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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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