New Jobs at Technology Innovation Agency

Minimum Requirements       

• Bachelor degree in Engineering (Chemical) or Bachelor degree in Science.
• A Law degree
• Admission as an Attorney or Advocate
• At least four (4) years’ post admission experience.
• Two (2) years’ experience in an intellectual property environment and/or prior exposure to the technology innovation environment.
• Experience in Local and International Intellectual Property trends in relevant industries.
• Litigation experience.
• Laws, legislation and compliance requirements for the various operational aspects of TIA.
• Sound Knowledge of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999). 

Skills:

• Assertive
• Critical judgment
• Customer-centricity
• Decisiveness
• Decision-making
• Negotiation skills
• Analytical and interpretation skills

Duties and Responsibilities   

Financial Perspective

• Contribute towards saving for TIA by limiting operational costs, also complying with the National Treasure Cost Containment Measures (NTCM).

Stakeholder Management

• Participate in establishing cooperative customer relationships with stakeholders internally and externally.
• Provide quality services that meets corporate programme and project needs of TIA.
• Represent the Head: Legal Services on various committees, as may be required.

Internal Processes

• Perform Intellectual Property (IP) due diligence on TIA’s projects and programs and issue report on outcomes.
• Draft and/or review contracts for TIA operations, TIA projects and TIA programs, also focusing IP clauses.
• Draft legal opinions.
• Provide input in the formulation of legal policies, guidelines, frameworks and business processes.
• Provide input in the review Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of the Legal Services BU.
• Capture all legal information relating to TIA operations on the applicable systems.
• Produce workflow management status reports, as and when required.
• Assist with quality assurance of work produced by the Legal Advisors.
• Identify and report on potential legal risks.
• Identify and implement development opportunities to ensure continuous improvement of work effectiveness and efficiency.
• Identify root causes of delays in the processes and implement measures to address the delays.
• Provide support and assistance to other Legal Advisors to achieve their milestones.

Governance and Compliance

• Participate in the internal and external audit exercise and resolution of all audit matters in the Business Unit.
• Ensure compliance with all TIA’s policies, frameworks, guidelines and systems (performance management, HR, finance, Stakeholder information, fund management, reporting, etc).
• Proactively identify and address internal and external risks to protect the organisation.

Learning and Growth

• Mentor other Legal Advisors to transfer knowledge and skill.
• Attend work-related, self-development courses including training (both external and internal) seminars, conferences, webinars and workshops.

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Minimum Requirements

• Three (3) year (Science or Engineering qualification) or relevant certification (e.g. ICASA SA), Business/Economic/Finance/Management
• Three (3) years’ experience in project management and/or administration /financial management
• Teamwork
• Communication Skills (written & verbal)
• Organisational skills
• Agility in respond to urgent organizational requirements
• Project and Investment Management Skills
• Advanced computer literacy skills
• Analytical and interpretation skills
• Financial Management Skills
• Trends in the NR industry
• Knowledge of PFMA and
• Administrative Best Practice Frameworks and Models 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure that the investment/portfolio budgets and expenditure are effectively updated and monitored, so that all people in the unit have updated information with regards to the budget
• Draft, capture, track, monitor and report on Unit’s operational budget (Reconciliation with BI System) to the Head.
• Ensure that Internal and external customers are aware of units offerings, mandate and keep abreast with the unit’s focus areas
• Attend to cases on the CRM system and allocate to the correct Portfolio/Programme Manager within 48 hours. Ensure that progress on cases are updated and resolved appropriately. Report outstanding cases to the relevant Heads and Executives on a weekly basis.
• Enable the unit to engage effectively with Stakeholders and client. Arrange workshops with stakeholders as and when required.
• Keep a register from all Stakeholders on the impact achieved from TIA investments. (Demographic analysis, Geographic analysis, PDI, Women, Youth)
• Perform initial pre-screening evaluations on new applications and issue a feedback report with recommended actions to the Head of the Business Unit for review.
• Coordinate and schedule meetings with Internal and External Stakeholders as required, and also ensure all travel arrangements are coordinated, verified and finalized. This includes external experts.
• Accompany portfolio/programme managers to on-site meetings to assist with minute taking and follow-up on matters arising.
• Ensure proper records management for the Business Unit in compliance with the TIA file plan and records management policy and procedures.
• Collate reports of external experts and present to the Portfolio of Programme Manager, or Unit Head as required.
• Prepare disbursement packs for sign-off. Ensure that disbursements take place in specified timeframes.
• Update investments dashboards with the statement of progress during the Investment review phase
• Collect and collate information to compile relevant reports (Coordination and completion of Unit monthly reports)