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The Assistant Company Secretary is responsible for high level provisioning of high-level support to the to the Group Company Secretary in relation to corporate governance, ensuring compliance with requirements of the Companies Act, Insurance Act, Code on Corporate Governance and JSE listings requirements, Delegation of Authorities, internal processes and board resolutions.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Providing high level support for the Group Company Secretary, the Group Exco Team, the Boards of
- Directors of Discovery and all its subsidiaries and Regulators.
- Providing high level support at/ for strategic workshops & meetings, board evaluations and implementation, as well as tracking of Performance Management, including, but not limited to:
- Handling activities which are logically carried out by a Group Secretariat.
- Supporting and coordinating directors’ activities (board performance assessment, board training and awareness (including Subsidiaries)).
- Facilitating relations between management and Board and Committees (including Subsidiaries).
- Ensuring proper statutory administration and guiding the submission of regulatory returns to CIPC as well as relevant notifications and applications to the various regulators.
- Ensuring compliance with requirements of the Companies Act, Insurance Act, Corporate Governance practices and JSE Listing Requirements.
- Providing high level advice and guidance on corporate governance matters.
- Ensuring leadership and performance that is aligned with the Discovery’s culture and values.
- Ensuring regulatory and corporate governance compliance
- Attending and guiding all statutory company secretarial needs of the Group.
- Providing ongoing support to the Board and Board Committee chairperson, and Group Exco Members.
- Attending Board and its Committee Meetings of the Board, including other subsidiary governance structures.
- Providing general secretariat, governance and other services that may be required from a Company Secretary.
- Attending to all director and committee member queries.
- Reviewing and implementing of the Delegation of Authority for the Group.
Qualifications, Skills & Requirements:
- Relevant Tertiary Qualification
- CGISA – advantageous
- Membership of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administration (ICSA) will be an added advantage
