Adjudicator: GP needed at Community Schemes Ombud Service

Description

• Conduct adjudications on disputes referred to adjudication in a fair, equitable and transparent manner.
• Working with the Dispute & Governance team.
• Excellent case management and closure of all matters within the prescribed time limit.
• Ensure that the adjudication order is issued to both parties with enforcement notices.
• Issue Adjudication orders with prescribed timeframes.
• Subject their adjudication orders to quality assurance.
• Prepare and issue Notices of Set down for all Adjudication hearings inviting parties to a formal or virtual hearings.
• Consider all evidence.
• Conduct investigations, inspections, enter or inspect asset, record or another document.
• Evaluate all evidence, apply legal research and applicable case law.
• Establishes necessary protocol of CSOS for lodging complaints to ensure a straightforward procedure to resolving disputes.
• Ensures that the repercussions of disputes lodged at CSOS are adequately resolved in accordance with the grievance which results in equitable solutions that are unprejudiced to the complainant.
• Gathers evidence in support or against the grievance lodged by a complainant to ensure sufficient decisions are taken into account when the Adjudicator/s is/are finding an impartial solution.
• Ensures that records have been stored in a system established by CSOS for future use such as appeals, proof of dispute, proof of Retribution etc.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Law/BProc/ LLB.
• Admitted as an Attorney.
• Expertise and understanding of Community Schemes governance and adjudication of disputes.
• 5 years of expertise as an Adjudicator or Senior Management role or 10 years as a conciliator and/or court work/litigation/conciliation and/or arbitration processes of the CCMA or Bargaining Councils.
• Ability to resolve complex disputes.
• Ability to draft judgments and reports.
• Understanding the political and legislative environment of the CSOS and thorough knowledge of the CSOS as well as the Sectional Titles Management Act.
• Thorough knowledge of the CSOS Act as well as Sectional Titles Management Act, Companies Act, Housing Scheme for Retired Persons Act South Africa, Co-operatives Act, Promotion of Administrative Justice Act.
• Expert user of case management modules and Client and service centric.
• MS Office skills.