Job Title:  Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities

1. Translate Company strategy into corporate-affairs priorities covering people, organisation, governance, legal and compliance, risk, corporate services and procurement.
2. Provide executive oversight of HCCS, Corporate Governance and Contract & Procurement and hold portfolio leaders accountable for delivery, controls, capability and service quality.
3. Advise the CEO and collaborate effectively with other C-suites and functions on organisation design, workforce strategy, executive people matters, governance, legal exposure, compliance, risk, procurement and corporate policy implications, including partnering with the CFO on contract risk, compliance costs and audit requirements, and with the COO on workforce deployment, corporate services and procurement support for operational delivery. 
4. Ensure the Company maintains coherent governance frameworks, controlled policies, legal and regulatory compliance, ethical conduct, data protection and appropriate escalation of material concerns.
5. Support effective Board and Board committee governance through the Company Secretary and relevant Board committee secretariats, without assuming or diluting their statutory or professional responsibilities which include their coordinating and reporting role to the Board and Board committees.
6. Preserve the functional independence, unrestricted access and professional judgement of Internal Audit and the Board Audit & Risk Committee secretariat arrangements.
7. Effective oversight and ensure procurement, tendering, contracts and vendor-management processes are transparent, controlled, commercially responsible and aligned with delegated authority and segregation of duties.
8. Effective oversight and ensure people and workplace strategies, leadership capability, succession, employee governance, administration, facilities management and corporate-services priorities through HCCS.
9. Ensure corporate-affairs responses to investigations, disputes, policy breaches, material employee matters, legal claims, governance reviews and sensitive stakeholder issues are duly coordinated within portfolio and across functions where required.
10. Lead portfolio planning, budgeting, performance reporting, risk management and continuous improvement and resolve cross-functional corporate-support dependencies.
11. Represent BELTS with advisers, regulators, governance stakeholders, service providers and other parties on corporate-affairs matters within delegated authority.
12. Ensure corporate records, privileged information, personal data and sensitive procurement or governance information are protected and retained appropriately.

Skills and Competencies

• Corporate governance and executive advice
• People and organisation leadership
• Legal, compliance and risk oversight
• Procurement and contract governance
• Board and secretariat awareness
• Policy and control integration
• Sensitive-case judgement
• Stakeholder and adviser management
• Leadership and organisational capability
• Integrity, discretion and independence
• Contract negotiation and commercial judgement
• Crisis and reputational-risk management

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Law, Business Administration, Corporate Governance, Human Resources, Supply Chain Management or other relevant discipline. A postgraduate qualification is advantageous.
• Minimum 15 years of progressive experience, including substantial senior leadership across governance, legal, people, procurement, corporate services or related corporate functions. Demonstrated experience in government contracting, complex commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, contract negotiation and the management of significant operational, regulatory or reputational risks is highly advantageous.
• Strong knowledge of corporate governance, employment and organisation matters, legal and regulatory compliance, risk, procurement controls, Board support and corporate-services management, including government contracting requirements and anti-corruption, conflict-of-interest and probity frameworks.
• Relevant professional membership or qualification in law, governance, HR, procurement, compliance or risk is advantageous.