Graduate Management Trainee - Compliance at The Science for Africa Foundation

Compliance Functions

• Monitoring and ensuring compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and company policies.
• Conducting periodic reviews to identify potential compliance issues.
• Developing and reviewing the compliance dashboard to cover all compliance requirements.
• Assisting in preparing for upcoming audits.
• Assist to check compliance risks of the organisation.
• Assist in the development and implementation of compliance SOP, policies, and procedures where applicable.
• Assisting in following up compliance and implementation of audit actions.
• Update and maintain the audit and investigation follow up-databases regularly.

Data Privacy Functions

• Assist in ensuring adherence to data protection policies, laws, and regulations.
• Collaborating with teams to implement and maintain data protection policies.
• Assist in checking data protection risks of the business.
• Maintaining accurate records related to compliance and data protection activities.
• Assist in organising and managing documentation for audits, regulatory inspections, and data protection assessments.
• Assist in rolling out data protection-related projects as part of implementation of the policy and the law.

Customisation of Data Protection Documentation

• Assisting in the development and implementation of data protection policies and procedures.
• Assist with the implementation of data protection measures under relevant privacy laws.
• Assisting to review contracts such as controller to processor agreement, data sharing agreement, cross-border processor agreement.
• Champion best practice data protection and privacy culture within the Foundation
• Work with IT, Admin, and other relevant teams to implement corrective actions.
• Support in customisation of data protection documentation including forms, clauses in contracts and emails.

Training and Awareness

• Developing compliance and data protection awareness training materials.
• Participating in training sessions to educate employees on compliance and data protection matters.
• Keeping abreast of changes in regulations and communicating updates to relevant teams.

Department Operations Functions

• Providing general administrative support to ensure smooth departmental operations.
• Assist in organising and maintaining filing systems for the department.
• Preparing and editing documents, reports, and presentations.
• Taking minutes during meetings as shall be required from time to time.
• Support with the development and managing of the departmental tracker.
• The Graduate Management Trainee (Compliance) will perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

PERSON SPECIFICATIONS

Minimum Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in law, business, or a related field

Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes

• Must understand and demonstrate the Foundation’s values such as respect, accountability, excellence, diversity, and inclusion.
• Must demonstrate ability to pay attention to details.
• Must promote knowledge sharing and learning.
• Must have a high level of integrity and flexibility.
• Must embrace continuous learning and improvement.
• Must possess client relations and collaboration with other team members.
• Client focused approach.

The subject of the email should include the position you are applying for, e.g. Graduate Management Trainee - Compliance. Send your application by 13 October 2024.