Legal Advisor: Contracts & Assurance (2601) needed at The South African National Roads Agency
Job title : Legal Advisor: Contracts & Assurance (2601)
Job Location : South Africa,
Deadline : December 27, 2024
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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor of Laws/ LLB or equivalent NQF Level 8 Qualification
- Admitted attorney or Advocate (with Pupillage from the Bar) of the High Court of SA, Member of the Law Society/ LPC
- 5 years min relevant experience
ADVANTAGEOUS:
- LLM and/or specialisation by experience would be advantageous.
- Commercial and Contract Law.
- Proven experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts and various legal agreements.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Contracts and Legal Assurance Support
- Execute the contracts management and legal assurance workflow and operational plan to deliver the timely drafting, vetting, review and amendment of all contracts, agreements and addenda.
- Provide legal assurance for the commercial decisions of the business supporting the overarching business strategy and commercial objectives and activities of the business.
- Comply with pre-defined turnaround times and measuring criteria for delivery on business requests for contracts support and commercial legal assurance.
- Implement all the protocols and procedures for the contracts and assurance functionality report on the outputs within areas of responsibilities.
- Implement and assist with the development of contract and legal document management systems.
Contract Drafting, Vetting, Review and Amendment
- Provision of contracts services in various areas of expertise, including labour and employment, construction and engineering, real estate, procurement documents, land acquisition and disposal.
- Advise the business on all contractual matters, provide contract negotiation support and comply with all laws, regulations, industry frameworks, guidelines and standards applicable to various contracts.
- Provide guidance and support on engineering and construction-specific claims including delays, price acceleration claims and change of work claims.
- Provide advice on construction and engineering law, including infrastructure procurement and the drafting and administering of engineering contracts.
- Provide support to all SANRAL Commercial, Contracts and Claims Committees
- Amend and update agreements in keeping with legal and regulatory developments within the relevant discipline.
- Interpret clauses and provide advice to project teams during the implementation phases of the contract.
- Ensure standards contracts are amended and drafted to be fit for purpose and comply with the legal landscape of the jurisdiction they will be executed and accord with legislative requirements.
- Guide and provide input on the drafting, review, updating and negotiation of all types of contracts with SCM and Engineering and oversee contract finalisation.
Legal Assurance
- Provide business support to SCM during the tender processes, i.e. specification drafting, bid evaluation, adjudication and pre-award stages.
- Review the tender processes from bid specification, advertising, closing, validity periods, evaluation and adjudication for legal compliance of all aspects of the tender.
- Provide assurance reports of the tender review to bid committees on the legality of the process, legal risks and procedural and legal deficiencies identified and advise/make recommendations to business.
Managing and Reporting of the Contracts and Assurance Unit
- Accountable to manage and report on operational functions and outputs.
- Keep records and manage contracts and assurance service requests.
- Manage and execute allocation of work and responsibilities to ensure timely procurement and appointment of external service providers.
- Provide weekly, monthly and quarterly reports to Management on Contractual and Assurance matters.
- Compile memoranda and submission for Contract Management and Assurance to the relevant committees of SANRAL.
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