Head of Legal, Compliance & Governance
RPO Recruitment
Sandton, Gauteng
Permanent
Posted 24 March 2025
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Job Description
RPO Recruitment’s client is urgently seeking the expertise of an Head of Legal, Compliance & Governance in Gauteng. The successful candidate will review and draft agreements and contracts, negotiate terms, ensure legal compliance, and regularly update standard documents/forms to meet regulations. If this sound like yous apply now!
Responsibilities:
- Ethical, proactive and initiative taking when completing tasks.
- Ability to engage with potentially hostile audiences and embed compliance.
- Develop and implement the Corporate Compliance Programme.
- Develop and implement the Corporate Risk Register.
- Reports to the CEO and Board of Directors regularly to review progress on programme implementation and establish improvement plans.
- Ensures and monitors compliance with local and international laws / standards about market abuse, conflicts of interest, market conduct, and employee compliance.
- Perform secretarial duties for various committees, board and shareholder meetings (eg compile and circulate notices, agendas and meeting papers for various committees, draft and file minutes etc).
- Ensure compliance with BBBEE requirements by the Company.
- Advise the Board and senior management on compliance laws, rules, and standards, ensuring they stay informed about new policies, and prepare monthly Compliance status reports for relevant stakeholders.
- Coordinate Board / committee / Shareholder meetings, including agenda preparation, in collaboration with the Chairman / CEO / Committee Chairpersons.
Requirements:
- Bachelor of Law Degree (LLB) and admitted Attorney in the High Court of South Africa.
- 8 - 10 years of experience across strategic and senior management functions.
- 5 years’ plus experience in Compliance Risk Management and Company Secretarial Practice within a corporate legal department in the mining industry or a reputable law firm.
- Proven ability to execute effectively against strategy and exceed goals consistently.
- Member of the South African law society / professional institute
- Certifications in corporate governance or company secretarial practices (e.g, ICSA) are an added advantage.
- Regulatory knowledge of the mining industry.
- Legislative knowledge of the laws governing mining.
- Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG), social impact and sustainability framework.
Contact RPO Recruitment for your next career opportunity.
- Salary: negotiable.
- Our client is offering a highly competitive salary for this role based on experience.
- Apply for this role today, contact Lee Wilhelm at RPO Recruitment or on LinkedIn
- You can also visit the RPO Recruitment website: rporecruitment.us or email us your CV: [email protected]
We will contact you telephonically in 3 days should you be suitable for this vacancy. If you are not suitable, we will put your CV on file and contact you regarding any future vacancies that arise.