Junior Legal Assistant- Financial Services Tribunal (Pretoria) at FSCA South Africa

Purpose of the Job:

• To render administrative and legal support and assistance to the Secretariat of the Financial Services Tribunal and Senior Legal Assistants. 

Key Performance Areas:

• Provide administrative support and basic legal support and assistance under supervision to the Financial Services Tribunal in terms of section 61(4), 288 and 304 of the Financial Sector Regulation Act 9 of 2017.
• Prepare proper Tribunal records and ensure that such records are properly indexed and paginated.
• Ensure that matters are properly placed before the Financial Services Tribunal.
• Manage and maintain a proper filing system, both manually and electronically, regarding the Financial Services Tribunal matters.
• Provide assistance to the legal adviser regarding the secretarial services of the Financial Services Tribunal;
• Maintain and update the Financial Services Tribunal database.
• Manage incoming and outgoing correspondence and telephone calls relating the tribunal processes and procedures, take comprehensive messages and referring matters to the Legal Secretariat or Legal Assistants.
• Assist and support in gathering information, researching the law, and preparing opinions and legal documents.
• Under general direction, performs a variety of complex and responsible legal, confidential and administrative functions.
• Prepare reports and correspondence requiring knowledge of legal terminology and document formats, such as contracts, summonses, briefs, complaints and motions.
• Manage the entire consultative process of legislation and subordinate legislation, ensuring that the media and applicable persons/organisations have been notified as well as monitoring that comments are received before the target date.
• Respond to basic queries regarding the content of and progress of pieces of legislation.
• Compile draft court documents (notices of motion, affidavits, draft court orders, abbreviated court orders etc.).
• Prepare all documentation accurately, collate, index and bind ready for submission to court

Other Key Competencies:

• The candidate must demonstrate the following skills and attributes: Good interpersonal and organisational; office administration; communications (both verbal and written) skills; highly reliable and trustworthy person, who respects confidentiality. The candidate must be able to work in a team and under pressurised environment.

Deadline:10th February,2026