Adjuicator - Gauteng x1 (Ref. CSOS/AGP/02/2024) at Community Schemes Ombud Service (CSOS)

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law/BProc/ LLB. 
• Admitted as an Attorney. 
• Expertise and understanding of Community Schemes governance and adjudication of disputes. 
• 5 years of expertise as an Adjudicator or Senior Management role or 10 years as a conciliator and/or court work/litigation/conciliation and/or arbitration processes of the CCMA or Bargaining Councils. 
• Ability to resolve complex disputes. 
• Ability to draft judgments and reports. 
• Understanding the political and legislative environment of the CSOS and thorough knowledge of the CSOS as well as the Sectional Titles Management Act. 
• Thorough knowledge of the CSOS Act as well as Sectional Titles Management Act, Companies Act, Housing Scheme for Retired Persons Act South Africa, Co-operatives Act, Promotion of Administrative Justice Act. 
• Expert user of case management modules and Client and service centric. 
• MS Office skills. 

Key Performance Areas: 

• Conduct adjudications on disputes referred to adjudication in a fair, equitable and transparent manner. 
• Working with the Dispute & Governance team. 
• Excellent case management and closure of all matters within the prescribed time limit. 
• Ensure that the adjudication order is issued to both parties with enforcement notices. 
• Issue Adjudication orders with prescribed timeframes. 
• Subject their adjudication orders to quality assurance. 
• Prepare and issue Notices of Set down for all Adjudication hearings inviting parties to a formal or virtual hearings. 
• Consider all evidence. 
• Conduct investigations, inspections, enter or inspect asset, record or another document. 
• Evaluate all evidence, apply legal research and applicable case law. 
• Issues an adjudication order which is binding on the parties to the dispute.