Senior Manager, Regulatory Advocacy & Stakeholder Engagement

Senior Manager, Regulatory Advocacy & Stakeholder Engagement

Job Overview

Business Segment : Group Functions

Location : ZA, GP, Johannesburg, 30 Baker Street

To develop, maintain and manage the implementation of the Standard Bank's regulatory advocacy and stakeholder engagement strategy and functional framework; to ensure alignment and adherence to policy and legislative developments to protect and enhance Standard Bank's reputation and competitive advantage by ensuring business is done in a responsible manner. To provide guidance and advice on regulatory developments and optimal ways to engage with government, regulators and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities :

• Actively contribute and provide subject matter expertise into the development of a strategy on advocacy and stakeholder engagement for Standard Bank South Africa (SBSA) in order to enhance credibility and trust. Identify, map, foster and drive material stakeholder relationships for SBSA in line with strategy.
• To provide guidance and advice on policy, legislative and regulatory developments and optimal ways to engage with all stakeholders including government, regulators and external stakeholders. Drive and actively contribute and provide subject matter expertise to the development of a strategy on stakeholder engagement for Standard Bank South Africa (SBSA) in order to enhance credibility and trust. Actively drive the development of stakeholder engagement skill sets and develop people to in line with these to ensure successful delivery against the mandate of the Corporate Citizenship and relevant internal stakeholders Function. Continuously evaluate and enhance SBSA stakeholder engagement capability to ensure the embedment of best practice stakeholder engagement practice.
• Co-ordinate material stakeholder engagements for SBSA in line with SBSA values and policies. Collaborate with various internal business units with advisory support on protocol matters, stakeholder engagement and strategic engagements.
• Stay up to date on policy, legislative and regulatory developments, exhibiting an ability to integrate cross-regulator themes of relevance to SBSA. Demonstrate and ensure continued technical knowledge of the policy and legislative environment, as well as skills in persuasion, conflict management and argument (advocacy and lobbying). Coordinate and maintain advocacy strategies around policy and legislative developments for multiple projects at once to ensure successful implementation across Standard Bank South Africa.

Qualifications

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