Contracts Specialist (Fixed Term Contract)

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Job title: Contracts Specialist – 2 year fixed term contract
Department: Legal and Compliance
Location: Midrand
Salary: Market related
Reporting to: Head of Legal and Compliance
Reference number: CS/MSA/200818
Purpose of the Job:
Macmillan Education South Africa is seeking to appoint an experienced professional to the position of Contracts Specialist in the Legal and Compliance department on a 2 year fixed term contract to provide business partner support to the various departments.
Requirements
Legal Degree.

Must be an Admitted attorney.
Experience with/in the following areas will be advantageous: Commercial Law, Company secretarial/company advisory, Regulatory Law and Intellectual Property Law
Good communication skills.
High level of competence in Microsoft suite programs.
Commercially-minded.
Self-motivated.
Leadership/growth potential.
Detail-oriented.
Able to meet and drive Springer Nature/Macmillan principles.

Key Responsibilities
Legal:
Overseeing contract management.
Drafting and amending contracts.
Preparing contracts from templates.
Providing a “business partner” role to department’s with high-volume, low-complexity legal needs.
Managing firms of attorneys – following up, ensuring instructions complied with, etc.
Providing a link with global legal centers such as the trademarks and rights teams.
Day-to-day (low-risk & low-complexity) support of senior management forum.
Day-to-day (low risk & low complexity) support for different countries in the region.

Company Secretarial:
Preparing board packs.
Finalising and circulating minutes of Board, EXCO and EMT meetings.
Monitoring action items and ensuring that actions carried out.
Legal reports for boards.
Managing external company secretaries – statutory updates, notifications filings, etc.
Monitoring governance changes.
Liaising with global co-sec team and updating as necessary.

Compliance:
Managing business partner process & database.
Managing compliance training schedule.
Preparing and presenting compliance training.
Liaising with departments on compliance training needs.
Monitoring and advising business on changes in law/regulation; preparing initial drafts of public comments to such changes where necessary.
All of the above relate to all companies in the region.

Admin
Drive and implement new processes and systems

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