Manager Legal Advisor:TAS BU at Auditor-General of South Africa

Strategic Function

• Provide support in the implementation of the business unit (BU) balance score card (BSC) initiatives.

Product Management

Legal support to governance structures and core and non-core functions of the AGSA

• Provide authoritative legal advice and support to the AGSA’s governance structures.
• Provide authoritative legal advice and support on AGSA’s core (audit and investigation) and non-core functions

Norms and standards for quality control

• Conduct local and international research to identify best practice.
• Draft uniform norms and standards for quality assurance of legal products.
• Assist in the development of related training material and the presentation thereof to all affected legal advisors.
• Track and monitor the compliance with the norms and standards. 

Legislative development

• Conduct continuous research to gauge the adequacy and relevance of the AGSA enabling legislation.
• Draft AGSA enabling legislation, amendments thereto and regulations.
• Assist the leadership to pass legislative changes through the parliamentary process.
• Assist the organisation to implement and align to changes to the enabling legislation.

Regulatory instruments

• Provide legal input into regulatory instruments developed by instrument owners.

Knowledge and information management

• Develop and maintain a centralised database of legal guidance and legal opinions.  
• Gather and management information from other legal teams.

Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain collaborative and value-adding relationships with internal and external stakeholders with the aim to create strong partnerships and environment to enable macro-environmental scanning.
• Scan the environment to ensure a clear understanding of stakeholder needs.
• Build a network of sources in academia, business and government to draw on for research purposes
• Provide specialist support and guidance to internal stakeholders on technical matters in order to ensure alignment with the relevant guidelines.
• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to identify and evaluate performance barriers and success in order to continuously improve the delivery of the services.
• Establish and maintain relations with recognised professional bodies within own professional sphere.
• Communicate technical processes and requirements to internal stakeholders and ensure understanding of these by all relevant stakeholders
• Deliver in accordance with the agreed service level agreements (SLAs).

People Management

• Manage own performance.
• Participate in the BU’s transformation, culture, and diversity and employment equity initiatives.
• Commit to continuous learning and advancing of own skills so as to remain abreast with industry trends.
• Provide support to the Senior Manager with regard to centre management and other business unit tasks.

Financial management and operational management

• Contribute to the compilation of centre budget, and manage project expenditure related to functional area.
• Ensure compliance to the organisation’s governance processes, policies and processes.
• Manage supply chain processes within own functional area

Other responsibilities (Applicable to All JD’s)

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required.

Formal Education

• LLB
• Admitted as attorney or advocate of the High Court of South Africa
• Post graduate qualification in corporate/commercial law will be an added advantage
• Registration with a relevant professional body

Experience

• 2 years post admission experience in a law firm
• Experience in public procurement law
• Experience in commercial litigation
• Experience in administrative law
• Experience in company law
• An ability to apply knowledge at strategic and business level
• Good communication, presentation and facilitation skills are essential.
• Drafting, report writing and analytical skills required
• Work with minimal supervision