Senior Specialist: Competition Law at Vodacom

The main purpose of the role is to assist the Vodacom Group Competition Law function in:
 

• Ensuring that Vodacom Group audits subsidiary companies are compliant with competition laws, regulations and rules; and relevant company policies, codes and standards; and to assist in the implementation of adequate systems and processes to monitor and enforce compliance;
• Engagements with the relevant competition authorities, in relation to any processes, investigations, information requests; and
• Providing competition law support to Vodacom Group and its subsidiary companies as required.
• In addition to assisting the support function provided by Vodacom Group Limited in relation to its subsidiaries, the role includes a primary competition law compliance responsibility for Vodacom (Proprietary) Limited
   

Your responsibilities will include:
 

• Institutionalise and manage competition law, policy and where applicable voluntary standards compliance in Vodacom organisations;
• Implementation of effective systems and processes to ensure compliance with competition law and regulations, policies, rules, guidelines and industry standards;
• Maintenance and monitoring of the competition law and policy universes for Vodacom Group and its subsidiary companies;
• Assist in the development and implementation of competition law and policy compliance management standards and procedures;
• Stay up to date with developments in the competition law, regulatory and governance environment and keep abreast of relevant new policies and legislation as well as changes to existing legislation;
• Conduct compliance risk assessments and develop compliance risk management strategies;
• Build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders;
• Training on compliance related matters;
• Monitor systems which deals with the enforcement of compliance with relevant laws and regulations, policies, rules and codes and industry standards;
• Preparation of reports to various audit, risk and compliance committees
• Assist in managing competition law investigations and legal processes against Vodacom, including amongst others, the action and follow up on information requests received in this regard
• Assist with action and follow up on information requests received from the Competition Authority in third party investigations
• Assisting in providing competition law support to Vodacom Group audits subsidiary companies as required, including but not limited to providing legal opinions
• Briefing and managing relationships with external lawyers and legal counsel

Job Knowledge:
 

• General knowledge of the South African and rest of Africa Legislative System; (Desirable)
• South African Competition Law (Essential)
   
• Legal compliance management exposure (Essential)

Job Related Skill:
 

• Integrity
• Good judgment
• Independent thinker
• Good communicator
• Systematic and analytical
• Good inter-personal skills
• Assertive
• Administrative
• Presenting and Communicating Information
• Ability to balance commercial and regulatory requirements
• Writing and Reporting
• Analysing
• Relating and Networking
• Initiating Action
• Applying Expertise and Technology
• Learning and Researching
• Planning and Organising