Manager: Corporate Litigation at Road Accident Fund

Purpose of the Job: Reporting to the Senior Manager: Corporate Legal Services, the successful incumbent is responsible to provide management and technical leadership support to the Senior Manager: Compliance of the Legal and Compliance Department in line with the strategic objectives of the organisation as determined by the Board of the RAF and to manage, monitor and report on corporate litigation and RAF compensation litigation where issues of constitutionality are raised.

Key Performance Areas

Management of Referred Claims Litigation, All Constitutional Litigation, Non-Claims Litigation and All Applications where the CEO is Cited as a Party

• Manage, monitor and report on litigation managed by the Litigation section.
• Assess the litigation risk and advice on litigation strategy.
• Manage service providers providing legal services to the Litigation section.
• Instruct and consult with external legal service providers.
• Monitor the management of the litigation process and instructions to legal service providers throughout the process.
• Submit Litigation Reports to the Risk Committee.
• Draft directives to give guidance to the RAF on the effect of important judgments.
• Draft briefing notes to the CEO and COO.

Policy Review and Implementation

• Contribute to the development and implementation of departmental policy, procedures and processes.
• Keep up to date with effective policy and practice execution strategies.

Reporting

• Prepare and submit reports as and when required to provide progress updates and/or inform management decisions.
• Develop reports/ policies/ procedures and guide the process through the alignment of the documents to the overall RAF’s Strategy.
• Develop functional reporting systems, for management, projects or performance reporting.

Stakeholder Management

• Facilitate and manage communication with relevant internal and external stakeholders in relation to investments and proactively and progressively manage the relationships.
• Manage relationships with vendors, service providers or procurement teams and ensure that all relevant procured items are invoiced and paid on Time.
• Communicate with all levels of stakeholder contact.

People Management

• Ensure the sourcing, development and retention of a high-performance team.
• Manage staff in the department to ensure that they achieve their objectives in line with the strategic objectives of the RAF. Manage the implementation of human capital processes and procedures to control/ regulate workplace conflict and/or institute corrective measures and consultation processes to address deviations from standards.
• Allocate, direct, motivate and evaluate subordinates to help them achieve their individual goals.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law or equivalent.
• Postgraduate in Law related qualification will be an added advantage.
• Admission as an Attorney of the High Court or Advocate.
• Right of appearance in the High Court will be an added advantage.
• Relevant 6 - 8 years’ experience in Litigation environment of which 2 years must have been on a supervisory level/ area of expertise/ management level.
• A valid driver’s license
• Proven litigation experience.

Technical and Behavioral Competencies Required

• Resilience.
• Network and alliance.
• Employee engagement.
• Ethics and values.
• Change management.
• Critical and innovative thinking
• Policy conceptualisation and formulation.
• Risk Management.
• Stakeholder development and relations.
• Reporting.
• Ability to analyse and solve problems.
• Good organizational skills.
• Facilitation and Coordination.
• Excellent Communication.
• Time management.
• Negotiation.
• Civil Procedure Law.
• Commercial law.
• Administrative law.
• A thorough knowledge of MVA law and MVA litigation.
• A thorough knowledge of legislation applicable to public entities.
• Microsoft office Packages.
• Networking & collaboration.
• Financial management.
• General Management.
• PFMA.
• RAF Act. 
• Resource management.