Vacancies Available at HSRC

Minimum Requirements

• A recognised Legal Degree;
• A minimum of five (5) years’ experience as a compliance officer/specialist/manager;
• Post-graduate qualification in Compliance Management is preferable;
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet set deadlines;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and analytical problem-solving skills;
• Credibility to interface with management, researchers and support staff;
• Demonstrate initiative, integrity and maturity;
• Excellent presentation skills;
• Detailed knowledge of South African legislation and regulations applicable to HSRC, including but not limited to PFMA, POPIA, HSRC Act, IPR Act, Labour Relations Act and their application.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensuring that an effective and efficient compliance management service is rendered to the organisation.
• Conduct legal research and prepare legal opinions on various legal matters.
• Ensure adequate internal controls are in place to meet compliance with all required laws, rules, and regulations.
• Assist Board, Board Committees and Management with the interpretation of legislation to ensure that the HSRC acts within the confines and parameters of applicable legislation.
• Serve as a legal and compliance resource and point of reference on legal and compliance matters, as well as rendering formal and informal legal opinions on various legal matters and providing legal comments on various documents.
• Provide overall legal and compliance advice to the HSRC leadership and Management to ensure compliance with legislation, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Identify the principal compliance risks of the legal environment and implement appropriate systems to manage these risks.
• Conduct legal due diligence to identify and minimize potential legal risks.
• Establish a compliance and reporting framework.
• Manage compliance universe, checklists, and compliance risk registers to ensure that they are updated by Managers, as per the compliance framework.
• Administration of compliance management systems.
• Monitor HSRC compliance on a continuous basis.
• Report on compliance-related matters to senior management and Audit and Risk Committee.
• Report on non-compliance matters including but not limited to irregular expenditure.
• Arrange regular compliance management training workshops.
• .Advise the HSRC accordingly on legislative changes/reforms and make proposals/recommendations on Law reform.

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Minimum Requirements         

• A completed Master’s degree in the Social Sciences;
• At least 3-5 years’ youth engagement experience in a research environment;
• Exposure particularly to multi-stakeholder and/or multi-country research projects would be an advantage;
• A track record of peer reviewed, accredited publications (at least 3-5 publications, with some first authored and some international);
• An understanding of administrative procedures linked to research processes and activities will be an advantage;
• Fluency and proficiency in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills. In addition to English, fluency and proficiency in Spanish/French would be advantageous”.
• Competency in computer programmes such as Word, OneDrive, Excel, PowerPoint, referencing software
• Proactive with a problem-solving mindset, advanced organisational skills, the ability to multi-task and with great attention to detail. 

Duties & Responsibilities

• Coordinate all aspects of youth engagement across the U’Good!? research programme as part of a large multi-country research team under the leadership and guidance of the Principal Investigators, across a maximum of 23 research projects.
• Oversight on the management and co-ordination of a maximum of four Youth Steering Committee members.
• Advise and assist to implement best practices and innovations for ensuring meaningful collaboration and partnership with young people throughout the facets of the programme.
• Provide expert insights on Youth Engagement through liaison with the programme Principal Investigators (PIs), thematic leads and Project PIs.
• Guide and ensure youth engagement in key programme outputs (for example, a documentary, the Monitoring, Evaluation and Strategic Learning (MESL) framework)
• Attend advisory committee meetings as required (a maximum of 3 meetings per annum)
• Attend 3 international u’Good!? conferences
• Attend Community of practice (CoP) events and initiatives (a minimum of 3 per annum)
• Develop new areas of inquiry within the project on youth engagement in order to further develop your own research interests. 

APPLICATIONS:

• A 1-2 pages cover letter indicating your suitability for the position by highlighting:
•  your experience in working with Young People, 
• the contribution you would make towards advancing Relational Wellbeing (RWB), and 
• your experience in youth wellbeing.
• A detailed CV with a list of publications and an indication of your country of origin.