LEGAL ADVISOR: COMMERCIAL (6 months)

Thusa Batho Labour Solutions; Gauteng; Hybrid; ZAR 60 000 - 100 000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled legal professional with a strong background in financial management and stakeholder relations. This role involves formulating operational business plans, drafting legal policies, and ensuring compliance with legislation. The ideal candidate will have significant post-admission experience and the ability to navigate complex legal environments. Join a dynamic team that values initiative and critical thinking, and make a meaningful impact in a hybrid work environment that promotes both collaboration and autonomy.

Qualifications

• 7 years post-admission experience required.
• Experience in commercial or intellectual property environment.

Responsibilities

• Contribute towards saving by limiting operational costs.
• Ensure stakeholder satisfaction and establish cooperative relationships.
• Draft legal contracts and conduct due diligence on projects.

Skills

Assertive

Critical judgment

Customer centricity

Impact and influence

Initiative

Interactive communication

Interpersonal skills

Leading and managing change

Business acumen

Negotiation skills

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Law

Admission as an Attorney or Advocate

Job description

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

• Contribute towards saving by limiting operational costs.
• Comply with the National Treasure Cost Containment Measures (NTCM).

STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT

• Establish cooperative customer relationships with stakeholders internally and externally.
• Ensure stakeholder satisfaction.
• Represent the Head: Legal Services on various committees.

INTERNAL PROCESSES

COMMERCIAL & CONTRACTUAL SUPPORT

• Formulation of operational business plan.
• Formulation of legal policies, guidelines, frameworks, and business processes.
• Review of Standard Operating Procedures.
• Monitoring of turnaround times.
• Legal contract drafting.
• Conducting due diligence on projects.
• Drafting legal opinions.
• Risk management.
• Quality assurance of work.
• Ensuring compliance with legislation and policies.
• Governance and compliance.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Law (e.g., LLB, BProc, BJur or related).
• Admission as an Attorney or Advocate.
• Seven (7) years’ post-admission experience.
• In addition, two (2) years’ experience in a commercial or intellectual property environment and/or prior exposure to the technology innovation environment.

SKILLS AND JOB KNOWLEDGE

BEHAVIORAL

• Assertive.
• Critical judgment.
• Customer centricity.
• Impact and influence.
• Initiative.
• Interactive communication.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Leading and managing change.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Business acumen.
• Communication skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Negotiation skills.
• Analytical skills.
• Legal analysis and report writing.
• Research and technical report writing.
• Contract drafting.
• Legal opinion drafting.

JOB KNOWLEDGE

• Litigation experience.
• Laws, legislation, compliance requirements.
• Public Finance Management Act knowledge.
• Local and international legal trends.
• Investment trends.
• Funding instruments and commercialization.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Office-bound/on-site with travel; operate in a hybrid work environment.