Contract Operations Specialist (3-Month Fixed-Term)

DigiCert; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 201,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Generous paid time off

Health and wellness support

Education assistance and professional/

LinkedIn Learning access

Employee referral program

Job summary

DigiCert in South Africa seeks a 3-month Fixed-Term Commercial Operations Specialist to support DigiCert’s Commercial Legal team with contract administration, processing, and execution across customer and partner agreements.

You will assist with routine contracting, internal requests and process improvements, partnering with global teams to maintain accurate records, meet deadlines, and uphold data confidentiality.

Qualifications

• 1+ year of experience in administrative, operations, legal support, contract support or sales operations.
• Strong organisational skills and close attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple requests, prioritise effectively and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proactive, practical and customer-service oriented approach.
• Ability to follow established processes while recognising when escalation is needed.
• Good judgement and ability to handle confidential information appropriately.
• Willingness to take ownership of tasks through to completion.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with stakeholders across teams/regions.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, Outlook and Adobe Acrobat; quick to learn new systems.

Responsibilities

• Administer the signature process for customer and partner agreements, NDAs and other documents.
• Format and finalise documents for execution with approved terms.
• Coordinate internal/external signatures and ensure authorised signatories execute documents.
• Maintain contract files and organise documents per naming conventions.
• Upload and manage agreements in contract lifecycle systems.
• Support post-signature activities and tracking of signature status.
• Identify information gaps or deviations and escalate to Legal.
• Assist with routine commercial documents using approved templates.

Skills

Administrative experience

Organisational skills

Multitasking

Communication skills

Process adherence

Confidentiality handling

Ownership mindset

Stakeholder collaboration

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Outlook

Adobe Acrobat

Education

Business administration / legal studies / paralegal / operations related

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

DigiCert in South Africa seeks a 3-month Fixed-Term Commercial Operations Specialist to support DigiCert’s Commercial Legal team with contract administration, processing, and execution across customer and partner agreements.

You will assist with routine contracting, internal requests and process improvements, partnering with global teams to maintain accurate records, meet deadlines, and uphold data confidentiality.