Board Secretary – Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority

Job Description

The Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority was established under the BERA Act, 2016 (No 13 0f 2016) for the regulation of energy sector in Botswana. The Authority is responsible for providing an efficient regulatory framework for the regulated sector in accordance with the Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority Act. The Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority wishes to attract qualified and competent employees to fill the following positions.

BOARD SECRETARY (Fixed 5 year contract) –

VACANCY CIRCULAR NO. 1 OF 2023

QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s Degree in Law with a Masters in Business Administration as an added advantage.

WORK RELATED EXPERIENCE
Minimum of 10 years’ post qualification experience in Legal, Corporate Governance or related fields, with 8 years at management level.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB
1. To lead and ensure corporate governance for the effective performance of the BERA Board through ensuring compliance to statutes, conducting research, and liaison with external bodies.
2. To ensure compliance, planning, organizing, coordinating, and overseeing complex administrative support activities for the Board of Directors and CEO whilst providing policy guidance and expert assistance to departments in areas of responsibility including compliance with legal requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIES
a) Schedules and coordinates meetings, seminars, conferences, and training sessions for the BERA Board Members; maintains Board calendars in order to coordinate, arrange, and confirm meetings, screen meeting requests, and refer appointments to other staff, as appropriate.
b) Ensures total compliance with the organizations Statutes as set out by the Ministry.
c) Attends Board of Director’s meetings, public hearings, and other functions, as directed by the CEO, coordinates and participates in the preparation of the Board and Board Committee meeting agendas and packets.
d) Schedules requests for public input at Board meetings, record roll call votes on agenda items.
e) Ensures preparation of Annual Budgets as well as subsequently preparation of monthly and quarterly management accounts with budget variances.
f) Certifies resolutions, agreements, actions, and other official documents; publishes, files, and indexes all proceedings of the Board; supervises the maintenance of Board records and dissemination of all actions including minutes, resolutions, agreements.
g) Drafts all decisions for the Board and its Committees within the periods that may be prescribed and/or directed by the Board, as well as may be contained in the Board ’s Charter or any other guidelines.
h) Advises the Board on best practices in Energy Regulation law and policy.
i) Conducts all legal research required by the Board in their work, which would include but not limited to the following: Providing the best practices available and research on any development and best practices.
j) Ensures compliance with the BERA Act and other Acts.
k) Ensures execution/ implementation of the Board Resolutions
l) Participates in the development and administration of the annual budget; participates in development of the budget for the Board of Directors.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES
1) Problem Solving
2) Functional and Technical Skills
3) Planning & Execution
4) Analytical and Strategic Thinking
5) Delivering Quality Service
6) Communicating Effectively
7) Ethics, Integrity and Trust
8) Teamwork and Partnering

N.B: Non-submission of the required documents will lead to disqualification.

Applications should be submitted not later than the 15th August 2023 and addressed to:
Caretaker Chief Executive Officer
Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority
Private Bag 111
LOBATSE
Or email to; [email protected]
Only those who meet the minimum requirements as stipulated above will be responded to.
For further information, please contact: The Human Resource Office at 5330932