Corporate Legal Manager – (Re advertisement) at Brand South Africa

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide expert legal advice to the CEO, Board of Trustees on a wide range of corporate, governance, and business-related matters.
• Ensure full compliance with, but not limited to, the PFMA (and Treasury Regulations), Companies Act, POPIA, Labour Legislation, Cyber Crimes Act, Property Control Trust Act, and all other applicable statutory and regulatory frameworks.
• Draft, review, and interpret contracts, agreements, policies, and governance frameworks to ensure legal soundness and mitigate risks.
• Oversee the contract lifecycle, including negotiation, execution, monitoring, renewal, and termination, ensuring proper record-keeping and adherence to obligations.
• Draft and issue legal opinions and advisory notes on general legal matters, corporate governance, intellectual property, trademarks, labour relations, and related matters.
• Provide proactive legal risk assessments, compliance checklist and propose strategies to manage and mitigate legal exposure.
• Support the CEO and Board with legal input during strategic planning, transactions, and decision-making processes.
• Monitor, interpret, and communicate changes in legislation and regulations, advising on their implications for Brand South Africa.
• Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and compliance frameworks to strengthen corporate governance and accountability.
• Manage relationships with external legal counsel, including briefing, oversight, and cost management.
• Represent the entity in all legal proceedings, negotiations, and regulatory engagements as required.
• Deliver training and awareness sessions for staff and executives on compliance, governance, and legal risk management.
• Support dispute resolution, litigation management, and settlement negotiations in the best interest of the entity.
• Ensure the protection of Brand South Africa’s intellectual property and legal rights locally and internationally.

Minimum Qualification requirements & Experience:

• A university degree in law (e.g. BProc/BCom Law or LLB) is required.
• A master’s degree in law or related field will be an added advantage.
• At least five years proven litigation experience.
• A minimum of five years in senior legal advisory or managerial role.

Key Performance Areas:

• Participate in the development and implementation of Brand SA’s IT and business strategy.
• Contribute input into the conceptualisation and development of the Brand SA IT strategy. Conceptualise, develop the Governance strategy in particular a focus on legal outputs as well as compliance.

Develop, implement and manage all legal functions operations.

• Implement the approved Board Secretariat Governance strategy and APP.
• Ensure professional written and well researched legal opinions and advice to EXCO on request. Legal advices must be thorough, easy to read and understand and appropriate for each scenario, showing impacts as well as providing options.
• Drafting of Ministerial and Board Regulations: Key deliverables will require consultations with legal experts in the communications and related industry. This includes compiling risk advisories, providing legal opinions in terms of any Acts that govern Brand South Africa, and associated regulations, compiling drafts, obtaining approvals and assist in the publishing of legislative amendments and regulations in the Government Gazette.
• Oversee the development of an integrated contracts management system. Keep EXCO abreast of all deadlines and compliance matters.
• This portfolio requires formal litigation, for and against Brand SA, including preparation, instituting and defending Brand South Africa in corporate legal proceedings, disputes, labour disputes, recoveries and compliance matters.
• Ensure that the internal communication system work.
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the legal business unit and coordination its operational activities with guidance from the Board secretary.

Planning and organising the running of the organization.

• Participate in all specifications on procurement and tender process of the organisation in terms of the procurement policy.
• Process innovation to ensure that organisational processes work and are practical.

Organisational Management and Governance.

• Ensure implementation and compliance with all relevant laws and regulations as well as Brand South Africa policies, procedures and guidance’s.

Compliance, Monitoring and Reporting (including risk)

• Monitoring and reporting quarterly and monthly on the approved APP as well as compliance plans.
• Monitoring the achievement of plans through collection of monthly and quarterly progress report (on content, financial and staff, etc.)
• Managing the relationship with all legal Professional Service Providers and ensuring harmonious interaction with clients and stakeholders.
• To ensure suppliers deliver to SLA’s.

Staff management and development.

• Delegate work assignments and tasks to appropriate individuals, providing sufficient direction so desired business outcomes can be achieved.
• Provide direct reports with leadership, direction, and coaching to achieve work objectives and improve performance and skills.
• Performance Management – ensure that team members achieve their Performance Objectives as per individual agreements.
• Staff development, motivation and training.

Financial management

• Monitor expenditure with strategic objective and all relevant rule and regulations.
• Ensure adherence to all financial and other reporting deadlines (EXCO, Board, Board Committees).
• Measuring the Board secretariats business unit performance to ensure optimal and effective utilisation of resources.