Job Description

Providing Legal advice

Render professional legal advice to ensure all actions/resolutions are complying with the statutory requirements.Interact with other spheres of government in developing sound working relations and to minimise areas of dispute or potential dispute in the legal context.Provide legal advice/assistance in the formulation of policies and procedures to ensure that policies comply with all relevant legislation including the constitutional mandate.Interact with external legal advisors with regards to any legal matters.Review legal documents, instruments, or other material, identifying important issues, similarities and inconsistencies and advice accordingly.Prepare legal opinions/advice on a wide range of law issues.Litigation management and review of the recommendations of the Panel Attorneys and Law Advisors with regard to court cases and legal administrative affairs.Provide legal advice on human resources matters and assists in reviewing administrative decisions.Administer programmes of legal technical assistance.Serve on various legal committees.Give advice regarding problems of interpretation, legal liability, exercising of powers, other legal matters and the efficient functioning of the legal/judicial system.Prepare case files, draft legal documents for the Attorney/ Law Advisors to provide formal legal advice.Provide input to subordinates to prepare and draft legal documents.Give written instruction to subordinates to comply with review directives.Ensure that cases relating to administrative appeals of the Fund, are researched and prepared accordingly.Authorize payment of valid claims and determine method of payment.Provide advice to the Senior Management and the Line Managers across the range of the Department’s legal interests, risks and obligations.Contribute a legality assurance perspective to the Fund’s strategic and governance processes, particularly the executive decision-making process.Build understanding of legal issues, risks and obligations through advice, communications and training, especially for other legal services staff and managers.

 

Preparing legal documents and reports

Draft reports or briefs on legal or legal policy.Research applicable legislation and principles relating to the legal document in question, achieving compliance.Draft various legal communications based on information provided, with proper consideration to legal implications of a response.Provide inputs within the stipulated time frames in the compilation of annual audit report at the financial year-end.Provide legal advice or comments on reports that has to be tabled before management.Compile interim audit reports required by the Senior Manager: Legal Services during the year, highlighting potential risk areas and making legal recommendations.

 

Managing and developing staff

Monitor performance of direct reports, check that all is aligned with planned targets.Allocate work according to the urgency of the matter and according to the individual workload, expertise, and developmental needs of the individual.Identify development and succession planning requirements.Monitor that outputs achieve the business unit requirements.