Provides corporate governance guidance, legal advice and corporate secretarial services to the Group. Develops and ensures adherence to the legal corporate strategy; Participates as part of the Executive Management in the development and implementation of the Corporate Strategy; Convenes, on behalf the Board, the annual and half-yearly strategic planning seminar; Compiles the reports of the strategic seminars for the Board and management; Discharges and ensures the Company�s and Directors� responsibilities under the company law are complied with by, inter alia; Acts as Secretary to the Board, Shareholder�s and Committee meetings including convening the meeting, preparation of agenda and papers as well as drafting and extracting of minutes and resolutions thereafter; Ensures that all board activities are properly coordinated and that the same complies with all required constituents; Carries out the Board�s directions; Ensures the Board and its committees are provided with all requisite information and supporting them in the discharge of their duties; Manages the amendments to the company�s constitutional documents as required; Ensures compliance with the Group�s establishing Memorandum and Articles of Association are adhered to; Maintains the company�s statutory books, registers, returns with the Registrar of Companies and secretarial records and custody of the company�s common seal; Renders secretarial service to Executive Management. Ensures the provision of strategic legal advice to the Board, management and staff to ensure that ZB Financial Holding�s legal and quasi-legal interests are properly safeguarded by ensuring that the Board and management of the Group are fully aware of legal implications of proposed courses of action; Manages the outsourcing of external legal services including instructing and drafting briefing papers for the sourcing of legal services; Manages the Group�s relationships with external lawyers on an ongoing basis; Provides constant updates, guidance and interpretation of laws, regulations on rules that affect the Group�s business operations and have to be adhered to or complied with; Provides advice on drafting of disciplinary documents to Management; Represents ZPC at Labour Hearings and tribunals on labour disputes; Provides legal advice to ZPC�s Disciplinary Committees; Ensures quality and timeous delivery of legal services to Executive Management and staff; Provides regular reports on the Group�s legal activities and performance; Develops and maintains the corporate governance framework for the Group; Ensures  compliance with the tenets of corporate governance obligations through implementing and managing appropriate systems for identifying and monitoring the observance of corporate governance and changes thereof; Apprises the Board, management and staff, as applicable, of those changes; Develops guidance, codes and manuals as required to guide compliance of the obligations; Ensures proper and professional drafting of all legal contracts to avoid interpretation and implementation flaws; Analyses and examines all contracts thoroughly before certifying them for execution to ensure legal quality and that they do not prejudice the company in any way; Maintains all contracts and legal documents; Leads and or contributes, as applicable, in the development of draft legislation, Regulatory and related material and policy as pertaining to the Group; Drafts proposed issues and regulations pertaining to the Group and its legal working documents for use within ZB Financial Holdings Group i.e. code of conduct, employment regulations, etc; Reviews and updates all legislation in line with the changing circumstances of ZB Financial Holdings Group; Develops and manages the Group�s approach towards litigation and other proceedings to which the Group is a party to;  Institutes and defends legal action on behalf of ZB Financial Holdings for either directly or through external lawyers; Ensures that the interests of ZB Financial Holdings Group are adequately protected or safeguarded in all litigation; Liaises with other legal advisors/lawyers as may be required and ensures their adherence to contract and that the Group is well represented; Manages staff in the department; Develops and manages the section budget; Undertakes such other duties/assuming such other responsibilities as are assigned from time to time by the Group Chief Executive Officer; Selects legal contractors and monitors their performance; Decides how best to deal with legal issues; Reviews legal contracts (that is, ensures that clauses, provisions and overall wording are in the best interests of the company and do not unduly expose the same); Interprets and provides advice on laws, policies, procedures and frameworks to staff, management and the Board and ensures compliance with the same; Coordinates and facilitates own work. Scheduling and coordinating Board meetings and activities; Developing budgets and managing costs; Developing and implementing training calendar for staff; Coordinating Board member and management team evaluations. Interpreting and implementing legal provisions and policy requirements; Managing and aligning the needs and expectations of different stakeholders for the common good of the company; Coordinating Board meetings and activities and implementing Board resolutions; Coping with an incessantly changing regulatory environment. 

Job evaluation subgrade: E