Legal Advisor: Commercial

7 days ago

Pretoria, South Africa Technology Innovation Agency Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:
Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) is a talent driven, customer-centric and impact focused organisation. In our endeavour to support technology innovation with socio-economic outcomes; we seek to infuse the organisation with team players that find resonance as value creators, agile thinkers, progressive attitudes, customer-centricity, dynamic work ethic and an optimistic disposition. We aim to harness these attributes in a manner that they culminate into a culture of teamwork, impact and accountability.

**Job Purposes**

To provide legal services, including support and advice to all TIA Business Units and, in respect of TIA projects/programmes, to ensure that TIA is protected by sound legal contracts.

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Law (e.g. LLB, B Proc, B Iuris or related)
- Admission as an Attorney or Advocate
- Five (5) years’ post admission experience
- Two (2) years’ experience in a commercial environment and/or prior exposure to the technology innovation environment.
- Litigation experience.
- Knowledge of Laws, legislation and compliance requirements for the various operational aspects of TIA;
- Drafting various agreements;
- Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999;
- Knowledge of local and international legal trends applicable to TIA.

**Skills**
- Business acumen
- Commercial decision-making skills
- Communication - written and verbal skills
- Assertive
- Critical judgment

Customer Centricity

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Financial Perspective**
- Contribute towards saving for TIA by limiting operational costs, also complying with the National Treasury Cost Containment Measures (NTCM).

**Stakeholder Management**
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders and maintain healthy relationships.
- Collaborate with all TIA Business Units by providing legal advice on a variety of matters across the entire business.
- Represent the Head: Legal Services on various committees, as may be required.

**Internal Processes**
- Drafting a variety of commercial legal agreements, including funding agreements, sponsorship agreements, service level agreements, etc.
- Provide expert legal advice and guidance on a wide range of legal matters, including contracts, compliance and regulatory issues.
- Conduct legal research and analysis to anticipate and identify potential legal risks and implications associated with activities, initiatives and decisions.
- Ad hoc - any other related legal work allocated by Line Manager, as and when required.
- Maintain strict adherence to workflows, standard operating procedures and processes for contract drafting.
- Maintain strict adherence to all applicable legislation.
- Ensure quality assurance in respect of all written documents, including contracts, reports, memoranda, etc.
- Ensure information systems and tools are optimally utilised to execute tasks.

**Learning and Growth**
- Knowledge-sharing in order to transfer knowledge and skill to other Team members.
- Attend work-related, self-development courses including training (both external and internal) seminars, conferences, webinars, workshops, etc.

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