Legal Advisor: Contracts & Assurance (2601) at The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor of Laws/ LLB or equivalent NQF Level 8 Qualification
• Admitted attorney or Advocate (with Pupillage from the Bar) of the High Court of SA, Member of the Law Society/ LPC
• 5 years min relevant experience

ADVANTAGEOUS:

• LLM and/or specialisation by experience would be advantageous.
• Commercial and Contract Law.
• Proven experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts and various legal agreements.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Contracts and Legal Assurance Support

• Execute the contracts management and legal assurance workflow and operational plan to deliver the timely drafting, vetting, review and amendment of all contracts, agreements and addenda.
• Provide legal assurance for the commercial decisions of the business supporting the overarching business strategy and commercial objectives and activities of the business.
• Comply with pre-defined turnaround times and measuring criteria for delivery on business requests for contracts support and commercial legal assurance.
• Implement all the protocols and procedures for the contracts and assurance functionality report on the outputs within areas of responsibilities.
• Implement and assist with the development of contract and legal document management systems.

Contract Drafting, Vetting, Review and Amendment

• Provision of contracts services in various areas of expertise, including labour and employment, construction and engineering, real estate, procurement documents, land acquisition and disposal.
• Advise the business on all contractual matters, provide contract negotiation support and comply with all laws, regulations, industry frameworks, guidelines and standards applicable to various contracts.
• Provide guidance and support on engineering and construction-specific claims including delays, price acceleration claims and change of work claims.
• Provide advice on construction and engineering law, including infrastructure procurement and the drafting and administering of engineering contracts.
• Provide support to all SANRAL Commercial, Contracts and Claims Committees
• Amend and update agreements in keeping with legal and regulatory developments within the relevant discipline.
• Interpret clauses and provide advice to project teams during the implementation phases of the contract.
• Ensure standards contracts are amended and drafted to be fit for purpose and comply with the legal landscape of the jurisdiction they will be executed and accord with legislative requirements.
• Guide and provide input on the drafting, review, updating and negotiation of all types of contracts with SCM and Engineering and oversee contract finalisation.

Legal Assurance

• Provide business support to SCM during the tender processes, i.e. specification drafting, bid evaluation, adjudication and pre-award stages.
• Review the tender processes from bid specification, advertising, closing, validity periods, evaluation and adjudication for legal compliance of all aspects of the tender.
• Provide assurance reports of the tender review to bid committees on the legality of the process, legal risks and procedural and legal deficiencies identified and advise/make recommendations to business.

Managing and Reporting of the Contracts and Assurance Unit

• Accountable to manage and report on operational functions and outputs.
• Keep records and manage contracts and assurance service requests.
• Manage and execute allocation of work and responsibilities to ensure timely procurement and appointment of external service providers.
• Provide weekly, monthly and quarterly reports to Management on Contractual and Assurance matters.
• Compile memoranda and submission for Contract Management and Assurance to the relevant committees of SANRAL.