Director: Tax Legislative Drafting at National Treasury

Purpose of the Role

• To draft and scrutinise all tax and other revenue legislation and support its legislative processes, including stakeholder engagement, to comment on draft legislation impacting on all tax and other legislation and to advice on the interpretation of tax and other revenue legislation.

Qualification/s Requirements

• A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum Bachelor’s degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in Law or LLB;
• A postgraduate/ LLM qualification in Tax Law will be an added advantage;
• A minimum 5 years’ experience at a middle or senior managerial level obtained in the legislative drafting; 
• Knowledge and experience in constitutional law and drafting of legal documents and/or legislation;
• Experience in the Executive’s and Parliament’s processes for considering draft legislation; and
• Successful completion of the Nyukela Public Service Senior Management Leadership Programme as endorsed by the National School of Government available as an online course on https://www.thensg.gov.za/training-course/sms-pre-entry-programme/, prior to finalisation of an appointment.

Key Performance Areas
Drafting and Scrutiny of Tax and other Revenue Legislation:

• Develop key design measures for the drafting of new and amendment tax and other revenue legislation and draft the legislation; 
• Scrutinise draft revenue legislation prepared by another institution (e.g. SARS); 
• Following the stakeholder consultation, draft resultant amendments to draft revenue legislation; 
• Oversee the editing and document control of legislative documents for sound and clear revenue legislation; and
• Facilitate the translation of draft tax and other revenue Bills into another official language.

Revenue Legislative Process Engagement:

• Participate in the stakeholder consultation engagements; 
• Coordinate drafting inputs from key stakeholders, e.g. SARS and tax practitioners;  
• Facilitate scrutiny of draft revenue legislation by the Office of the Chief State Law Adviser (Department of Justice & Constitutional Development) and liaise with Parliamentary Legal Advisers; 
• Oversee engagement schedule on drafting co-ordination within the National Treasury, Executive and Parliament;  
• Support the Parliamentary process on tax and other revenue Bills; and 
• Facilitate the translation of draft Bills into other official language/s.

Drafting and Scrutiny of Legal Instruments issued under Tax and other Revenue Legislation, and Comment on draft Legislation having implications for Revenue Legislation:

• Draft regulations, notices and other legal instruments to be issued by the National Treasury or the Minister of Finance; 
• Scrutinise regulations, notices and other legal instruments to be issued by the National Treasury or the Minister of Finance prepared by other institutions (e.g. SARS);
• Align the editing and document control of legislative documents for the legal instrument to be issued by the National Treasury or the Minister of Finance; and 
• Co-ordinate and provide inputs on draft legislation, having implications for tax and other revenue legislation, initiated by other national departments submitted to the National Treasury for input.

Interpretation of Tax and other Revenue Legislation:

• Provide advice on the interpretation of tax and other revenue legislation to internal and external stakeholders;  
• Liaise with other units in National Treasury or another institution that should be consulted on interpretation; and  
• Facilitate opinions on interpretation of tax and other revenue legislation from Office of the Chief State Law Advisers or private legal practitioners.

Closing Date: 17 November 2025