Location: Gauteng

Type: Permanent

Salary: R450, 000 – R600, 000 per annum (Negotiable on experience and qualifications)

Key responsibilities

• Ensure appropriate legal advice and expertise is provided to the organization


• Review the arrangements for outsourced legal advice, identifying opportunities for efficiencies and improvements.


• Writes legal opinions on issues of major significance to the company and/or its subsidiaries.


• Reviews legal opinions prepared by subordinate staff.


• Performs research and analysis required to solve highly complex legal issues.


• Provides direction and supervision to subordinate staff and may serve as advisor to one or more principal business units or subsidiary companies.


• Prepares and presents cases at arbitration and/or administrative proceedings and appears before relevant authorities to represent the interests of the company.


• Plans, organises, directs and controls the work activities of assigned staff and evaluates performance. 


• Plans and conducts in-service training for assigned staff.


• Maintain records and prepares reports related to the work.

Ensure that all governance and compliance issued are adhered to within the organization:

• Maintain and update the company’s contracts and advice on any legal issues arising from these.


• Advise on the legal effects on policy proposals (internal and external), preparing responses to consultation documents.


• Assist with ensuring that the company meets applicable statutory and regulatory responsibilities.

Ensure that all contracts entered into within the organization are legally sound and protect the organisation from a legal perspective

• Support the procurement process within the company, assist with the preparation of tender process documents and draft contracts to agreed deadlines.


• Draft/review commercial contracts and formal agreements with suppliers and customers.


• Manage our relationship with specialist external legal firms and practitioners as required.

Management and control of ad hoc projects from a legal perspective

• Project manages reviews/developments in connection with any of the areas identified above.


• Ensure that legal expertise is provided on any projects that have been assigned


• Regular reporting on project issues


• Ensure that any risks to the organization are raised within appropriate time frames and corrective action is taken

Requirements:

Qualification & Skills:

• 4 year Law Degree


• Admission as an attorney or an advocate.

Experience:

• At least five years post admission experience.


• 3 – 5 years’ experience in a corporate legal environment with experience of providing legal advice at Board/Senior Management level, drafting and reviewing commercial contracts, applying principles and instruments of ICT and commercial law and experience of managing complex interdisciplinary programmes of work 

Additional Skills Set:

• Working Globally


• Planning and Organising


• Organisational Awareness


• Problem Solving


• Adapting to Change


• Leading Change


• Industry Mastery


• Professional and technical depth


• Customer orientation


• Relationship building


• Excellent presentations and interpersonal skills


• Innovation