Head of Compliance / Company Secretary at Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA)

Duties and Responsibilities

-Providing the Authority’s staff, management, Board and Committees, as applicable, with high quality legal and related advice/analysis, tailored to the Authority’s needs, on matters pertaining to all aspect of the authority’s statutory remit and related matters.
-Managing and coordinating the Authority’s approach towards litigation/other proceedings to which the Authority is party or potentially party.
-Leading in the development of regulation and related material pertaining to the Authority’s statutory functions.
-Contributing to the preparation of draft legislation as required.
-Liaising with other parties’ legal advisors/representatives as required.
-Undertaking legal research as required.

The Secretary’s principal responsibilities include:
-Discharging the statutory functions assigned to the Company Secretary by the Companies Act.
-Ensuring that the company’s and directors’ respective responsibilities under company law are complied with, including, inter alia, those relating to maintenance of minutes of Board and Committee meetings; maintenance of statutory registers.
-Acting as Secretary to the Board and its Committees
-Ensuring compliance with the Authority’s mandate by all stakeholders in the sector.