Department of Defence Legal Jobs in Pretoria
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DUTIES
- Provide legal advice/opinions with regard to contracts (level 0 and 1).
- Research legal prescripts for inclusion in contacts, e.g. Act of Parliament Regulations, provincial legislation, judgements of the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of Appeal, Division of the High Court, specific Courts such as the Labour Court, Labour Appeal Court, etc; academic material such as legal text book, articles, etc.
- Provide drafting support iro contracts.
- Research new legal developments in various fields of law to determine whether they have an impact on draft contracts.
- Provide negotiation support iro contracts, liaise with external entities, such as the State Attorney, State law advisors to provide legal opinion regarding areas of concern or as per request of the client.
- Provide general legal support and advice to clients on dysfunctional aspects of various areas of law that are not provided by the other sub-sections of DLA or other Directorates in the DLSD.
- Provide supervisory and management functions to subordinates in the sub-directorates.
- Manage all internal processes for the effective rendering of timely legal advice on aspects regarding contracts and dysfunctional issues
REQUIREMENTS
- LLB plus at least 8 years appropriate/recognition applicable legal experience after obtaining the relevant legal qualification. The salary at appointment will be determined in accordance with OSD determination.
- Drafting and/or vetting of contracts.
- Post-graduate qualification in contracts.
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Special requirements (skills needed):
- Knowledge of the Interpretation Act.
- The ability to conduct legal research using legal research programs.
- Knowledge of applicable legislation,
- Legal writing and Drafting.
- Computer literacy, Research, analytical, presentation, problem solving, negotiation, people management, research, 10 interpersonal, relation, and Communication skills (verbal and written).
- Strategic thinking ability.
SALARY: R586 956 – R1 386 972 per annum (MR-6)
CENTRE: Erasmuskloof, Pretoria
REF NO: DLSD/12/13/25/01
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