Manager: Legal Advisory Services

2 weeks ago


Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Only the Best Full time

Skills:

  • LegalLegal AdviceLegal Administration

Industries:

  • Government

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 decisionmaking 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 yearend.
  • 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.

Company Description:

A leading pension fund administrator is seeking an experienced Manager to head up their Legal Advisory Services

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