Compliance and Ethics Manager - Century City at NACOSA

The duties and responsibilities of the Compliance and Ethics Manager will include, but not limited to:

• Provide effective internal governance support to the Executive Board and Management Committee relating to resolution of corporate governance and compliance difficulties as they occur.
• Serve as NACOSA’s contact for external legal council.
• Review and develop a directory of legal and related agreement templates to ensure compliance to regulatory framework and best practice standards.
• Develop, monitor, and assess governance, risk, and compliance control systems to prevent violations of legislative or regulatory compliance.
• Review and enhance existing policies to address emerging risks and organisational changes.
• Regularly assess the organisation's activities to ensure it aligns with contractual obligations and donor stipulations.
• Monitor contract compliance of high-risk/value contracts to ensure adherence to terms, timelines, and performance indicators outlined in agreements.
• Lead the development and implementation of risk management policies and procedures.
• Support the organisation to deal with any whistleblowing complaints received and ensure the complaints are investigated fully.
• Support Supply Chain Management Team, in new contracting activities while mitigating risks of adverse legal consequences.
• Provide accurate, complete, and timely reports for the NACOSA Board, donors and external stakeholders.
• Capacitate employee’s by hosting regular workshops and information sessions on key or commonly occurring challenges in regulatory compliance and related activities.
• Attend Board sub-committee meetings) to provide input on high level ethical and/or compliance related governance activities.

Requirements

• Required qualifications, skills, and experience.
• A bachelor’s degree in law (LLB)
• Admitted and registered as a member of the Law Society of South Africa
• A qualification (certificate or diploma) in Risk Management or Compliance will be advantageous.
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, and managing robust compliance/ethics adherence or improvement systems.
• A minimum 5 years’ experience in a role with a similar level of responsibilities
• Experience in Non-Profit Sector (or related, such as Health Care) - advantageous
• Demonstrated experience drafting comprehensive risk management plans and processes.
• Experience advising and engaging with top level management and or committees.
• Experience in successfully leading or supporting impactful, high-risk or value negotiations or discussions.
• Experience managing multiple competing priorities effectively (able to prioritise) and working productively with various internal stakeholders and teams (a team player) to provide support and guidance.
• Exceptional Verbal and Written Communication Skills
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to assess complex situations to make sound ethical decisions.
• Intermediate Microsoft Suite Skills (Outlook, Power Point, Word, etc.)