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Job Description

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The Key Purpose of this role is to provide value added legal support to the organisation, assist in identifying and managing legal risk and manage external legal resources, as well as provide advisory services on all legal matters pertaining to the company.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

LITIGATION

• Establish data base of all cases in court, oversee their conduct, negotiate settlement where possible to avoid costs
• Identify appropriate providers of external legal/other services ensuring best value
• Supervise and review progress and ensure agreed outcomes are achieved.
• Manage costs
• Advise developments of all cases through a monthly up-date

CONTRACTS

• Draft, peruse and approve legal documents and undertakings to be concluded between the organisation and third parties.
• Ensuring that the Company’s interests are protected and its liability kept to minimum

CREATING AND PROMOTING LEGAL AWARENESS

• Identifying and promoting awareness of new and old pieces of legislation, regulations or directives impacting on the operations of the business so as to proactively identify risk and problem areas in the business

LEGISLATION & REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS

• Monitor and assess all current changes and developments in legislation, especially in respect of legislation affecting the Company.
• Ensure the Company holds all requisite licenses, permits and approvals for lawful operation of its business
• Compliance with Lusaka Securities Exchange (LuSE) listing requirements

OPINIONS AND ADVISE

• Providing the Company and Company employees with regular and ad hoc information having legal content, as well as providing advisory services on various legal matters

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

• Overseeing and implementing the application for Intellectual Property rights owned by the Company
• Monitoring the Companies Intellectual Property Rights and ensuring that they are not being infringed
• Maintaining the Intellectual Property Register with the Companies registry to ensure that renewals are made in time.
• Reporting on Intellectual Property matters to the group.

DEBT COLLECTION

• Attend to all debt collection matters, to include drawing up of acknowledgements of debt, negotiating settlements, issuing letters of demand, collection of outstanding monies and liaising with external Advocates should same reach litigation.

COMPANY SECRETARIAL

• Provide secretarial services to the Board to include:
• Managing of the preparation collation and distribution of notices, agenda and board packs for board and board committee meetings
• Responsible for managing the preparation of the Annual Report
• Responsible for preparation for the preparation of Annual General Meeting in compliance with the Companies Act
• Taking and keeping an accurate record of the minutes and resolutions of all board meetings and the Annual General Meeting and ensuring all proceedings at such meetings are in conformance with the Articles of Association
• Filing of the minutes of all minutes with the Securities and Exchange Commission as required by the law
• Managing the statutory requirement of filing of returns with the Companies registry and such other reports as by law required.
• Maintenance of statutory records to ensure company is in compliance
• Monitoring Corporate Governance regulatory and statutory developments to ensure the company is conducting affairs in accordance with best practice.
• Formulating standards and policies in relation to Secretarial practice and corporate governance
• Be the focal point of communication between the company and its non-executive directors and ensure that they are promptly apprised of any information in relation to the Company which is of major significance and is likely to be in the public domain.
• Responsible for monitoring significant share movement in respect of listed shares
• Monitoring and maintaining relations with the Stock Exchange, Securities and Exchange Commission and Transfer Secretaries

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Identify self-training needs and address them accordingly

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Work independently
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• High level of integrity
• Excellent reporting skills
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Presentation skills
• Analytical skills
• Strong technical legal ability

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB).
• Advocate of the High Court & Supreme Court of Zambia
• 5 years post qualification experience

Additional Information:

• BAND: VI

ABInBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in line with ABInBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short-listing.