Legal, Regulatory and Policy Governance
- Provide enterprise-wide legal oversight and advisory services to the CEO on legal, regulatory, contractual, and governance matters.
- Oversee the development, review, and alignment of legislation, regulations, and policy frameworks, in collaboration with the Department of Transport and relevant authorities.
- Ensure the consistent interpretation and application of national legislation and international conventions within SAMSA's mandate.
- Maintain an integrated policy governance framework, ensuring alignment with legislative, regulatory, and strategic requirements.
- Oversee litigation, dispute resolution, and external legal service providers, ensuring legal risks are effectively managed.
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) & Combined Assurance
- Establish and maintain an enterprise-wide risk management framework, including risk appetite, identification, assessment, mitigation, and monitoring.
- Oversee the enterprise risk profile and risk register, ensuring strategic and emerging risks are identified, managed, and escalated.
- Drive the implementation of the Combined Assurance Model, aligning management, internal audit, external audit, and regulatory assurance providers.
- Provide integrated risk and assurance reporting to EXCO and the Audit & Risk Committee, covering risk exposure, control effectiveness, and assurance gaps.
- Align risk, compliance, audit, and control functions to strengthen governance and oversight.
Compliance, Ethics and Governance Assurance
- Oversee the enterprise compliance framework, ensuring adherence to applicable legislation, regulations, and internal policies.
- Provide assurance on corporate governance practices, including alignment with PFMA and King IV principles.
- Oversee ethics management, whistleblowing mechanisms, and consequence management frameworks.
- Ensure regulatory reporting, audit readiness, and governance processes are consistently maintained.
- Provide executive oversight of organisational security governance, covering physical, information, and personnel security.
- Maintain an integrated security framework aligned to enterprise risk management, business continuity, and organisational resilience.
- Oversee security risk management, including risk assessments, threat monitoring, incident reporting, and response mechanisms.
- Align security controls with enterprise risk and assurance processes, including coordination with law enforcement and relevant security agencies.
- Provide assurance to the CEO, EXCO, and the Audit & Risk Committee on security risks, vulnerabilities, and mitigation effectiveness.
- Safeguard the protection of people, assets, information, and organisational reputation.
SHEQ and ISO Management Systems
- Oversee an Integrated Management System (IMS) aligned to:
- ISO 9001 (Quality)
- ISO 14001 (Environmental Management)
- ISO 45001 (Occupational Health & Safety)
- Provide governance over ISO and SHEQ compliance, audit readiness, and certification requirements.
- Monitor internal controls, corrective actions, and continuous improvement processes across management systems.
- Provide strategic leadership and oversight of SAMSA's maritime research agenda to support organisational objectives, policy development and industry advancement.
- Ensure research findings, sector intelligence and emerging maritime trends inform executive decision-making, organisational strategy and business planning.
- Oversee strategic partnerships with research institutions, academia, industry and international maritime organisations to strengthen SAMSA's research capability and influence.
- Champion research governance, knowledge management and thought leadership to support innovation, regulatory enhancement and sustainable growth of the maritime sector.
- Matric Certificate (NQF 4)
- Postgraduate Qualification in Law (NQF 8)
- Postgraduate Qualification in Management/Business Administration/Public Administration/Governance would be an added advantage.
- Master of Laws (NQF 9), preferably in Maritime Law would be an added advantage
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
- Admission as an Attorney or an Advocate of High Court of South Africa
Relevant certifications in the following areas would be an added advantage:
- Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
- Combined Assurance
- Corporate Governance (King IV aligned)
- ISO Management Systems (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001)
- Compliance or Regulatory Management
- Ten (10) years' relevant experience in Legal, Compliance and Regulatory in the public sector.
- Five (5) years Senior Management experience in Legal, Compliance and Regulatory.
- One (1) Executive Management experience would be an added advantage.
- Experience in enterprise legal advisory, regulatory frameworks, and policy governance, including the interpretation of complex legislation and its translation into practical governance and policy frameworks.
- Proven experience in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Combined Assurance, including enterprise-wide risk integration and reporting to EXCO.
- Knowledge of Risk Management and Governance or Public Administration
- Experience in compliance, corporate governance, ethics, and audit processes, with exposure to regulatory audits, investigations, and statutory or policy development processes.
- Experience in security governance.
- Experience in overseeing strategic research is advantageous.
- Experience in integrated management systems (ISO 9001, 14001, 45001) at a governance and assurance level.
FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Sound knowledge of corporate governance frameworks (e.g., King IV) and public sector legislation (e.g., PFMA, Treasury Regulations)
- Knowledge of enterprise risk management (ERM) and Combined Assurance principles
- Understanding of legal and regulatory frameworks, including policy development and legislative processes
- Knowledge of compliance, ethics, and audit practices within regulated environments
- Understanding of ISO and SHEQ management systems (ISO 9001, 14001, 45001)
- Knowledge of organisational security, resilience, and risk integration practices Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess complex risks and governance issues
- Ability to interpret legislation and translate it into practical policies and frameworks
- Effective strategic thinking and decision-making capability at an enterprise level
- Strong reporting and presentation skills, including engagement with EXCO
- Advanced stakeholder engagement and influencing skills across internal and external environments
- Ability to integrate multiple governance functions (legal, risk, compliance, security, ISO) into a cohesive framework