Legal Advisor at Shoprite Group of Companies

Purpose of the Job    

• The purpose of the Properties Legal Advisor role is to provide proactive legal advisory and regulatory support to the business across a range of operational and commercial activities. The role supports the organisation in managing legal risk, ensuring compliance with applicable legislation, and enabling informed decision-making through clear, practical legal advice.
• Operating within an established legal governance framework, the role works closely with senior legal colleagues and engages with internal stakeholders and external legal service providers to support business objectives. While the role is broadly applicable across legal advisory contexts, its primary focus is on supporting legal matters within the Group’s property portfolio and related commercial arrangements.

Role Description 

• Provide legal advisory support to the business on a range of legal, contractual, and compliance matters, ensuring alignment with internal policies, governance standards, and applicable legislation.
• Execute assigned legal activities with a growing degree of independence, applying professional judgement to assess legal risk and recommend appropriate mitigation actions in support of business operations.
• Review, interpret, and advise on legal documentation to identify potential legal, regulatory, and commercial risks, and ensure that appropriate controls and protections are embedded in agreements and business processes.
• Support the negotiation, structuring, drafting, and review of commercial agreements, with primary application to property-related contracts such as leases, acquisitions, disposals, development agreements, and associated commercial arrangements.
• Draft and facilitate legal correspondence and notices, including formal legal communications and demand letters, in line with approved legal standards and escalation protocols.
• Prepare and provide legal advice and opinions to business stakeholders, consolidating internal analysis and, where applicable, external legal input into practical, business-focused guidance.
• Support the management of disputes and litigation matters within the assigned portfolio, including engagement with external legal advisors and coordination of information to support claims or defences, particularly in relation to property and landlord-tenant matters.
• Collaborate with compliance, risk, and relevant functional teams to assess legal and regulatory compliance, and support remediation actions to address identified gaps or non-compliance.
• Contribute to the identification and improvement of internal legal controls, standard contract templates, policies, and procedures to enhance consistency, efficiency, and risk management across the business.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary projects that require legal or regulatory input, such as due diligence reviews, implementation of new legislation or regulatory requirements, business initiatives, and the introduction of new services or operating model

Qualifications    

• LLB or equivalent complete - (essential).
• Registered attorney with related experience - (essential).

Experience    

• +4 years' experience in a Legal Advisory capacity, processing legal agreements, administrative documentation and litigating as applicable; within the context of Property Regulatory / Legal frameworks, policies, procedures, and guidelines - (essential)
• Experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a range of commercial agreements, with exposure to property-related agreements (such as leases, acquisition or disposal agreements, or development arrangements) considered advantageous rather than essential (essential).

Knowledge and Skills    

• Self-motivated and driven with strong integrity - takes accountability for actions and mistakes.
• Critical and analytical thinker - analyses the regulatory context, identifies legal risks, and establishes practice standards and monitoring mechanisms.
• Critical and analytical thinker - analyses the regulatory context, identifies legal risks, and establishes practice standards and monitoring mechanisms.
• Detail orientation - works within the details to adequately mitigate the legal risk.
• Conflict resolution and resilience - open, honest, and direct in giving and receiving constructive feedback. ‘Bounce back and try again’ attitude during adversity.
• Quality orientation – diligently stays on top of the details and understands how they fit into the big picture
• Problem solving - solutions orientated, guides the functional business areas in solving problems that align and comply with the Group Regulatory/Legal framework.
• Adapting and responding to change - outcomes orientated, delivers results and meets business expectations in a fast-paced unpredictable environment. 
• Collaborative partnering – thinks and acts independently as well as collaboratively.
• Actively builds cross-functional stakeholder relationships and legal networks.learning mindset to apply best practice in terms of regulatory/legal related solutions to business problems, with consideration for applicable laws and regulations as they relate to the function.

Closing Date    

• 2026/05/01