Legal Advisor - Commercial

**Job Advert Summary**:
Rand Water is currently looking for a Legal Advisor (Commercial) to provide support to Group Legal Services with the effective and efficient provision of legal advice to the Rand Water Group in the area of commercial law
**Minimum Requirements**:
- Grade 12.
- LLB, B.Proc or equivalent Law Degree.
- Valid driver's license
- Postgraduate qualifications in commercial law (Contract Law, Construction &
Engineering Law, Procurement Law e.T.C) will be an added advantage.
- Admission as an Attorney and registration with a professional body will be an added advantage.
- **The applicants must further meet the following requirements**:
- Must have 4 to 8 years’ experience in general commercial law
- Must have 4 to 8 years’ experience focusing on construction and engineering law and the ability to read, interpret and provide advice on FIDIC, NEC, GCC, JBCC contracts as well as a strong understanding of CIDB legislation, Regulations, Practice Notes, Standards e.T.C
- Must have 4 to 8 years’ experience of providing advice on public sector procurement law, specifically advising on areas such as PPPFA, PFMA, the relevant practice and instruction notes e.T.C
- Must be able to negotiable, draft and vet contracts in the areas of general contract, preparations of particular conditions of contracts for FIDIC contracts e.T.C
**Primary Duties**:
- Manage and execute on all legal instructions allocated as and when required.
- Provide strategic legal support, advice, guidance and provide direction to the Rand Water Group.
- Ability to draft, negotiate and advise on all types of contracts relevant to Rand Water’s operations such as FIDIC Suite, Service Level Agreements, Memorandum of Agreements, Sponsorship and Grant Agreements etc.
- Develop and implement legal strategies in support of Rand Water’s strategy and growth pillars.
- Assessment of business needs and provide operational advice regarding contracting, projects implementation and assistance with operational support for the entire Rand Water Group.
- Preparing of memoranda, contracts, opinions, and other legal documents.
- Management of litigation/arbitration for and on behalf of Rand Water and liaise with internal stakeholder and be able to assist with development of best litigation strategies to be adopted for each matter and being able to formulate legal strategies in resolving litigation.
- Ability to liaise with external stakeholder such as appointed law firms in handling of litigation.
- Ability to advice the organisation on prospects of success of each litigation, negotiate settlement of matters and advise on the best settlement terms as and when required.
- Prepare instructions to external attorneys promptly and accurately and ensure that instructions are timeously given to the external law firms.
- Conduct legal research and advice the organisation on the best and available legal strategies in line with the new, relevant, and correct legal principles.
- Provide legal training to different business units on applicable legal issues which is relevant for a particular business unit;
- Review and provide comments on bills, draft regulations, instructions notes and any other legal instruments which may have an impact on Rand Water Group.
- Assist, in conjunction with the Contracts Manager with contracts variation process and to ensure timely review and renewal of contracts;
and
- Any other instruction of commercial and non-commercial nature based on Rand Water’s business needs.
**Knowledge**:
- Construction &
Engineering Law focusing on FIDIC, NEC, JBCC, GCC as well as CIDB legislation
- Strong knowledge of public sector procurement laws such as PFMA, PPPFA and relevant instruction, practice notes as well as case law
- Strong understanding of Constitutional, Administrative Law, PAJA &
POPIA
- Understanding of Tax Laws i.E VAT &
Income Tax
- Litigation Management
- Intellectual Property Law
- Computer literacy in MS PowerPoint, Office, Outlook and Excel
- Customer and stakeholder management
- Ability to represent the organisation at different forums such as internal committees i.E bid committee
- Decision making
- Planning and organising, Effective communication
- People management
- Self-management, Conceptual thought and well developed analytical and coordinating skills
- Problem solving
- Good listening skills
- Planning and Organising skills
- Communication Skills (verbal and written)
- Problem solving skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Business Awareness
- Analytical
- Negotiation and drafting skills
- Attention to detail
- Technical legal expertise
- Customer focus
- Willingness to work extended hours
- Team player
- Relationship management
- Strong commercial focus
- Project management oversight ability
- Must be able to work under pressure
- Innovative
- Ability to deal with people at all levels
- Work independently
- Practice confidentiality
- Attention to detail
- Deadline driven
- Leadership
**Skills**:
- Good listening