Legal Counsel I

7 months ago

Cape Town, South Africa takealot.com Full time

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative and hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related Total Remuneration Package, which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won't be bored, as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

**This position reports to the Senior Legal Counsel**

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Engage with a broad range of external and internal stakeholders to help shape the environment in which the company operates.
- Continually assess and address policy risks by monitoring the public policy landscape, the impact of public policy changes and advising to the business.
- Write or edit submissions to the government.
- Ensure that all businesses adhere to regulatory requirements.
- Implement policies and procedures related to legal compliance and key risk areas
- Develop and implement a regulatory and compliance training and communications program that raises awareness and educates employees
- Ensure appropriate monitoring and oversight is in place to constantly improve and test the effectiveness of the overall compliance program.
- Collect information and data and report on the status of the compliance program to management and shareholders

**Attributes required**:

- Proactive with a consistently positive attitude
- Team player
- Good drafting skills
- Ability to work hard independently and within a team
- Ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines
- Ability to communicate well orally and in writing
- Strong planning and organisational skills
- Detail-orientated whilst remaining practical
- Good working knowledge of South African law in general
- Business focused and able to maintain a network of relationships with a large range of different partners, both internal and external.

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- LLB, admitted attorney in South Africa or practicing advocate in South Africa
- 3-5 years post admission experience at a well-established law firm or in the in-house legal department of a large corporate
- Experience in Ecommerce would be ideal, but is not strictly required (preferred)

**The Environment**:

- We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve
- We are short on ego and high on output
- We are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after all
- We love what we do and what we are creating

We seek to Employ an **Extra Ordinary Min**d who:

- is respectful but forthright
- is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
- is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
- is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
- is **passionate about the potential of e-commerce** and delivering a** world-class customer experience**:

- is **entrepreneurial, thrives under change** and accepts it is a constant and always** looks for solutions** to do something better and faster
- is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;
- is curious and challenge the status quo
- is innovative and enjoys iteration
- is collaborative
- **thinks like an owner** of the business
- is **SMART, has INTEGRITY** and is **HARD WORKING**

If you meet the above criteria and are an** Extraordinary Mind**, come and join us
- Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference._

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