The purpose of the Legal Adviser position is to provide professional legal support to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, including the Office of the Speaker, the administration, and parliamentary committees.
To apply, please include a short legal opinion that you have personally drafted on any subject of your choice. This opinion should not be older than a year.
Education
Professional Experience & Qualifications required for this role:
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
- Five years cumulative legal experience in a firm as an attorney and/or as an advocate at the Bar
- Ability to draft quality legal opinions
- Enrolled as a legal practitioner in accordance with the Legal Practice Act, 2014
- Legal governance and contracts
- Legal advisory and support services
- Litigation
- Statutory interpretation
- Knowledge of government and parliamentary systems and procedures
- Research skills
- Excellent oral and written communication
- Excellent presentation skills
- Ability to communicate legal concepts clearly to non-legal professionals
- Ability to operate with autonomy
- Strategic thinking
- Sound knowledge of legal principles, South African statutes, and relevant case law
- Ability to cope with multiple responsibilities and manage conflicting deadlines and demands.
- Subscribe to the basic values and principles governing the public administration referred to in section 195 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
- Subscribe to the values stated in section 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
- Excellent Excel, Work & PowerPoint Skillset
- Kindly submit a comprehensive and updated CV, as well as copies of all relevant qualifications and certificates, your ID, and your driver's license.
- Suitable candidates will be subjected to Verification Checks: Criminal record check; Qualification/study verification and previous employment verification)
- Shortlisted candidates may be required to undergo psychometric assessments
- Also note that correspondence will be limited to shortlisted candidates. If you do not receive any response within the 30 days from the closing date of the advert, consider your application as unsuccessful.
- Closing date for applications - 18 May 2023 - please note late applications will not be considered.
