Job Description
Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified persons to fill in the following vacancy that has arisen within the Croco Group of Companies.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Prepares and checks the board packs in liaison with all departments/divisions.
• Receives input from the Directors and other Executives on, and produces, the boards and committee meetings agenda.
• Attends boards’ committee meetings and the main board meeting.
• Attends executive management meetings in the Group.
• Follows up on resolutions of the boards, boards committees and Excom and ensures that they are actioned according to agreed timelines.
• Submits annual returns, changes in directorships and/or change of registered office for all Companies within the Group.
• Issues notices to all shareholders for the AGMs in accordance with the Company’s constitutional documents and the relevant legislation.
• Ensures that the company complies with all statutory rules (e.g., boards meetings, proper constitution of the boards and ensuring that there is a quorum at every meeting).
• Provides advice to the Boards on all corporate governance issues.
• Inducts new board members to make them aware of board members’ roles and responsibilities and board operations following notification of their appointment.
• Ensures application of internal controls, as documented in the Company policies and procedures manual, in order to ensure protection of the business from both internal and external risks.
• Submits weekly, monthly and adhoc reports as required.
• Provides legal advice to the Board, Directors, Divisional Heads and the Group in general.
• Prepares legal briefing for external parties.
• Provides legal advice and attends critical employee labour hearings and required court hearings.
• Monitors changes in legislation and disseminates such changes within the Group.
• Liaises with the Company’s external legal advisers.
• Maintains a register of all of the Group’s legal cases and ensures that there is efficient management of the cases.
• Attends court as a representative of the Company.
• Reviews and/or procures the review of the Group’s agreements/contracts.
• Advices and/or procures advice on the Group’s legal agreements/contracts.
Qualifications and Experience
• Degree in Law.
• Post graduate qualification (e.g., MBA/MSC) will be an added advantage.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar or related environment.
How to Apply
Interested applicants are requested to send their CVs via email to recruitments@crocoholdings.co.zw stating the job applied for in the email subject.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Closing date for applications is 1 October 2021
