Legal Advisor

**VACANCY: Legal Advisor**

**1-year Fixed term contract and/ or the end of the business rescue process, whichever comes first**

Work Location : Head Office

Position : Legal Advisor

Reporting Manager : Head of Legal
Application Closing Date : 07 August 2023

Job Description : (see below)

General Description The main tasks and responsibilities associated with the position are listed below. This is not an exhaustive list of tasks and responsibilities and any other tasks and/or responsibilities that could be reasonably expected for the position may be required

Duties and Responsibilities **Legal Management, record keeping and assistance in several**

**departments on legal issues and risks;**
- Ensure legal policy guidelines implementation and adherence.
- Provide professional, written and oral legal advice, to the executives and officers, to reasonably complex legal and legal policy issues.
- Contribute to formulate and develop legal strategy, plans and budget for the legal services department.
- Review all contracts entered by the company and give input/feedback on the same and organise signatures.
- Review, draft and negotiate service agreements, annual maintenance contracts, technology agreements, software licensing agreements, and confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements.
- Draft contracts and other legal documents to be entered by the company.
- Develop customized agreements, offers and lease documents for developments and existing portfolio.
- Interact with service providers/vendors and negotiate terms to draw up agreements that comply with

company policies and risk tolerance.
- Co-ordinate with different departments namely;
Finance, HR, Developments, Existing Portfolio (Retail and Commercial), marketing, etc. and advise on legal issues and risks, approval processes, company policies, and legal strategy.
- Assist HR on revising/reviewing employment contracts to facilitate recruitment or dismissal of employees and ensure its conformity to relevant labour laws.
- General management work matters which includes record keeping and administration, department payments, monthly reporting on matters, etc.
- Deal with all aspects of legal advice, including the drafting and reviewing of contracts (e.g. lease agreements shareholders agreements, land sale agreements, financing agreements, joint venture contracts inter-company agreements) and management (this shall include having company template and standard agreements and reviewing current templates and standard agreements); overseeing all the legal matters required including collections, research furnishing legal opinion(s) as required, instructions to external attorneys, acting as legal counsel in all areas of law ranging from commercial law, labour (including arranging/conducting disciplinary enquiries), tax, property/land, accounting, finance, company, corporate, insurance, etc. as required.

**Ensuring Legal Compliance with new business laws and regulations;**
- Oversee compliance matters including FICA with debtors and third parties, company and tax compliance, inter-company compliance management, record keeping of board resolutions, finance agreement terms, lease and third party agreements compliance, etc. as and when required from time to time.
- Keep the company updated with regards to new business laws and regulations
- Assist the company, its subsidiaries and related entities on the foregoing and on all areas where your assistance is deemed appropriate. This could include being a company representative in certain forums and/or committee(s) meetings, organisations or association, etc

Qualifications & **Matric**

Experience **Law degree (LLB/BA Law/BCom law)**
- Articles and Admission as Attorney
- 5+ years post articles experience, which includes 2 years

Property Industry experience

Skills and Knowledge **Very high quality of written and verbal communication skills with excellent command of English**
- Taking full responsibility for closing matters allocated
- Willingness and ability to effortlessly take instructions and follow pre-determined processes when called upon to do so
- Must be willing to work in a fast paced environment with demonstrated ability to juggle multiple competing tasks and demands
- Exercises the highest degree of discretion
- Continual attention to detail in composing, typing and proofing materials
- Ability to establish priorities and meet deadlines
- Highly organised
- Ability to manage time
- Experience with legal organisations or law firms preferred
- Excellent typing skills
- Willingness to learn and quick learner
- Able to work on own initiative
- Reliable and hardworking

Personal Attributes **Problem solving**
- Reality testing
- Impulse control
- Flexibility
- Stress tolerance
- Interpersonal relationships
- Empathy
- Independence
- Assertiveness
- Social confidence
- Persuasion
- Multitasking
- Teamwork
- Persistence
- Rule following
- Attention to detail
- Planning
- Innovation

**Job Type**: Contract
Contra