Legal and Compliance Officer

Basic Function

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Responsible for assisting the Procurement Head in giving Procurement Legal Advice and guidance to Management and staff.

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Major activities of the job

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• Assist with the development of scope of work and invitation to tender and specifications.
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• Develop contract and service level agreement strategies to minimize risk.
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• Manage post award vendor relationships and partnerships with large service providers.
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• Attends to all procurement contract negotiation meetings and give advice where the organization may be disadvantaged or deprived financially.
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• Provide unsolicited procurement legal advice to Management to safe guard against breach of regulatory and statutory issues. 
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• Interpret procurement legislation and other legal or regulatory directives that impact on the Organizations’ operations.
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• Assist in gathering information required for submission of statutory and regulatory quarterly and annual returns
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• Maintain procurement registers for Statutes that impact on the Organization’s operations and review these in conjunction with the Risk Department.
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• Defend all procurement litigation against the Organization in conjunction with the external lawyers.
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• Interface and give case briefings to external lawyers.
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• Carry out procurement environmental scan through reading of newspapers etc and advise management on any pertinent legal issues affecting the Organization.
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• Assist the Procurement Head in drafting   procurement agreements, contracts and correspondences in relation to legal issues.
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• Manage a portfolio of contracts, including vendor performance and procurement policy frameworks.
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• Assist in reviewing procurement procedures and policies in line with statutes.
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Qualifications and Experience

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• LLB (Honours Degree)
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• Registered legal practitioner in terms of the Legal Practitioners Act
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• Three years post graduate experience
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       Competencies

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• Excellent legal analysis skills;
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• Outstanding legal writing skills and spoken fluency in English
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• Ability to design, manage and implement contracts with legal and policy focus;
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• Excellent interpersonal skills;
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• Ability to work under pressure and manage time effectively to complete a variety of tasks 
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• Knowledge of court practice.
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