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Job title : Legal Specialist: Commercial Legal Services
Job Location : Gauteng,
Deadline : October 19, 2024
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Roles & Responsibilities
Strategic Function
- Contributes to the achievement of the BU balanced score card initiatives.
- Contributes to the preparation of AGSA accountability reports.
- Contributes to the compilation of management information on commercial legal activities and assists with analysis on trends in performance.
Product Management
- Assists in the provision of authoritative commercial legal advice and management of litigation to contribute to the financial viability of the AGSA through:
Contract management
- Analyses internal instructions and consult stakeholders.
- Drafts and reviews MoAs and addenda thereto.
- Advises stakeholder on any potential risk to be considered;
- Advises stakeholder on negotiations with service providers.
- Advises stakeholders on delegations with regards to signing authority.
- Conducts research on developments in contractual law and inform the organisation of the impact thereof.
Environmental scanning
- Actively scans the legal environment for matters of interest to the AGSA.
- Conducts local and international research to identify best practice.
Review of internal policies and procedures
- Reviews and comments on internal policies and procedures
Legal advice and opinions
- Critically analyses instructions for legal opinion.
- Consults with stakeholders on instruction.
- Conducts research and draft memoranda setting out opinion.
Litigation on commercial matters
- Assists with the analysing court papers received.
- Conducts research on regulatory, policy and precedents related to the court case.
- Drafts advisory memorandum to leadership on cases.
- Instructs attorney to defend the interest of the AGSA.
- Attends court, when necessary.
Debt Collection
- Analyses and reviews monthly reports received from law firms.
- Develops monthly debt collection reports.
- Drafts Particulars of Claims and instructs panel firms to issue summons.
- Assists with managing debtor litigation.
- Assists, monitors and coordinates communication with all stakeholders.
Stakeholder Management
- Assists with establishing, building and maintaining collaborative working relationships with relevant internal stakeholders.
- Assists in building and maintaining positive and value-adding relationships with relevant external stakeholders.
- Co-ordinates stakeholder engagements/meetings for the management team and ensure proper record keeping.
- Scans the environment to ensure a clear understanding of stakeholder needs.
- Proactively interacts with internal stakeholders to determine their needs and delivers on them accordingly.
- Works in collaboration with colleagues in the centre to ensure timeous delivery of the work.
People Management
- Manages own performance to drive productivity.
- Participates in the business unit transformation/culture plans.
- Provides support to the management team with regard to centre management and other business unit tasks.
Financial management and operational management
- Contributes to the compilation of centre budget and manage project expenditure related to functional area.
- Ensures compliance to AGSA policies and procedures.
- Manages supply chain processes within scope of work.
Other responsibilities (Applicable to All JD’s)
- Performs and/or manages other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required
Skills, Experience & Education
- LLB
- Admitted as attorney or advocate of the High Court of South Africa
- Added Advantage
- Post graduate qualification in commercial law
Experience
- 3 years post admission work experience in commercial legal environment
- Experience in commercial constitutional and administrative law litigation
- The knowledge of relevant legislation and statutory requirements i.e. to monitor, evaluate, analyse and interpret statutory requirements and compliance
- ICT law and added advantage
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