Senior Manager: Legal and Compliance at Institute of Directors South Africa

 Job description

• The perfect career building opportunity for someone with solid experience in the practical application of laws, rules, codes and standards to business.
• If you’re compliance-driven, have a solid understanding of the law, and you don’t mind getting your hands dirty to ensure the fit-for-purpose implementation, we would love to meet you.
• The Institute of Directors South Africa (IoDSA) is at the forefront of promoting the importance of governance and professionalisation of directors. As a non-profit company it relies on a variety of revenue streams to enable the realisation of its purpose: Better Directors. Better Boards. Better Business.

Key responsibilities and duties

Legal

• Provide quality internal legal advice as well as provide guidance and alerts on current and emerging legal risks.
• Review and draft agreements which are both legal sound and business appropriate, as well as maintain oversight of the contract registers.
• Draft necessary briefs and liaise with relevant company attorneys on matters, as and when necessary.
• Monitor and manage trademarks, domains and IP related matters including matters relating to royalties and infringements.
• Manage the review and updating of all policies and procedures, as well as internal staff training and assessment.

Compliance

• Conduct holistic compliance review to ensure compliance against legislation, regulations and rules identified as part of the IoDSA compliance universe and remain alert to legislative changes that impact the IoDSA, including full ownership of BEE rating and strategy
• Draft the IoDSA Governance Report in line with King IV disclosure requirements.

Company Secretarial

• Assist with company secretarial function in adherence with best practice, incl performing board administration, coordinating statutory returns and statutory engagements with members.

Member Discipline

• Project manage Member Discipline procedures and processes in line with Member Regulations and Disciplinary Regulations, including convening of disciplinary panels, performing secretariat function and communication of outcomes.

Attitude & Personal Attributes
Mandatory behavioural competencies

• Purpose: Show commitment, be dependable and understand the why, and do the right things
• Passion: Be innovative, agile, efficient & have drive
• Performance: Display excellence, solution-orientated, can take on more, commitment to
  improvement
• Professionalism: Act with integrity, show respect, be a team player and have good
  communication skills

Additional skills

• Committed to and aligned with the greater purpose of the IoDSA
• Dependable ethical behaviour in all circumstances
• Driven, practical and efficient
• Good business acumen and ability to apply the law practically to business operations
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent research ability and interpretation skills
• Solution orientated and agile
• Focused on continuous excellence and improvement
• Works independently (as there is no support team to this role)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (business writing acumen)
• Proactively prioritises work on several tasks at once
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines

Experience, Training, Knowledge and Required Skills

• Relevant legal qualification
• Attorney/advocate designation
• Relevant corporate law experience
• At least 10 years of hands-on experience at a senior level in legal and compliance
• Demonstrated skills and experience in the listed areas of responsibility