Career Opportunity
The Lesotho Public Procurement Authority (the Authority) is a newly established public procurement regulatory body, established under the Public Procurement Act, 2023, to promote transparency, accountability, and value for money in public procurement.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified Lesotho citizens who meet the requirements for the position of Director: Governance & Corporate Compliance.
Job Summary
Provides strategic leadership for governance, corporate compliance, risk management, ethics, and institutional accountability across LPPA. Strengthens LPPA’s internal governance architecture by leading assurance, enterprise risk management, corporate compliance, integrity systems, investigations and internal accountability mechanisms. Provides secretariat services to the Board of Directors, Tribunal and Executive Management.
Job Purpose
To ensure LPPA’s governance framework is robust, transparent, and compliant with statutory requirements, while embedding ethics, risk management, and accountability across the institution, and to ensure effective legal advisory and governance support across LPPA and the Tribunal.
Reports To
Director General
Responsibilities & Duties
- Provides strategic leadership for the governance and compliance functions.
- Advises the Director General, Executive Management and the Board on governance, control, risk, compliance, accountability, legal risk, people management, stakeholder relations and institutional support priorities.
- Develops and implements corporate governance frameworks.
- Oversees risk management and ethics programmes.
- Ensures compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Supervises managers and officers under the Directorate.
- Manages sensitive investigations and assurance assignments with objectivity, procedural fairness, evidence integrity and appropriate escalation.
- Oversees litigation, corporate secretariat and governance support, including the provision of legal opinions, contract support and compliance guidance.
- Directs corporate secretariat services, Board and committee support, tribunal administration, governance records and follow-up on governance decisions.
- Reports governance and compliance outcomes to the Governing Board and drives institutional accountability and transparency.
Qualifications
Essential: Bachelor’s degree in Law, or related field. Be admitted as an advocate /attorney in the Courts of Lesotho.
Added Advantage: Postgraduate qualification in law, corporate governance, compliance, or risk management.
Membership: Member of Law Society of Lesotho.
Experience
Minimum of ten (10) years’ relevant experience in legal/governance or compliance, of which at least five (5) years should be at senior management level.
Behavioural Competencies
- Integrity, accountability and professionalism.
Technical Competencies
- Governance frameworks, compliance and risk management.
Leadership Competencies
- Strategic leadership, stakeholder engagement and supervision.
How to Apply
Interested and eligible candidates are required to:
- Complete the Application Form, available at: https://finance.gov.ls/vacancies
- Attach the following supporting documents:
- A detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV).
- Certified copies of all academic and professional qualifications.
- A certified copy of a valid National Identity Document.
Submission of Applications
- Submit the completed Application Form and supporting documents by email to [email protected], no later than 31 October 2026 at 17:00.
- State the exact title of the position, as it appears in this advertisement, in the “Subject” line of the email.
- Applications not submitted on the Application Form, incomplete applications, and late applications will not be considered.
Disclaimer
- All shortlisted candidates will undergo a managerial competency assessment and personnel suitability checks, including criminal record and financial background checks.
- Shortlisted candidates may be required to provide verification of their qualifications from the Council on Higher Education (CHE).
- The successful candidate will be required to complete a financial interests declaration form within one (1) month of appointment.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Candidates who have not been contacted should consider their applications unsuccessful.