Senior Contracts Administrator (Legal)

Drafting of legal agreements
- Development of new legal agreements, including drafting bespoke agreements
- Final review of master legal agreements which have been populated with contract details and/or proposed amendments from the business units and draft legal response to third parties
- Liaison with Corporate head office legal department in respect of the above requirements, as necessary
- Review of third-party legal agreements (including but not limited to vendor agreements, quotations terms and conditions, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, indemnity forms, POPIA consent and data processing agreements) and provide timeous feedback to requestor including follow ups as necessary
- Review legal agreements and identify commercial and legal risks and draft amendments to mitigate risks, with the objective of obtaining the optimal legal position for the division
- Draft response to third parties on legal agreements reviewed and assessed and respond timeously to applicable business unit or third party, in consultation with manager as necessary
- Review proposed amendments to master legal agreements by third parties and provide timeous feedback to requestor including follow ups as necessary
- Direct liaison with Corporate head office legal department in respect of the above requirements, as necessary
- Responsible for the routine review of system reporting with the administration team (e.G. outstanding contracts, outstanding signatures on contracts, expired/expiring contracts, responses on draft contracts, etc.) and monthly reporting to the manager
- Monthly review of the SharePoint contracts register, ensuring accuracy and completeness of the contracts register on an ongoing basis, ensuring that policies and procedures are adhered to, for manager approval
- Communication of monthly and quarterly reporting deadlines for litigation report and bad debts register to business units in a timely manner to ensure all deadlines to Corporate head office are met
- Communication with external attorneys appointed to obtain a quarterly update on litigation matters (or monthly update when deemed necessary)
- Draft the monthly litigation report (including matters below threshold for board reporting) for approval by manager
- Draft the quarterly litigation report (and any further updates as required by Corporate head office legal) for approval by manager
- Final review of the quarterly contracts register for board packs compiled by the Contracts Administrator for final approval by manager.
- Update the finance bad debt register with monthly progress on matters handled directly by the role
- Address adhoc Corporate head office legal and divisional reports and updates, when necessary for approval by manager
Minimum requirements:
- Must be in possession of a school leaving Certificate - (Grade 12)
- BCOM (LAW) or LLB incorporating commercial law and corporate governance or equivalent qualification
- Minimum 3 years in a similar role