Senior Legal Administration Officer: Dysfunction and Contracts needed at South African Department of Defence

REQUIREMENTS :

• LLB plus at least 8 years appropriate/recognition applicable legal experience after obtaining the relevant legal qualification. The salary at appointment will be determined in accordance with OSD determination. Drafting and/or vetting of contracts. Post grad qualification in contracts. 

DUTIES :

• Provide legal advice/opinions with regard to contracts (level 0 and 1). Research legal prescripts for inclusion in contacts, e.g. Act of Parliament Regulations, provincial legislation, judgements of the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of Appeal, Division of the High Court, specific Courts such as the Labour Court, Labour Appeal Court, etc; academic material such as legal text book, articles, etc. Provide drafting support iro contracts. Research new legal developments in various fields of law to determine whether they have an impact on draft contracts.
• Provide negotiation support iro contracts, liaise with external entities, such as the State Attorney, State law advisors to provide legal opinion regarding areas of concern or as per request of the client. Provide general legal support and advice to clients on dysfunctional aspects of various areas of law that are not provided by the other sub-sections of DLA or other Directorates in the DLSD.
• Provide supervisory and management functions to subordinates in the sub directorates. Manage all internal processes for the effective rendering of timely legal advice on aspects regarding contracts and dysfunctional issues.