Legal Administrative Officer (MR-5) (One Year Contract) at Departments: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Requirements :

• Matric plus NQF7 in Law or as otherwise determined by the Minister for Justice. Coupled with a minimum of 5 years appropriate legal experience.
• Knowledge of local government law and related legislation; Ability to provide legal advice and opinions local government law and related legislation;
• Ability to draft properly composed legal documents;
• Ability to ensure 100% instructions to the State Attorney on matters affecting the MEC, the HoD and the Department;
• Ability to provide a legal brief once a quarter on matters of local government law and related issues;
• Ability to update the Department's Human Resource Delegations under the Public Service Act and the update of the Department's policies as and when required by client directorates;
• Manage litigation on behalf of the MEC, the HoD and the Department; Conduct, analyse, interpret, advise on research that will provide information and case law relevant to a legal matter at hand; Present and advise on motivation/ proposals on how the specific case should be approached to obtain a desirable/ justifiable outcome / result;
• Draft legal documents and advise on the drafting of legal documents that provide clear motivation / justification for a particular position pertaining to the case, also proposing the approach to be followed to ensure success in this regard;
• Successfully conduct a consultation in order to determine a client Unit’s goals and objectives;
• Advise a client Unit on possible courses of action during the consultation process, in relation to legal entitlements and client’s instructions;
• Document consultation and all advice given during legal consultation in writing;
• Provide advice and guidance to lower level production employees on advanced consultation techniques to address more sensitive or complicated issues as well as guide employees on the advice that should be rendered to the client.

Closing Date : 23-02-2026