Senior Company Secretary

at Kempston Recruitment
Location East London, South Africa
Date Posted September 5, 2020
Category Secretary
Job Type Full-time
Currency ZAR

Description

Our client within the Public Sector, seeks an experienced Company Secretary to be based within their East London head office – six (6) month contract vacancy.

 

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Completed B Com / LLB Degree (relevant Financial or Legal Tertiary Qualification)
  • CIS certification - highly advantageous
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar role, working as a Company Secretary in the public sector

 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The successful candidate would be required, but not limited to, Guiding the Board and the Organisations on Corporate Governance matters, ensuring compliance with all legislation.

  • Manage Board Governance through the management of statutory documentation within the organisation, from minutes, articles and legislation
  • Follow up on implementation of required actions and compile governance status reports
  • Evaluate the effectiveness/performance of the Board and Board Committees
  • Manage board development through the facilitation of the induction of Directors on the board
  • Facilitate training and development of senior personnel in accordance with the organisations development policy
  • Ensuring compliance through review and analysis of current legislation and regulations to determine and confirm the areas of compliance
  • Monitoring business against the compliance requirements and taking rectification actions where required
  • Completing compliance actions within the allocated time frames
  • Developing a corporate governance framework and establishing terms of reference for all committees inclusive of committee function requirements
  • Ensuring subsidiary company policies are in place, making necessary recommendations to action remedies
  • Participating in Board Committee meetings and taking minutes of committee meetings, distributing the actions to be implemented to various stakeholders

 

Salary: Market Related Cost to Company (in line with candidate qualifications and experience)

 

Please note this is a six (6) month fixed term contract vacancy.

Closing date for applications is the 6th September 2020.

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