FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
- Contribute towards saving by limiting operational costs
- Comply with the National Treasure Cost Containment Measures (NTCM)
STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT
- Establish cooperative customer relationships with stakeholders internally and externally
- Ensure stakeholder satisfaction
- Represent the Head: Legal Services on various committees
INTERNAL PROCESSES
COMMERCIAL & CONTRACTUAL SUPPORT
- Formulation of operational business plan
- Formulation of legal policies guidelines frameworks and business processes
- Review of Standard Operating Procedures
- Monitoring of turnaround times
- Legal contract drafting
- Due diligence on projects
- Drafting legal opinions
- Risk management
- Quality assurance of work
- Compliance with legislation and policies
- Governance and compliance
Requirements
- Bachelor s degree in Law (e.g. LLB Bproc Biuris or related)
- Admission as an Attorney or Advocate
- Seven 7 years post admission
- In addition to the above two 2 years experience in a commercial or intellectual property environment and/or prior exposure to the technology innovation environment.
SKILLS AND JOB KNOWLEDGE BEHAVIORAL
- Assertive
- Critical judgement
- Customer Centricity
- Impact and influence
- Initiative
- Interactive communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Leading and managing change
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Business acumen
- Communication skills
- Computer literacy
- Negotiation skills
- Analytical skills
- Legal analysis and report writing
- Research and technical report writing
- Contract drafting
- Legal opinion drafting
JOB KNOWLEDGE
- Litigation experience
- Laws legislation compliance requirements
- Public Finance Management Act knowledge
- Local and international legal trends
- Investment trends
- Funding Instruments and Commercialisation
Benefits
WORKING CONDITIONS
Officebound/onsite/travel
Operate in a hybrid work environment