Jobs at City of Johannesburg

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12 and a Bachelor’s degree in Law at NQF level 7;
• 10 years of legal experience, of which 5 years must be at middle management level in a managerial position within a large organisation;
• Preferably an admitted Attorney or Advocate.

Primary Function:

• Lead and direct comprehensive and innovative legal advisory and legal support services to the City and its MEs in order to ensure operations and decisions of the municipal structures and office bearers comply with the legislative requirements applicable to local government and that the interests of the Council are protected.

Key Performance Areas:

Forward Planning, Productivity/Performance and Personnel Management, Financial Control

• Develop and implement a legal advisory and legislative framework within which the entire Group should operate.
• Manage and oversee the implementation of a legal advisory services policy in the entire Group.
• Identify and define immediate, short-term, and long-term objectives associated with legal advisory and legal support services and processes.
• Contribute and assist with the development of the Department and Directorate's
• Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Planning (SDBIP) for implementation by the Directorate and sub-directorate.
• Directs and controls outcomes associated with the utilisation, productivity, and performance of personnel in the Legal Advisory Services Directorate.
• Preparation, monitoring and control of the annual legal advisory services and legal budget.
• Provide input to the Department's, Directorate's and sub-directorates Demand Planning process.

Policy Implementation

• Manage and facilitate the implementation of strategies, business plans, policies and procedures of Council structures and departments relating to its functional area.

Legal Advisory Services

• Direct the provision, development, and management of enabling legal support and advice to Council structures and departments relating to its functional area, by providing legal comments

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Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12 plus B. Degree In Law at NQF Level 7;
• 10 years of legal experience, of which 5 years must be at middle management level in a managerial position within a large organisation;
• Preferably an admitted Attorney or Advocate

Primary Function:

• Lead and direct comprehensive and innovative contract and legal support services to the City and its MEs in order to ensure operations and decisions of the municipal structures and office bearers comply with the legislative requirements applicable to local government and that the interests of the Council are protected.

Key Performance Areas:

Forward Planning, Productivity/Performance and Personnel Management, Financial Control

• Develop and implement a legal advisory and legislative framework within which the entire Group should operate.
• Manage and oversee the implementation of a legal advisory services policy in the entire Group.
• Identify and define immediate, short-term, and long-term objectives associated with legal advisory and legal support services and processes.
• Contribute and assist with the development of the Department and Directorate's
• Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Planning (SDBIP) for implementation by the Directorate and sub-directorate.
• Directs and controls outcomes associated with the utilisation, productivity, and performance of personnel in the Legal Advisory Services Directorate.
• Preparation, monitoring and control of the annual legal advisory services and legal budget.
• Provide input to the Department's, Directorate's and sub-directorates Demand Planning process.

Policy Implementation

• Manage and facilitate the implementation of strategies, business plans, policies and procedures of Council structures and departments relating to its functional area.

Contract Support Services

• Development and implementation of a Contract Management Framework for the Group.
• Manage and oversee contracts entered into by and between the City/MEs and third parties are administered and monitored.