Fresh Jobs at The South African Revenue Service (SARS)

Job Purpose

• This role supports Senior Project Managers and Portfolio Managers by executing tasks in line with project plans. Key duties include organizing and maintaining project documents, managing administrative communications, and applying PFMA procedures to project budgets and spending—all intended to ensure customer expectations are met. Additionally, the role requires adherence to Treasury Regulations as well as compliance with relevant Built Environment statutes to ensure all financial and legal obligations within projects are properly managed.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• National Diploma or Advanced Certificate (NQF 6) in Management, Administration, or Project Management, along with 2 to 3 years of experience working in a project management environment, of which 1 to 2 years is at the knowledge worker level.

ALTERNATIVE #

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 5 years’ experience in administration/coordination in a Project Management environment, of which 1 to 2 years is at the knowledge worker level.

Job Outputs:

Process

• Ensure correspondence and information received from external and internal sources is verified and receive the necessary attention.
• Monitor and report on progress, relevant issues and risks impacting deliverables and take corrective action where necessary.
• Coordinate implementation of plans and initiatives in area of accountability.
• Prepare records of project activities and ensure the timely processing and delivery of required materials.
• Apply the PMO methodologies for projects ensuring that inputs and deliverables are timeous and up to specified standards.
• Develop a short-term delivery plan, and plan unit's activities to ensure that agreed standards and objectives are met.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients and internal and external stakeholders that promote integrated service delivery.
• Coordinate and assist with the implementation of the project, ensuring delivery of all documentation within the scope of the project.
• Assist with detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets.
• Ensure that all project information is correctly saved on the electronic project management repository according to Project Management Methodology.
• Execute process and procedural change, implement the change, and provide guidelines and support related to new requirements as a result of the change.
• Use practical and applied knowledge and situational judgement to consider policy implications and to arrive at decisions / conclusions.
• Correctly apply applicable legislation, including amongst other policies, procedures, and SOPs in the delivery of work outputs.
• Accumulate information and provide reports with recommendations applicable to area of specialisation.
• Apply practical and applied knowledge and act authoritatively on methods, systems, and procedures to identify trends and potential risks.
• Communication of situational interpretation and judgement of work outputs and queries in area of specialisation.
• Effectively plan and schedule own activities to continuously improve quality and service delivery in area of specialisation.
• Ensure that all administrative tasks are performed in strict adherence to the EPMO methodology and relevant policies, maintaining compliance throughout all phases of the project.
• Regularly review processes to confirm alignment with established standards and promptly address any deviations to uphold the integrity of project administration.
• Assist the Project managers with the facilitation of the Finance and Procurement processes via organisational systems
• Deliver ad hoc support as determined necessary by line management

Governance

• Comply to set governance and compliance procedures and processes related to an area of specialisation and continuously identify and escalate risks.

People

• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers and team members to achieve predefined objectives.

Finance

• Adhere to organisational policies and procedures to ensure cost effectiveness and reduction of financial costs.

Client

• Participate in relevant customer / stakeholder forums.
• Ensure own understanding and adherence to customer service delivery and provide specialist support to meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Contribute to a culture of service excellence, which builds positive relationships and provides opportunity for feedback and exceptional service.

Behavioural competencies

• Fairness and Transparency
• Analytical Thinking
• Accountability
• Conceptual Ability
• Honesty and Integrity
• Trust
• Respect
• Honesty and Integrity
• Problem Solving and Analysis
• Stakeholder Engagement and Management
• Attention to Detail
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Organisational Awareness
• Building Sustainability

Technical competencies

• Functional Policies and Procedures
• Reporting
• Business Knowledge
• Efficiency improvement
• Written Communication
• Verbal Communication
• Project Administration Skills
• Project Financial Control and Reporting
• Conflict Resolution
• Good coordination

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Job Purpose

• To provide expertise, advice and support in practice, formulation and associated best practice improvement tactics, by ensuring that complex operational policy and standard operating procedures on a national level, are in line with international conventions and agreements, quality management standards and best practices, in order to enable tactical translation and operational implementation in Tax, Customs and/or Excise.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in law, economics or taxation AND 8-10 years' experience, governance, policy analysis or similar, of which 3-4 years ideally at operational specialist level.

OR

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 15 years related experience in Tax, Customs and/or Excise, governance, policy analysis or similar, of which 3-4 years at operational specialist level.  

Job Outputs:

Process

• Develop policies, procedures, standards and guidelines within Tax, Customs and/or Excise.
• Administer and interpret legislation and provide specialist advice in the area of speciality, which is Tax, Customs and/or Excise.
• Translate top down policy in relation to Tax, Customs and/or Excise and communicate impact to relevant stakeholders.
• Optimise the operational environment through research and application of best practices and ensure alignment to the overall infrastructure strategy.
• Evaluate policy and standard operating procedure proposals within the broader framework of SARS goals and in conjunction with all relevant role players.
• Apply judgment within policy and procedures to support and meet business needs.
• Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures and Tax, Customs and/or Excise practice.
• Contribute to the optimum utilisation of organisational resources, advising on effective planning and development of Tax, Customs and/or Excise resource plans.
• Develop a single practice area in alignment with operational activity and procedural frameworks and ensure tactical implementation.
• Draw on own technical or professional expertise, knowledge and experience to identify and recommend tactical solutions to problems in practices.
• Integrate business information, compare, analyse and produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies and inconsistencies for decision making purposes.
• Optimise goal achievement through tactical strategy implementation and optimisation of practises, processes and systems across an internal value chain.
• Plan for value-added, continuous practice and system improvements to deliver on objectives to enhance tactical implementation and excellence.
• Proactively identify interconnected problems, determine its impact and use such to develop best fit alternatives and best practice implementation solutions.
• Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice area and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation.
• Develop and implement research methodologies and techniques which enable monitoring and reporting of research and analytical activities.

Governance

• Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies for own practice area to identify and manage risk exposure liability.

People

• Integrate new knowledge and transfer skills attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.
• Provide specialist know-how, support, advice and practice thought leadership in Enforcement processes.

Finance

• Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance.

Client

• Develop and ensure implementation of a practice that builds service delivery excellence and encourages others to provide exceptional stakeholder service.
• Participate in the specialist practice community and contribute positively to organisational knowledge management.
• Provide authoritative, specialist expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders.

Behavioural competencies

• Attention to Detail
• Accountability
• Analytical Thinking
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Conceptual Thinking
• Developing Others
• Integrity
• Trust
• Fairness and Transparency
• Problem Solving Analysis and Judgement
• Organisational Awareness

Technical competencies

• Business Knowledge
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Policy Analysis
• Governance, Ethics and Values
• Risk Compliance
• Functional Policies and Procedures
• Reporting
• Reporting Interpretation
   

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Job Purpose

• To analyse, design and lead the design of innovative continuous process improvement and multi-process/function business process solutions across the business process management life cycle ensuring compliance with all new and proposed legislation to achieve sustainable business results in support of the enterprise strategy. This includes the provision of design and implementation support and conducting of stakeholder engagement.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required 

• Relevant Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7): Industrial Engineering/ Business Analysis/ Informatics AND 8-10 years' experience in Process Engineering or Business analysis or in a similar environment, of which 3-4 years must be at operational specialist level?

        OR

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 15 year’s experience in Process Engineering or Business analysis or in a similar environment, of which 3-4 years must be at operational specialist level?

Job Outputs:

Process

• Accumulate information to review work progress that provides input to reporting, decision making and the identification of improvement opportunities.
• Apply practical and applied knowledge and act authoritatively on methods, systems and procedures to identify trends and potential risks.
• Communication of situational interpretation and judgement of work outputs and queries in area of specialisation.
• Correctly apply policies, practices, standards, procedures and legislation in the delivery of work outputs.
• Draw on own knowledge and experience to diagnose symptoms, causes and possible effects in order to solve emerging problems.
• Initiate process and procedural change, implement the change and provide guidelines and support related to new requirements as a result of the change.
• Plan for value-added process improvements, initiatives and services to deliver on operational strategy and objectives.
• Execute specialist input through investigation &opportunities within the product process including risk concern.
• Analyse and review legislative changes and practically translate these pieces of legislation for scoping consumption.
• Provide process solution support to institutionalise process initiatives .
• Design, model and document Process Solutions Specifications.
• Apply and utilise systems in a manner that ensures efficient and effective service delivery, optimised quality, financial accuracy and calculation.
• Contribute to the successful implementation of change initiatives by providing support in area of work.
• Apply processes to improve data validation across service delivery systems in line with operational targets.
• Ensure that business requirements are clearly identified, prioritized and satisfied by appropriate technical and or business process solutions.

Governance

• Implement and provide input into the development of governance, compliance, integrity and ethics processes within area of specialisation.
• Ensure that completed work adhere to relevant policies, procedures, governance and legislative requirements and report on deviations & discrepancies. 

People

• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers and team members to achieve predefined objectives.
• Search for, integrate and share new knowledge attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.
• Enable a culture where information regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas are actively shared between team members.

Finance

• Adhere to organisational policies and procedures to ensure cost effectiveness and reduction of financial costs.

Client

• Contribute to a culture of service excellence, which builds positive relationships and provides opportunity for feedback and exceptional service.
• Provide authoritative, specialist services, expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders.

Behavioural competencies

• Fairness and Transparency (V)
• Analytical Thinking
• Accountability (V)
• Conceptual Ability
• Fairness (V)
• Honesty & Integrity (V)
• Trust (V)
• Respect (V)
• Problem Solving and Analysis
• Attention to Detail
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Organisational Awareness
• Building Sustainability

Technical competencies

• Business Analysis
• Business Knowledge
• Capacity Planning
• Institutional Process Analysis & Redesign
• Process Auditing
• Reporting

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Job Purpose

• To lead innovation and manage continuous process improvement and the design of high complexity multi-faceted business process solutions across the business process management life cycle as an integral part of providing enterprise solutions to business, as well as providing insight and ensuring compliance with all new and proposed legislation to achieve sustainable business results in support of the enterprise strategy, including influencing legislation.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Honors degree (NQF 8)/ Master’s degree (NQF 9) in UX Design/ HCI/ Computer Science/ Public Administration/ or a related field AND 8+ years of experience in UX/UI/ CX designs/ financial services/ public sector/ digital government/, service design for regulated industries, of which 3–4 years’ experience at Management level.

OR

• Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in UX Design/ HCI/ Computer Science/ Public Administration/ or a related field AND 15 years of experience in UX/UI/ CX designs/ financial services/ public sector/ digital government/, service design for regulated industries, of which 3–4 years’ experience at Management level.

Minimum Functional Requirement

• User Empathy,
• Agility
• UX Leadership
• Problem Solving,
• Technical Expression of User Requirements,
• Agile and Adaptable,
• Curious, Customer Service,
• Innovation
• critical Thinking: Analysing complex problems and evaluating multiple solutions.
• Communication: Clearly articulating design decisions and rationale to stakeholders.
• Adaptability: Adjusting decisions based on feedback and changing requirements
• Conducting User research and usability testing
• Creating wireframes and prototypes using tools like Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD.
• Visualizing the user's experience across multiple touchpoints through user journey mapping,
• Designing intuitive interactions and designs
• Analyzing user behaviour for usability of designs

Job Outputs:

Process

• Ensure customer and user input is integrated across all business design domains.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive UX and UI design systems, as well as service design standards and principles.
• Establish effective connections between customer experience research and functional design implementation.
• Provide strategic design leadership for digital and process-driven service initiatives with a focus on the customer perspective.
• Facilitate service design sprints and co-design workshops in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Support the end-to-end management of the service lifecycle, from discovery through delivery and ongoing improvement.

Governance

• Develop and /or align governance and compliance policies for own practice area to identify and manage risk exposure liability.

People

• Integrate new knowledge and transfer skills attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.
• Provide specialist know-how, support, advice and practice thought leadership in area of expertise.

Finance

• Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in area of specialisation.

Client

• Develop and ensure implementation of own practices to build delivery excellence, encouraging others tovprovide exceptional stakeholder service.
• Participate in the specialist practice community and contribute positively to organisation knowledge management
• Provide authoritative, specialist expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders.

Behavioural competencies

• Fairness and Transparency (V)
• Analytical Thinking
• Accountability (V)
• Conceptual Ability
• Fairness (V)
• Honesty & Integrity (V)
• Trust (V)
• Respect (V)
• Problem Solving and Analysis
• Attention to Detail
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Organisational Awareness
• Building Sustainability

Technical competencies

• Business Analysis
• Business Knowledge
• Capacity Planning
• Institutional Process Analysis & Redesign
• Process Auditing
• Reporting

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Job Purpose 

• The ideal candidate brings proven experience in large, complex change programmes, excels at simplifying technical change for diverse internal audiences, and can balance pace with governance, quality and risk management to enable SARS to modernise while keeping people informed, engaged and capable.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in either Marketing, Public Relations or Communication AND 8-10 years ‘experience in either large-scale Communication programmes or strategic communication focused on employee experience, of which 3-4 years is at a Junior Specialist level.

ALTERNATIVE

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 15 years’ experience in either Marketing, Public Relations or Communication & experience in large-scale Communication programmes or strategic communication focused on employee experience, of which 3-4 years is at a Junior Specialist level.

Minimum Functional Requirements

• Functional experience in Marketing & Communication for large-scale change programmes.

Job Outputs:

Process

• Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures, policies and practices. (I)
• Contribute to the optimum utilisation of org. resources, advising on effective planning and development of area of specialisation resource plans. (I)
• Develop a single practice area in alignment with operational activity and procedural frameworks and ensure tactical implementation. (I)
• Draw on own technical or professional expertise, knowledge and experience to identify and recommend tactical solutions to defined problems in practices. (I)
• Drive and take a lead role on various Communications Campaigns.
• Ensure early diagnosis of reputations risks and make remedial recommendations.
• Ensure interface with the Production and Distribution Team to ensure correct product quality.
• Integrate business information, compare, analyse and produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies and inconsistencies for decision making purposes. (I)
• Optimise goal achievement through tactical strategy implementation and optimisation of practises, processes and systems across an internal value chain. (I)
• Oversee and edit all the divisions communication content to ensure accurate reporting and content quality.
• Plan for value-added, continuous practice and system improvements to deliver on objectives to enhance tactical implementation and excellence. (I)
• Proactively identify interconnected problems, determine its impact and use to develop best fit alternatives, best practice implementation solutions. (I)
• Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice areas and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation. (I)
• Represent division at various communication platforms.
• Translate top-down policy, apply modification in relation to own practice area and communicate impact to relevant stakeholders. (I)

Governance

• Develop and /or align governance and compliance policies for own practice area to identify and manage risk exposure liability. (I)

People

• Enable a culture where information regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas are actively shared between team members.
• Integrate new knowledge and transfer skills attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job. (I

Finance

• Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in area of specialisation. (I)

Client

• Develop and ensure implementation of a practice that builds service delivery excellence and encourages others to provide exceptional stakeholder service. (I)
• Participate in the specialist practice community and contribute positively to organisation knowledge management. (I)
• Provide authoritative, specialist expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders. (I)

Behavioural competencies

• Accountability (V) - The acknowledgement and assumption of responsibility for actions, products, decisions, and policies within the scope of the role or employment position
• Adaptability - Adaptability is the willingness to alter behaviour, opinions or actions in the light of new information.
• Analytical Thinking - Understands a situation, issue, and or problem by breaking it into smaller pieces, or tracing the implications of a situation in a step-by-step way
• Attention to detail - The ability to take all relevant details into account to ensure that a task is completed to required standards.
• Commitment to Continuous Learning - Commitment to continuous learning is the commitment to think about current and future development needs
• Communicating with Impact - Communicates effectively in both the written and verbal format. Delivers clear, succinct messages and ensures understanding of others message
• Conceptual Ability - The ability to identify patterns or connections between situations that are not obviously related and to identify key or underlying issues in complex situation.
• Creativity - Degree, to which one analyses problems, makes decisions and thinks innovatively.
• Expertise in Context - Degree to which one possesses definitive technical and or fundamental understanding of the business
• Fairness and Transparency (V) - Build diverse and inclusive workplaces where decisions, practices, processes and transactions are transparent and fair.
• Honesty and Integrity (V) - The quality of being upright, truthful, sincere and freedom from deceit or fraud (H). Guided by values, ability to demonstrate moral judgement and doing the right thing consistently (I)
• Initiative - Refers to the identification of a problem, obstacle, or opportunity and taking action
• Organisational Awareness - Knowledge of own organisations, policies, procedures, services, products and business operating model.
• Problem Solving and Analysis - Must be able to systematically identify, analyse and resolve existing and anticipated problems in order to reach optimum solutions in a timely manner
• Respect (V) - Ability to be considerate for self and others.
• Trust (V)- Firm belief in the reliability, truth or ability of someone or something.

Technical competencies

• Business knowledge - Activities, tasks and practices associated with obtaining and using high level of knowledge in business areas, functions and products.
• Business Writing Skills - The capacity to communicate ideas, facts and quantitative data in writing using appropriate grammar, syntax, sentence and document structure in the business environment
• Corporate Communications Strategy - The ability to plan, implement, manage and review marketing communications to support organisational strategy in terms of vision, values and brand awareness
• Creative and Innovative Thinking - Required to develop innovative ideas, strategies and plans.
• Data Collection and Analysis - Ability to determine trends from raw data to assist decision-making in various aspects of work at SARS
• Efficiency Improvement - Contribution to improving the operational efficiencies within the team, incl. re-evaluation of processes, policies, procedures and provision of recommendations to enhance operational efficiency
• Functional Policies and Procedures - The knowledge and interpretation of the functional policies and procedures, including monitoring their consistent application internally within SARS.
• Quality Orientation - Promotes and maintains high standards of quality at work
• Reporting - Ability to create reports for various SARS stakeholders as relevant, in a lucid and effective manner, keeping in mind the purpose of the reports.
• Research - Conduct research, analyse trends and produce quantitative and qualitative information to inform business decisions
• Written Communication - Ability to express ideas, request actions, formulate plans, & policies, etc. by means of clear and effective writing, in order to support professional communication internally within SARS and externally
   

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Job Purpose

• To provide expertise, advice and support to develop operational implementation plans and / or associated service delivery processes, production of communication products, integration of communication units by aligning and performing research to provide expert advice on communication objectives to achieve business goals to continuously enhance service delivery.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Relevant Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Marketing, Public Relations, Brand Management and Communication AND 5-7 years ‘experience in the Marketing, Communication, Public relations, and Brand management industries of which 2-3 years is at a technically skilled level.

ALTERNATIVE

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 10 years’ experience in the Marketing, Communication, Public relations, and Brand management industries of which 2-3 years is at a technically skilled level

Minimum Functional Requirements

• Functional/Technical experience in Communication.

Job Outputs:

Process

• Identify and resolve queries and problems timeously, apply discretion in line with process guidelines provided and escalate unresolved problems.
• Conduct a wide range of research on media and tax content issues.
• Develop and implement relevant operational plan for various communication campaigns.
• Use practical and applied knowledge and judgement to arrive at decisions.
• Production, layout and design of the digital bi-weekly newsletter.
• Provide an integrated solution driven service to the division utilizing the latest digital innovations
• Draft communication material according to predefined standard.
• Monitor and engage on possible violations of procedures and standards regarding communication organisational corporate identity.
• Accumulate information to review work progress that provides input to reporting, decision making and the identification of improvement opportunities. (I)
• Apply practical and applied knowledge and act authoritatively on methods, systems and procedures to identify trends and potential risks. (I)
• Communication of situational interpretation and judgement of work outputs and queries in area of specialisation. (I)
• Correctly apply policies, practices, standards, procedures and legislation in the delivery of work outputs. (I)
• Draw on own knowledge and experience to diagnose symptoms, causes and possible effects in order to solve emerging problems. (I)
• Initiate process and procedural change, implement the change and provide guidelines and support related to new requirements as a result of the change. (I)
• Plan for value-added process improvements, initiatives and services to deliver on operational strategy and objectives. (I)
• Provide specialist input through the investigation of opportunities for operational and process, product and risk optimisation. (I)
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers and SARS role players to achieve predefined objectives.
• Quality checking of creative and production material from external suppliers
• Facilitate brainstorming sessions between the production unit and client service unit
• Act as the central point of contact for the Communication and Marketing Division.

Governance

• Ensure that completed work adhere to relevant policies, procedures, governance and legislative requirements and report on deviations and discrepancies.
• Implement and provide input into the development of governance, compliance, integrity and ethics processes within area of specialisation. (I)
• Implement an integrated workflow process for the Communication and Marketing Division

People

• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers and team members to achieve predefined objectives. (I)
• Search for, integrate and share new knowledge attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job. (I)
• Provide an integrated solution driven service to the division utilizing the latest digital innovations

Finance

• Adhere to organisational policies and procedures to ensure cost effectiveness and reduction of financial costs. (I)
• Contribute to the reporting of the external suppliers’ expenditure and liaise with Finance and Procurement
• The administration of external suppliers’ contracts

Client

• Contribute to a culture of service excellence, which builds positive relationships and provides opportunity for feedback and exceptional service. (I)
• Provide authoritative, specialist services, expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders. (I)
• Production, layout and design of the digital bi-weekly newsletter
• Develop new client service solutions with artificial intelligence solutions in mind

Behavioural competencies

• Accountability - The acknowledgement and assumption of responsibility for actions, products, decisions, and policies within the scope of the role or employment position.
• Analytical Thinking - Understands a situation, issue, and or problem by breaking it into smaller pieces, or tracing the implications of a situation in a step-by-step way
• Attention to detail - The ability to take all relevant details into account to ensure that a task is completed to required standards
• Commitment to Continuous Learning - Commitment to continuous learning is the commitment to think about current and future development needs
• Communicating with Impact - Communicates effectively in both the written and verbal format. Delivers clear, succinct messages and ensures understanding of others message
• Conceptual Ability - The ability to identify patterns or connections between situations that are not obviously related and to identify key or underlying issues in complex situation
• Creativity - Degree, to which one analyses problems, makes decisions and thinks innovatively
• Expertise in Context - Degree to which one possesses definitive technical and or fundamental understanding of the business
• Fairness and Transparency (V) - Build diverse and inclusive workplaces where decisions, practices, processes and transactions are transparent and fair.
• Honesty and Integrity (V) - The quality of being upright, truthful, sincere and freedom from deceit or fraud (H). Guided by values, ability to demonstrate moral judgement and doing the right thing consistently (I).
• Initiative - Refers to the identification of a problem, obstacle, or opportunity and taking action
• Organisational Awareness - Knowledge of own organisations, policies, procedures, services, products and business operating model.
• Problem Solving - Must be able to systematically identify, analyse and resolve existing and anticipated problems in order to reach optimum solutions in a timely manner
• Respect (V) - Ability to be considerate for self and others.
• Trust (V)- Firm belief in the reliability, truth or ability of someone or something.

Technical competencies

• Business Knowledge - Activities, tasks and practices associated with obtaining and using high level of knowledge in business areas, functions and products.
• Business Writing Skills - The capacity to communicate ideas, facts and quantitative data in writing using appropriate grammar, syntax, sentence and document structure in the business environment
• Corporate Communications Strategy - The ability to plan, implement, manage and review corporate communications to support organisational strategy in terms of vision, values and brand awareness
• Data Collection and Analysis - Ability to determine trends from raw data to assist decision-making in various aspects of work at SARS
• Efficiency Improvement - Contribution to improving the operational efficiencies within the team, incl. re-evaluation of processes, policies, procedures and provision of recommendations to enhance operational efficiency
• Functional Policies and Procedures - The knowledge and interpretation of the functional policies and procedures, including monitoring their consistent application internally within SARS.
• Quality Orientation - Promotes and maintains high standards of quality at work Reporting - Ability to create reports for various SARS stakeholders as relevant, in a lucid and effective manner, keeping in mind the purpose of the reports.
• Research - Conduct research, analyse trends and produce quantitative and qualitative information to inform business decisions
• Written Communication - Ability to express ideas, request actions, formulate plans, & policies, etc. by means of clear and effective writing, in order to support professional communication internally within SARS and externally
   

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Job Purpose

• To provide technical legal support and assist the business area. S/he will be responsible to provide legal analysis and advice, make recommendations aimed at improving operational policies, participate in various tax committees and be responsible for training and mentoring the team.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• BA Law / LLB Degree (NQF 7) AND 8-10 year’s experience in tax law environment of with 3-4 years at a junior specialist level in Income Tax advisory experience.
• Must be an Admitted Attorney or Advocate.

Minimum Functional Requirements

• Admitted Attorney or Advocate OR BCom in Accounting ; CA (SA) an advantage
• Post admission tax law experience
• Assess and interpret, intricate tax structures and legal frameworks including corporate reorganisations

Job Outputs:

Process

• Provide legal advice on proposed tax assessments, make recommendations and facilitate improvement.
• Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice area and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation.
• Plan for value-added, continuous practice & system improvements to deliver on objectives that enhance tactical implementation and excellence.
• Proactively identify interconnected legal problems, determine their impact and use to develop best fit alternatives; best practice implementation solutions.
• Translate top-down policy in relation to own practice area and communicate impact to relevant stakeholders.
• Develop a single practice area in alignment with operational activity and procedural frameworks and ensure tactical implementation.
• Draw on own technical or professional expertise, knowledge & experience to identify & recommend tactical solutions to defined problems in practices.
• Identify and mitigate tax risks effectively.
• Provide legal opinions on tax matters, ensuring compliance with various tax legislation and related laws.
• Integrate business information, compare, analyse & produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies & inconsistencies for decision making purposes.
• Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures and associated area's practice.
• Contribute to the optimum utilisation of organisational resources, advising on effective planning and development of area of specialisation resource plans.
• Optimise goal achievement through tactical strategy implementation and optimisation of practises, processes & systems across an internal value chain.

Governance

• Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies for own practice area to identify and manage risk exposure liability.
• Manage and or advise on the translation and application of policy in a specific functional area

People

• Provide specialist know-how, support, advice and practice thought leadership in area of expertise.
• Integrate new knowledge and transfer skills attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.

Finance

• Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in area of specialisation.

Client

• Develop & ensure implementation of practices that builds service delivery excellence & encourage others to provide exceptional stakeholder service.
• Participate in the specialist practice community and contribute positively to organisation knowledge management.
• Provide authoritative, specialist expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders.

Behavioural competencies

• Expertise in context
• Honesty and Integrity
• Trust
• Respect
• Problem solving and analysis
• Fairness and Transparency
• Analytical Thinking
• Accountability
• Conceptual Ability
• Adaptability
• Persuasion ability
• External Awareness
• Attention to detail
• Organisational awareness
• Building Sustainability
• Commitment to continuous learning
• Commercial acumen

Technical competencies

• Functional Policies and procedures
• Tax law advisory and interpretation
• General Legal Knowledge and knowledge of ethics
• Reporting
• Business Knowledge
• Efficiency improvement
• Tax law Compliance
• Legal Writing Skills
• Tax Dispute Resolution
• Risk identification