Junior Legal Advisor at AfroCentric Group

Duties and responsibilities for this role:

• To mitigate risk to AfroCentric Health and their clients through providing accurate and sound legal advice, opinions and insights on all legal issues
• Draft legally sound and comprehensive legal contracts
• Give legal opinions that are comprehensively supported
• Ensure continuity of legal contract and matters through completed comprehensive legal notes on all matters
• Implement practical solutions that use the specialist and departmental systems and processes
• Provide specialist input and recommendations to improve the efficiency, compliance and quality objectives related to the area of specialisation
• Identify problems and develop and propose solutions to present to appropriate leader or stakeholders
• Ensure day to day operational support required from area of specialisation is provided to enhance performance
• Engage with and provide support to the established network of internal and external expert resources and partners
• Drive and own all legal department projects
• Provide Specialist expertise and ensure best practice related to specialisation is implemented in projects, when required
• Conform to project management disciplines when participating in projects
• Represent department or project on appropriate committees related to area of specialisation
• Ensure that adequate knowledge regarding specialisation is shared as required and maintained within the research library
• Provide advice and / or training as required
• Maintain, develop and implement specialist knowledge within the day to day operations of the organisation

Competencies

• Strong work ethic and self-accountability
• Very good knowledge of Excel
• Excellent Inter-personal Communication Skills
• Strong Work Ethic
• Accountability
• Computer Technology Skills
• Communication Skills
• Business Writing Skills
• Understanding and application of Legal Risk Compliance and Forensic disciplines
• Research skills
• Attention to Accuracy and Detail
• Understanding and application of corporate governance
• Problem Solving
• Customer Focus
• Numerical Ability

Qualifications:

• LLB including articles and admission

Experience

• Up to 2 years post admission experience; commercial law litigation experience and medical schemes law knowledge are essential