General Manager Legal Operations-Corporate Service-Megawatt Park (Internal and External) at Eskom Communications

Minimum Requirements

Qualification(s):

• LLB degree at a NQF 8 level with 480 credits and needs to be an admitted Attorney/Advocate or a
• B Proc degree at a NQF 8 level with 480 credits and needs to be an admitted Attorney/Advocate

Related Minimum Experience:

• 10 Years of extensive post admission experience in a legal and strategic environment. Proven executive experience would be an advantage.

Professional Registration Body:

• Legal Practice Council (LPC)

Skills and Competencies

Behavioral:

• Ability to work under pressure
• Integrity
• Honesty
• Trustworthiness
• Professionalism

Leadership:

• Senior leadership experience
• Proven track record in leading key legal initiatives with a high degree of complexity
• Strategic thinking
• Team player
• Mentor and provide guidance to legal team
• Take ownership and accountability for deliverables
• Ability to drive the implementation of strategy effectively

Knowledge:

• In-dept knowledge of the Eskom Group’s legislative and governance frameworks
• Advanced knowledge of all relevant and applicable legal principles
• Relevant knowledge in structuring complex legal transactions and managing and resolving complex legal disputes.

Skill:

• Legal research
• Analytical
• Strategic and conceptual thinking, analysis, and assessment
• Complex decision-making and problem-solving capability
• Business acumen
• Commercial know-how
• Negotiation
• Interpersonal relations
• Communication
• Computer literate
• General management
• Work under pressure
• Work independently and in a cross-functional team

Key Responsibilities

• Formulating, executing, and managing legal function operational management strategy.
• Developing and recommending the operational plan and legal governance framework.
• Assessing legal operational efficiency gaps and providing effective solutions.
• Identifying legal risk, developing proactive measures to mitigate them and reporting on the aggregated Eskom Group legal risks to the relevant stakeholders
• Championing and driving strategic legal projects in the office of the Legal & Compliance Head.
• Supporting the Legal & Compliance Head in communication to Board and Exco through messages, briefing notes and opinions on legal matters
• Ensure the development and submission of timeous, complete, and accurate legal reports on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis or as and when required.
• Driving the effective and efficient management of the internal and external audit process.
• Leading and overseeing the provision, development, and management of enabling quality legal support and stakeholder advice for operational and business continuity.
• Initiating and recommending the implementation of legal solutions to complex business issues.
• Participating in governance committees as a member, official or alternate to the Legal & Compliance Head and guiding the business from a legal perspective.
• Conducting legal research, drafting legal opinions and other submissions, and providing legal advice on the implementation of legislation and case law.
• Crafting creative solutions and new approaches for responding to legal obligations and external pressures to minimize risks and demonstrate leadership during the periods of change.
• Manage a professional legal advisory team in the Legal & Compliance Department.
• Leading and driving a high-performance culture by translating and communicating the annual performance goals and measures based on agreed objectives.
• Setting performance standards and concluding performance compacts with direct reports, monitoring performance through Eskom performance management system and individual development plans and providing regular feedback to direct reports and Legal & Compliance Head.
• Establishing, revising, and efficiently managing Eskom’s Legal Panel of Attorneys.
• Ensuring that expenditure is within budget
• Ensuring that invoices for legal services are processed accurately and timeously.
• Reviewing the performance of external attorneys, advocates and legal consultants and addressing issues of poor performance or non-performance timeously.
• Lead stakeholder management and relations by inter-alia establishing and managing strategic relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to demonstrate legal Department value.