Roche Diagnostics in Kenya or Nigeria is seeking a Senior Legal & Compliance Advisor to manage organization compliance, legal strategy and contracts with respect to Company’s activity in line with Roche corporate standards and legislation and protection of the Company’s legal interests.
Key Responsibilities
Legal Management
Business Engagement & Interaction
- Manage legal documentation and knowledge management by monitoring legislation and other policy updates, updating all legal templates and providing advice and input on any changes to standard documentation as required.
- Manage contracts by negotiating, drafting and reviewing contracts, managing preparation and conclusion of contract, reviewing contract compliance, managing updating and contract renewal, identifying risks, addressing non-compliance and implementing corrective action monthly or as required.
- Develop and implement contract management systems by designing tracking mechanisms, managing implementation and addressing any risks or areas of non-compliance monthly or as required.
- Provide legal advisory support by receiving the request, undertaking research if required, preparing a response (either in writing or verbally) and providing feedback to the relevant party.
- Manage legal matters including litigation, claims, employment disputes, investigations and other legal / compliance matters by receiving the instruction, briefing external counsel (if required), preparing for the matter and either implementing required action or overseeing the completion of the matter.
- Provide legal advisory support and engagement with relevant legal bodies (internal and external of Roche) by preparing for the session and participating.
Deliver Legal Advice Efficiently to Business
- Continually asses and manage areas of legal / financial risk in the business and bring such risks to the attention of relevant stake holders in business.
- Challenge business by identifying potential areas of risks and assist in closing the gaps that result in such risks.
Company Secretarial & Other Projects
- Draft all resolutions and documents necessary to effect change.
- Ensure resolutions and required documentation is signed by authorized signatories.
- Liaise with third party to ensure company secretarial requirements are attended to correctly at company registrars.
- Upon request provide business with company secretarial documents.
- Ensure all resolutions and documentation are archived.
Training and development
- Develop and implement internal processes for the department.
- Compile training presentations in respect of the department’s internal processes.
- Train employees on the internal processes.
- Draft and implement standard operating procedures, ensuring all contract management processes are effectively and efficiently outlined and addressed.
- Provide orientation training to new employees.
Compliance Management
- Develop and manage the organisational compliance plan by understanding the regional and Roche compliance requirements, developing the plan, and consult with relevant contributors and drive and monitor implementation monthly and as required.
- Manage compliance levels by understanding the requirements, reviewing compliance, developing and implementing systems to track and monitor compliance, identifying areas of non-compliance and implementing corrective action.
- Assist with investigation of compliance complaints.
- Responsible for compliance monitoring and reporting.
- Manage the risk profile of the organisation by reviewing the risk registers (compliance management), managing the implementation of risk forums and measures, managing the implementation of corrective action, engaging with Heads to manage implementation of corrective action and building structures and systems to limit future risks for the organisation quarterly.
- To support the organisational audit process by identifying key areas of risk, implementing appropriate corrective action, engaging with the relevant stakeholders and participating in the audit review process.
- Drive compliance training and education of the organisation on by identifying gaps or issues within the organisation, engaging with the relevant individuals, developing, customising and delivering the training materials and arranging and supporting delivery of specialist training to the organisation.
- Manage legislative and regulatory compliance by monitoring country changes, identifying impacts, engaging the business, developing systems to manage and maintain compliance, monitoring compliance, identifying areas of concern and managing implementation of corrective action.
Governance
- Manage the development and implementation of policies and procedures by reviewing policies, identifying policy gaps, drafting policies and managing implementation of policies annually and as required.
- Monitor compliance with policies and procedures, identify areas of non-compliance, address non-compliance and track improvements.
- Develop the delegations framework by drafting delegations in line with Roche policies, engaging with key parties, managing the implementation of the framework.
- Monitor legislative and regulatory changes by reviewing the landscape, identifying changes, analysing and interpreting the impact of the changes, integrating the changes into the policies and procedures and communicating these changes.
You, as an ideal candidate, will have the following skills, experience and education:
- Qualifications: LLB or equivalent legal degree and Admitted attorney.
- Experience: At least 5 years post articles experience in commercial law, ideally in a pharmaceutical / diagnostics environment.
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