Responsible for the provision of corporate governance guidance, legal advice and corporate secretarial services to the Company, Board of Directors, Board Committee and the Executive Management Committee. 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 Company�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 ZPC�s legal and quasi-legal interests are properly safeguarded by ensuring that the Board and management of ZPC 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 Company�s relationships with external lawyers on an ongoing basis. Provides constant updates, guidance and interpretation of laws, regulations on rules that affect the ZPC�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. Sits as Chair of the ZESA Holdings Appeals Committee and acts as the Secretary and legal advisor to ZPC senior management disciplinary processes. Ensures quality and timeous delivery of legal services to Executive Management and staff. Provides regular reports on ZPC�s legal activities and performance. Develops and maintains the corporate governance framework for the company. 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 Company. Drafts proposed issues and regulations pertaining to ZPC and its legal working documents for use within ZPC i.e. code of conduct, employment regulations, etc. Reviews and updates all legislation in line with the changing circumstances of ZPC. Develops and manages the Company�s approach towards litigation and other proceedings to which the Company is a party to. Institutes and defends legal action on behalf of ZPC for either directly or through external lawyers. Ensures that the interests of ZPC are adequately protected or safeguarded in all litigation. Ensures that all debts owed to ZPC are collected timeously and expeditiously at minimum cost. Administers the debt collection portfolio and ensures that litigation is instituted appropriately, all debts are collected and legal costs recovered and accounted for by business units. Liaises with other legal advisors/lawyers as may be required and ensures their adherence to contract and that the company 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 Managing Director. 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. 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. Managing legal contracts with contractors. Coping with an incessantly changing regulatory environment. Scheduling and coordinating Board meetings and activities. Developing budgets and managing costs. Developing audit plan. Developing and implementing training calendar for staff. Drafting company compliance profile. Coordinating Board member and management team evaluations.

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