds for disciplinary action, or whether it should be referred to the relevant house committee for action
• Drafting of charges and issuing of notices to students
• Acting as Prosecutor at Student Disciplinary Hearings
• Issuing outcomes of Student Disciplinary Hearings

Monitoring, evaluation and reporting

• Monitoring and reporting on progress against operational initiatives
• Monitoring and reporting on legislative and statutory compliance
• Promoting sound institutional governance by participating in Institutional governance structures
• Identifying risks relating to the field of responsibility, develop and implement mitigating strategies
• Ensuring proper record keeping of all aspects within field of responsibility