Head legal advise – CRAN 953 views

Head legal advise – CRAN

 Specification

• Collaborates with legal fraternity to ensure compliance to all relevant statutory requirements, best practices are implemented, governance principles are embedded, and sound legal
  advice is secured and provided;
• Advises the Authority, management and staff on all relevant legal matters, including matters that increases legal risk;
• Provides supervision and strategic direction to licensees to ensure compliance with regulatory framework;
• Evaluates and coordinates the monitoring and compliance with the regulatory framework;
• Advices on constitutionality and legality of administrative action that the Authority takes;
• Promotes and assists in developing an ICT and postal regulatory framework;
• Manages and proposes amendments to legislation and subordinate legislation;
• Develops and implements policies and strategies pertaining to the respective industries, taking cognizance of the relevant acts’ regulations;
• Manages relevant court proceedings;
• Provides legal representation for Authority at hearings and reconsiderations or other forums;
• Leverages enterprise architecture building blocks and components, including externally provided services and related capabilities to enable nimble, reliable and efficient response to
  strategic objectives;
• Oversees the development, review and implementation of all relevant policies, procedures and protocols;
• Ensures that a leadership pipeline is established to ensure business continuity in the division;
• Ensures that employee engagement is optimized in the interest of healthy employee relations, productivity and retention of skills;
• Ensures that all human capital policies and procedures are implemented and adhered to in the division;
• Maintains prudent financial management controls within division;
• Accounts for all divisional financial decisions;
• Capacitates the division with all relevant and appropriate core functional resources;
• Proactively, research the law and provides written advice and guidance on relevant matters;
• Establishes personal networks and participate in professional societies; and
• Keeps up to date with best practice developments in the industry as well as all other relevant developments on national and international level;

Requirements

• Bachelor of Laws or relevant qualification;
• Master of Laws in ICT Policy and Regulation or related field will be an added advantage;
• Admission as a Legal Practitioner of the High Court of Namibia;
• Ten (10) years relevant experience in a corporate or regulatory environment, three (3) of which should be on Executive or Senior Management Level.

Skills and Competencies

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral;
• Excellent drafting skills (including experience of drafting statutory instruments desirable);
• Confidence, sound judgment and self-reliance;
• Ability to work autonomously and on own initiative;
• Ability to prioritize and work well under pressure;
• Experience in interpreting legislation into practical application;
• Experience in training and communicating legal requirements and procedures;
• Diplomatic and robust personality;
• Strong analytical skills and experience of analysing complex issues;
• Interpersonal skills, high stress tolerance, problem-solving and judgment skills, intercultural intelligence;
• High-level of computer literacy;
• Ability to work independently, but also in a team;
• Knowledge and understanding of the intricacies of the ICT industry and in-depth knowledge of all relevant legislation and regulations and being able to interpret and analyse same;
• Strong background and experience in drafting regulations, contracts, legal notices and adjudication of complaints; and
• Legal risk management and compliance.

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