CIMERWA Ltd is the leading cement manufacturing company in Rwanda producing high quality cement for internal and external market. With its current manufacturing operations situated in South-Western Rwanda, the company has a capacity to produce over 600,000 tons of cement per annum.
Website: http://www.cimerwa.rw
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CIMERWA Ltd is Rwanda’s largest cement manufacturer with PPC Group being the majority shareholder. The company operates a dry process technology Plant in Muganza Sector, Rusizi District in Western Province. As part of organization strengthening and performance improvement plans, the company would like to recruit a Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs as part of its senior management team.
Duties and responsibilities:
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Head Legal and Corporate Affairs will be responsible for the following:
- Directing and managing the Legal & Corporate Affairs functions in line with business requirements
- Leadership and development of the Legal and Corporate Affairs
- Ensuring that legal and compliance risks are managed adequately through appropriate systems, teams/functions and processes:
- Maintain a regulatory universe relevant to CIMERWA and track compliance to the same
- Conduct compliance monitoring and ensuring that the compliance framework within the business is comprehensive, robust and implemented
- Partner Group Legal and Compliance function to identify areas of the business where there is a risk of non-compliance and develop/maintain plans and policies to reduce the risk
- Plan communication and training programs to help employees understand their roles in compliance
- Partnering with senior management and departmental teams to achieve desired compliance results
- Provide professional and credible legal advice and effective legal support on topics as required (verbal and written opinions). This would include analysis and counsel on a range of issues such as corporate governance, business structures and models, M&A, property related issues, employment issues, insurance and reinsurance
- Provide support in terms of drafting, contract risk management and general management of contracts. Introduce templates for contracts where
- Responsible for continuous improvement within these functions
- Manage the Legal and Corporate Affairs budget and ensure alignment to the Company’s business
- Advise and provide direction on tender processes where required
- Oversee the drafting and review of contracts and related documents for the procurement or provision of goods and services, confidentiality of proprietary information, employment, leases of space and equipment, and software licenses
- Analyze a broad range of complex laws and regulations affecting the operations of the Company including those arising from corporate structures and business models
- Represent the Company and/or senior executives and managers in legal proceedings and/or supervise such representation
- Engage outside counsel on complex legal issues, and supervise and coordinate all work sent to external law firms
- Anticipate and identify legal issues of concern to the senior management team and develop legal strategies and solutions, often in situations of high risk with limited time for assessing alternatives
- Work closely with heads of functions (especially finance, human resources and supply chain) in relation to reviewing business transactions and solving business issues that arise from time to time
- Support the implementation of the Code of Conduct in the Company and promote an ethical and legally compliant business culture
- Actively participate in appropriate executive, leadership, and/or operating committees
- Conduct process reviews to ensure transparent processes and procedures are effectively implemented and utilized
- Development and driving the execution of a systemtatic stakeholder engagement program in alignment with the Company’s business plan
- Development and driving the execution of a systematic Corporate Social Responsibility plan in alignment with the Company’s business plan
- Ensure a corporate governance framework is in place and effectively implemented
- Efficient administration of the Company with regard to ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory and corporate governance requirements and effectively supporting the Board by:
- Ensuring that decisions of the Board of Directors are implemented
- Convening and servicing Board and shareholders’ meeting: AGMs, EGMs, Main Board & Committee meetings (producing agendas, taking minutes, conveying decisions, handling meeting correspondence and so on)
- Providing legal, financial and/or strategic advice during and outside of meetings
- Training and / or facilitating training of directors and members of the senior leadership team on corporate governance matters
- Keeping up to date with any regulatory or statutory changes and policies that might affect the organisation
- Ensuring that relevant policies are up to date and are approved
- Providing support to the board and committees on specific projects
- Acting as a point of contact and building good relationship with the board of directors and shareholders
- Writing reports or collating information as required from time to time by the board
- Ensure effective management of various CIMERWA Trusts
- Other responsibilities as may be allocated from time to time
Education and experience requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Law recognized in Rwanda, preferably in Commercial Law or equivalent
- 7+ years post-qualification experience, out of which atleast 3 must have been at Senior Management level
- Experience in working in-house with a Company of equivalent size or with a reputable law firm with responsibilities of reviewing, drafting and negotiation of documentation
- Must be able to grasp business transactions, identify and implement the legal treatment
- Excellent drafting and organizational skills
- Ability to analyze complex legal problems quickly and concisely
- Experience handling high volume of contract reviews, drafting and negotiation
- Experience handling employment and litigation matters
- Demonstrable evidence of having worked in a role requiring extensive and continuous interaction with various internal and external stakeholders in delivery of objectives
- Extensive knowledge of corporate governance, legal and company secretarial matters
Skills and competences required Knowledge:
- Businenss acumen
- Passion, energy and self-drive
- Strategic planning
- Asset Management
- Data security
- Market intelligience
- Corporate governance
HOW TO APPLY:
Candidates interested in the above vacancy are required to submit their application Documents together with copies of the degrees certificates, detailed curriculum vitae and any other relevant certificates should be submitted to CIMERWA Head Office at KIMIHURURA- Kigali and/or by Email: cimerwa@cimerwa.rw not later than 19th June 2020.
Note: Only successful Candidates will be contacted.
Done at Kigali, on 10th June 2020
CIMERWA Ltd
