Legal Assistant

Main purpose of the job
Performing corporate legal services with regard to the day to day legal requirements to operations units;
Advising and assisting group on all legal issues and the drafting of legal documents;
Assisting with maintaining corporate compliance to effectively manage risk factors pertaining to operations;
General administration attached to functions.

Duties:
Drafting, preparing, reading and revising of general agreements;
Providing advice and assisting members of staff on variety of legal matters;
Drafting of opinions and other legal documents;
General administration;
Disciplinary enquiries and procedures on ad hoc basis;
General correspondence;
Acting as general support function for operational units.

Key Performance areas:
Corporate Legal Services;
Legal advice;
General Managerial Development;
Administration

Incumbent Requirements:
Education: LLB, Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.
Experience (be specific): appropriate recognised exposure in legal profession with preferable exposure to, litigation, labour and general commercial contracting;
Business Knowledge: General commercial exposure in small enterprise and exposure in the legal sphere of financial institutions;
Product knowledge: Legal Services pertaining to commercial law, financial services, debt collecting.
Legislation: Companies Act, NCA, Consumer Act, PoPI, FAIS, FICA, BCEA and Labour Relations.

Behavioral Competencies:
Strong organizational skills, lateral thinking, ability to work under pressure, flexible;
Professional;
Communication (verbal and non verbal);
Leadership.
Non-Technical Competencies:
People skills;
Creative thinking.
Technical Competencies
Legal negotiation skills and problem solving;
Analytical Reading skills;
Writing skills.

Package: R25 000 ctc per month