Legal Advisor at Maruleng Local Municipality

Requirements:

•  Grade 12 plus Bachelor of Law Degree/LLB. Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in legal services and with sufficient understanding of local government. Excellent computer skills, particularly MS Word, MS Excel, and PowerPoint. Good communication and report-writing skills. Strong litigation skills. A Valid Driver’s Licence.

Key Performance Areas: 

• Develops divisional vision and Strategy and ensure implementation to provide effective service delivery. Formulate immediate short and medium-term objectives for the legal services. Examine documents including correspondences and all reports relevant to any course of action proposed by Council where the content thereof has legal implications. Submit vetted/ amended agreements with proposed amendments to other parties within set timeframes.
• Representing the Municipality in courts of law. Provide legal advice in the formulation of by-laws, policies, and procedure to ensure that the municipality complies with all relevant legislation as well as its constitution mandate. Provide advice on labour matters. Enhancing organisation efficiency by establishing a corporate governance compliant environment that enables the municipality to achieve its objective.
• Providing input and comment on planned national and provincial legislation having a bearing in the municipal sphere. Drafting letters of demands, pleading, and notices and ensuring that they filed and served. Establishment of strategies and plans to recover revenue and recover debt put together implementation plans and operational plans.