Basic Function
Responsible for assisting the Procurement Head in giving Procurement Legal Advice and guidance to Management and staff.
Major activities of the job
- Assist with the development of scope of work and invitation to tender and specifications.
- Develop contract and service level agreement strategies to minimize risk.
- Manage post award vendor relationships and partnerships with large service providers.
- Attends to all procurement contract negotiation meetings and give advice where the organization may be disadvantaged or deprived financially.
- Provide unsolicited procurement legal advice to Management to safe guard against breach of regulatory and statutory issues.
- Interpret procurement legislation and other legal or regulatory directives that impact on the Organizations’ operations.
- Assist in gathering information required for submission of statutory and regulatory quarterly and annual returns
- Maintain procurement registers for Statutes that impact on the Organization’s operations and review these in conjunction with the Risk Department.
- Defend all procurement litigation against the Organization in conjunction with the external lawyers.
- Interface and give case briefings to external lawyers.
- Carry out procurement environmental scan through reading of newspapers etc and advise management on any pertinent legal issues affecting the Organization.
- Assist the Procurement Head in drafting procurement agreements, contracts and correspondences in relation to legal issues.
- Manage a portfolio of contracts, including vendor performance and procurement policy frameworks.
- Assist in reviewing procurement procedures and policies in line with statutes.
Qualifications and Experience
- LLB (Honours Degree)
- Registered legal practitioner in terms of the Legal Practitioners Act
- Three years post graduate experience
Competencies
- Excellent legal analysis skills;
- Outstanding legal writing skills and spoken fluency in English
- Ability to design, manage and implement contracts with legal and policy focus;
- Excellent interpersonal skills;
- Ability to work under pressure and manage time effectively to complete a variety of tasks
- Knowledge of court practice.