Chief Director: Legal Governance and Advisory

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa Western Cape Government Full time

**Job Purpose**:
To strategically enable, manage and oversee the provision of legal governance and legal advisory services.
**Minimum Requirements**:
LLB degree with admission as an advocate or attorney;

Minimum of 5 years’ experience at a senior managerial level.

**Recommendation**:
None

**Key Performance Areas**:**
Provide a legal advisory service through**:

- Rendering legal opinions and legal advice to members of the executive, departments and provincial public entities;
- Rendering legal advice to members of the executive and departments on litigation and litigation strategy in complex and/or transversal litigation matters;
- Verification of legal aspects in Cabinet submissions;
- Rendering legal advice to members of the executive and departments on correspondence of a legal technical nature;
- Negotiating, drafting and vetting of contracts for departments and providing legal support in substantial commercial transactions involving the Western Cape Government;
- Providing legal inputs on behalf of members of the executive and departments in internal and external forums.

**Provide a legal governance service through**:

- Rendering pro-active legal advice to members of the executive and departments;
- Providing legal training to departments, provincial public entities, and municipalities;
- Reviewing and maintaining delegations for members of the executive and departments;
- Conducting due diligence / legal governance assessments;
- Providing a transversal legal governance service in respect of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, the Protection of Personal Information Act and other constitutional, as well as transversal, legislation;
- Define and review on a continual basis the purpose, objectives, priorities and activities of the Chief Directorate;
- Drive the Chief Directorate’s strategic planning process;
- Drive the development and management of strategic and business plans for the Chief Directorate;
- Manage participation in the budgeting process at Chief Directorate level;
- Ensure the preparation of the annual and adjustment budgets for the Chief Directorate;
- Assume direct accountability for the efficient, economic and effective control and management of the Chief Directorate’s budget and expenditure;
- Participate in the recruitment of employees in the numbers and grades appropriate to ensure the achievement of the Chief Directorate’s strategic and business plans;
- Motivate, train and guide employees within the Chief Directorate, to achieve and maintain excellence in service delivery;
- Actively manage the performance, evaluation and rewarding of employees within the Chief Directorate.

**Competencies**:

- Extensive knowledge of constitutional, legal and institutional arrangements governing the South African public sector;
- Extensive legal knowledge with a specific focus on Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and the Law of Contract;
- Extensive knowledge of the South African legal system;
- Knowledge of the policies of the government of the day, with specific reference to the Provincial Strategic Plan;
- Knowledge of global, regional and local political, economic and social affairs impacting on the Western Cape Government;
- Knowledge of inter-governmental and international relations;
- Knowledge of people management and administrative systems and processes;
- Knowledge of financial management processes;
- The ability to give independent advice on complex legal matters;
- The ability to brief and oversee the work of senior managers and high-level legal professionals;
- Excellent inter-personal skills;
- Excellent communication skills;
- Excellent negotiating and problem-solving skills;
- Outstanding planning, organising and people management skills;
- Access to and the ability to develop and maintain networks relevant to the task environment;
- Computer literacy skills;
**Remuneration**:
R 1,269 951.00 per annum (Level 14) (All-inclusive package to be structured in accordance with the rules for SMS).

**Notes**:
**Attachments (if applicable)**:

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