Legal Specialist at Council for Geoscience (CGS)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Litigation Management

• Coordinate and administer all litigation involving CGS, including appointing external law firms and counsel.
• Collect, consider and provide evidence to legal representatives in ongoing legal matters.
• Arrange and manage meetings and engagements with internal and external stakeholders for litigation-related decisions.
• Ensure timely issuance of instructions to legal representatives.
• Manage the signing and commissioning of court documents.
• Certify and process invoices for external legal services.
• Prepare regular written and oral progress reports on litigation cases.
• Draft letters of demand and pre-litigation correspondence

Legal Advice and Opinions

• Provide legally sound opinions and advice on legislation, policy, and internal processes upon request.
• Offer legal support and interpretation in meetings, negotiations, and stakeholder engagements.
• Advise on dispute resolution mechanisms, settlement options, and legal risks.
• Interpret and apply relevant statutes such as the PFMA, Companies Act, and Geoscience Act.

Policy and Legislative Development

• Provide legal support in policy and legislative drafting for CGS.
• Collaborate with business units to contribute to the legal framing of new policies or legislative texts.

Administrative and Managerial Support

• Assist the Manager: Legal, Risk and Compliance with approvals and internal authorisation processes.
• Support legal aspects of internal governance, reporting, and compliance structures.
• Drafting of various contracts and other agreements such as MOUs, SLAs, Commercial agreements, etc.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Grade 12; and  
• NQF Level 7 bachelor’s degree in law (LLB) or equivalent qualification.
• Admission as Attorney or Advocate.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• 5 - 8 years’ working experience in legal environment, preferably in state owned entities or government departments.
• Experience and understanding of public and commercial law such as PFMA, Companies Act, Promotion of Administrative Justice Act.
• Fully computer literate with an advanced level of MS Office, PowerPoint.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of Court Rules and Procedures in Civil litigation.
• Ability to interpret legislation and policy that is applicable.
• Superior communication skills (Oral and Written).
• Report writing skills.