Independent Contractor (Specialist: Board Secretariat & Legal Services)
Independent Contractor (Specialist: Board Secretariat & Legal Services)
Twelve (12) months fixed term contract
CE Office
Based at Head Office
Salary Negotiable
Minimum Qualifications:
- Grade 12
- LLB
- Admitted Attorney of Advocate
- Recognised Company Secretarial Qualification / Corporate Governance Qualification (Advantageous)
Minimum Experience:
- 3 to 4 year’s post qualification experience (PQE) in the private or public sector
Key Outputs:
The appointee will report and assist the Company Secretary with:
- Ensuring the schedule of the Board, Board Committee and Management Committee meetings for the year is developed.
- Ensuring the agendas for all meetings in conjunction with the chairperson and key executives are formulated.
- Ensuring board packs and any other information are distributed to all relevant partied before the meeting as stipulated in various committee terms of reference and board charter.
- Ensuring that action lists and resolutions from meetings are timeously communicated to management.
- Ensuring the accuracy of minutes of meetings and timeous distribution as stipulated in the ToR and Board Charter.
- Ensuring the minutes of board and committee meetings are filed according to legislation.
- Continuously review all legislative, regulatory, and corporate governance developments that might affect the organisation’s operations and ensure the board and management committee are fully briefed.
Other Requirements needed:
- Manage the Attorneys in the Amatola Water panel of Attorneys.
- Ensure the litigations register is updated monthly and relevant information is received from the Attorneys.
- Vetting of contracts and service level agreements.
- Ensure information discovered by attorneys is submitted timeously.
- Perform any other function as may be required.
If you have not heard from us within 60 days after the closing date, you may regard your application as unsuccessful. These appointments will be finalized in accordance with Amatola Water’s Employment Equity Plan and Recruitment Policy. Preference will be given to suitably qualified persons from designated groups. Amatola Water reserves the right not to make appointments. Lobbying of members of the Board and/ or the Executive/ Management and Supervisors to treat any application, at any level, more favorably than any other for the same vacancy, will disqualify a candidate from selection. Applicants to submit a detailed CV, certified copies of academic certificates, & certified ID copy of not older than 6 months and two most recent and relevant references to the Human Resources Manager, Amatola Water, Private Bag X3, Vincent, 5217 or telephone (043)7073700 or e-mail recruitment@amatolawater.co.za. Closing date: 28 April 2023.
