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Legal Advisor: Intellectual Property

3 weeks 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, excellence and accountability.

**Job Purpose**: To provide legal services, including intellectual property (IP) support and advice, to all TIA Business Unit in respect of TIA projects/programs.

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Qualification and Experience**
- Bachelor degree in Engineering (preferably Electronic/Electrical); or Bachelor degree in Science (preferably Physics/Mathematics); and
- Law degree; and
- Admission as an Attorney. Preferred: Admission as a Patent Attorney.
- Seven (7) years’ post admission experience.
- Preferred: Two (2) years’ of the above experience in an intellectual property environment and/or prior exposure to the technology innovation environment.

**Knowledge and Skills**
- Local and International Intellectual Property trends in relevant industries.
- Litigation experience.
- Laws, legislation and compliance requirements for the various operational aspects of TIA.
- Sound Knowledge of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999.
- Knowledge of local and international legal trends applicable to TIA.
- Negotiation skills.
- Analytical and interpretation skills.
- Legal/IP analysis and report writing skills.
- Research and technical report writing skills.
- Contract drafting skills.
- Legal Opinion drafting.
- Critical judgment.
- Customer-centricity.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Financial Perspective**

Provide input and assistance in the preparation of the budget and forecast for the Legal Business Unit.

**Stakeholder Management**
- Participate in establishing cooperative customer relationships with stakeholders internally and externally.
- Provide quality services that meets corporate programme and project needs of TIA.
- Represent the Head: Legal Services on various committees as may be required.

**Internal Processes**
- Perform Intellectual Property (IP) due diligence on TIA’s projects and programs and issue report on outcomes.
- Draft contracts for TIA operations, TIA projects and TIA programs, also focusing IP clauses.
- Draft legal opinions.
- Provide input in the formulation of the operational business plan for the Legal Services BU.
- Provide input in the formulation of legal policies, guidelines, frameworks and business processes.
- Provide input in the review Standard Operating Procedures of the Legal Services BU.
- Assist with monitoring of turnaround times to ensure timeous completion of work.
- Capture all legal information relating to TIA operations on the applicable systems.
- Ensure an optimal process for workflow management is applied in the BU.
- Produce workflow management status reports as and when required.
- Assist with quality assurance of work produced by the Legal Advisors.
- Maintain a Contract Register/database.
- Identify and report on potential legal risks.
- Ensures that Departmental Information systems and tools are optimally utilised to execute core tasks.
- Identify and implement development opportunities to ensure continuous improvement of work effectiveness and efficiency.
- Identify root causes of delays in the processes and implement measures to address the delays.
- Provide support and assistance to other Legal Advisors to achieve their milestones.
- Ad-hoc - any other related work allocated by Line Manager, as and when required.
- Participate in the internal and external audit exercise and resolution of all audit matters in the BU
- Ensure compliance with applicable legislation.
- Ensure compliance with all TIA’s policies, frameworks, guidelines and systems (performance management, HR, finance, Stakeholder information, fund management, reporting, etc).
- Ensure compliance with regards to the implementation of internal policies and procedures.
- Proactively identify and address internal and external risks to protect the organisation.

**Learning and Growth**
- Mentor other Legal Advisors to transfer knowledge and skill.
- Attend work-related, self-development courses including training (both external and internal) seminars, conferences, webinars and workshops.