Assistant Company Secretary (Office of the Commissioner)
Overview
This role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced corporate governance professional to support the Company Secretary and advance the governance practices of one of South Africa’s key regulatory institutions. The successful candidate will be responsible for promoting compliance, managing committee administration, and fostering stakeholder relationships to ensure sound corporate governance across the organization.
Requirements
- A completed BA Law, LLB degree or equivalent and relevant to this role, such as CIS diploma.
- A minimum of five (5) years’ experience working in a company secretary or corporate governance environment.
Responsibilities
- Managing relevant meetings, developing and maintaining plans, managing ethics and building effective stakeholder relationships.
- Assist the Company Secretary to strategically direct, manage and support the Commissioner's Office.
- Strategically participate in designated Committees of the Commission.
- Assist in strategically identifying corporate governance related projects.
- Assist the Company Secretary to ensure that the Competition Commission complies with corporate governance best practice.
- Oversee the consistent compliance of corporate governance principles and practices by Exco and the Commission; and manage consequences of non-compliance.
- Identification, development, implementation, and monitoring strategies on corporate governance.
- Assist the Company Secretary in managing the audit process.
- Conduct general administration for the Commission's committees.
- Organise designated meetings and take minutes.
- Assist the Company Secretary to manage the risks of the Commission in line with leading practice.
- Assist the Company Secretary with various administrative functions to ensure effective and timely deliverables are met.
- Ensuring clear drafting, giving of unambiguous guidance and the preparation of documentation designed to be user-friendly to a wide and varied audience.
- Providing administrative assistance where needed.
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