Abu Dhabi - Legal Affairs And Governance Team Leader

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Job purpose

Facilitate in attaining as well as monitor the 5-year budget forecast.

Key activities, responsibility & accountability

Governance and board of directors

• Lead the development, review, and implementation of corporate governance policies and procedures including board and board committees’ charters, excellence in governance, delegation and sub-delegation, etc.
• Ensure governance documents align with industry best practices and hierarchy of the governance documents.
• Oversee the organization’s governance framework, including committee structures, and ensure all governance bodies operate effectively and in compliance with the governance documents requirements.
• Provide guidance and advice to internal stakeholders on corporate governance framework to ensure compliance with all governance documents.
• Lead risk assessment by identifying potential legal and regulatory gaps associated with the organization’s operations according to the existing governance documents and suggest mitigation plans.
• Regularly monitor compliance with governance policies and legal requirements and prepare and present reports on governance performance and compliance status to general counsel and senior management.
• Facilitate all duties and activities related to secretary to the board of directors.
• Oversee the preparation, collation, and distribution of board agendas, meeting information packs, minutes, reports, and timelines; manage subsequent actions, liaise with other committees' secretaries as needed, and handle meeting notifications, correspondence, and updates or changes.
• Coordinate the logistical and administrative support for visits by joint venture board members to locations like ENEC Operations Headquarters (HQ) and the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), in addition to the arrangement of accommodation, transport, hospitality, security clearances, etc., and seek opportunities to elevate the experience of every visit.
• Manage board of directors submissions and prepare the resolutions to be reviewed by the board secretary and to be presented to the board.

Strategic and operational planning

• Oversee the development of the legal function 5-year integrated business plan for implementing the needs of the function by submitting business cases for additional resources or services needed by the function to achieve their objectives.
• Ensure the dependencies of the legal integrated business plan with other enterprise support functions are aligned on all needed requirements.
• Set up rollout plans for implementing and disseminating KPIs derived from the strategies to the legal function, which in turn would translate to objectives.
• Facilitate and support manpower planning for the function and monitor it on a regular basis to ensure effectiveness.

Performance and report management

• Monitor the gathering, consolidation, verification, and analysis of data required to measure KPIs, service improvements, and performance reports.
• Oversee and carry out the process of identifying and addressing business performance issues and operational challenges by developing and executing a detailed action plan.
• Conduct regular management review sessions including the quarterly performance reviews to assess and monitor the function performance, business and tactical plans and initiatives, and actions to ensure integration with risk, financial management, and audit.

• Certified board secretary
• Lead auditor’s certificate

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, quality management, governance, strategic planning management, or relevant field.

• 6 years of relevant experience.

• Master’s degree in governance, quality management, strategic planning, or management
• 10 years of relevant experience.

Company Industry: Audit & Accountancy

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