Legal Advisor

2 weeks ago

Midrand, South Africa Heitha Staffing Group Full time

**Main Objectives**
- To provide leadership in the delivery of reliable, accurate, timely and well-informed advice on the legal matters and potential legal implications of various pension related matters.
- The person appointed to this position will report to the Head of Legal Risk & Compliance.
- The ability to analyze data and extract trends to ensure improvement of processes and or customer satisfaction. This could be in the form of innovative ideas as well as the task of compiling reports.
- Engage and list to current challenges in the team/business and use expertise to troubleshoot issues in order to provide workable solutions
- Contribute articles in the industry publications.
- The ability to tackle a Problem with the intent of using expertise/capability and or experience to resolve speedily
- Perform quality assurance based on the specialized requirements of the role.
- Should be able to ensure strong stake holder management ito Communication i.e. feedback to clients, managing clients, responding to clients, attend to queries timeously.
- Engage in a professional manner whether it be verbal or face to face.
- Have the ability to communicate via different communication channels.
- Ensure that the brand of the company is always maintained by adhering to the values (in keeping in line with the KPI and values of the company).
- Have both both industry knowledge and experience.
- Ensure that the role is carried out with the relevant accuracy, attention to detail and following instructions.
- Ensure that judgement and attention to detail is applied to the role.
- Ensure that the role is completed within required deadlines and should have the ability to organize, plan, set goals and deliver accordingly.
- Strong interpersonal skills as cross team collaboration is required.
- Have the ability to innovate in the role.
- Quality of work should be thorough.
- Conscious of the abuse of company resources.
- Ability to work through complaints and queries against the Funds administered and responding to them timeously and accurately.
- Must have a clear understanding of the legislation governing the Retirement Fund Industry.

**Minimum Requirements**
- Relevant LLB, BCom, or Bachelor’s Degree
- 10 years experience in a similar position
- Employee Benefits and Pension Law experience
- Communication skills with excellent written and verbal ability
- Attention to detail
- Stakeholder management and negotiation skills
- Computer literacy

**Areas of Responsibilities**
- Provide legal and policy support to the company stakeholders, including but not limited to the Executive team, management team and supporting staff.
- To ensure availability for consultation on legal matters and other implications of past and proposed actions.
- Analyzing complex practical problems and advising management on what the issue is all about, available options and the consequences of each of the possible options.
- Providing written opinions on all matters; In particular, the incumbent must consistently provide reliable advice based on their expertise.
- To provide legal support and advice on a variety of corporate legal matters and legal risks.
- Draft, review, edit, interpret and advise on contracts and other legal documents.
- Keep abreast of legislative changes that may affect the organisation.
- Assist in preparation of disciplinary hearing documents.
- Conduct investigations and prepare witnesses in advance of a disciplinary hearing.
- Study judgements and share insights with staff,
- Represent the company in various public and private sector forums.
- Provide input on legislation or review and monitor the progress of legislation that will affect the organisation.

**Salary**: R600,000.00 - R800,000.00 per year

**Education**:

- Bachelors (preferred)

**Experience**:

- pension fund law: 10 years (required)
- employee benefits: 10 years (required)

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