Officer Legal Cost Payment (x3)

The Road Accident Fund’s mission is to provide appropriate cover to all road users within the borders of South Africa; to rehabilitate and compensate persons injured as a result of motor vehicle accidents in a timely and caring manner; and to actively promote safe use of our roads.

Officer: Legal Cost Payment (X3)

Note: This is a 24-month, fixed-term contract position

Purpose of the job: The OFFICER: LEGAL COST PAYMENT is responsible for the effective and efficient settlement of legal costs.

Key Performance Areas

Settlement and payments of Legal costs

• Acknowledge receipt of hard copy files from Legal Cost Assistant
• Prioritise files on the basis of taxation and fee analysis
• Evaluate bills of costs settled or taxed
• Assess bills of costs not set down for taxation
• Assess bills of costs set down for taxation
• Assess bills of costs for block settlements
• Mark bills and make settlement offers
• Attend taxation at court
• Process bills for payment on acceptance of offer or consider counter proposal if offer is rejected
• Prepare for and attend court for taxation
• Instruct Pane Attorney or Cost Consultant in consultation with supervisor to attend taxation
• Approve bills in terms of delegation of authority
• Attend to queries from both internal and external stakeholders
• Review matters as taxed /settled and attend to such review and attend court appeal
• Provide advice to claims sections, attorneys and costs consultants
• Approve legal cost payments in terms of delegation of authority
• Maintain accurate record of activities for submission to supervisor
• Writs:

- Assess the file and check the validity of the writ

- Collate all the required documents

- Calculate interest amount

- Check if the correct sheriff is being paid

- Total amount due is payable

- Confirm it is not a duplicate payment

- Assess the writ causes

- Advise the management on the exact cause

- Recover the extra costs where applicable.

Qualifications

• NQF 7 (bachelor's degree/Advanced Diploma) in Law or a related qualification to discipline.

Experience

• Relevant 3 years’ experience in a claims environment.

Technical and behavioral competencies required

• Good understanding and a sound and practical knowledge of RAF policies, procedures and practices
• Knowledge of MVA processes and procedures
• Computer literacy
• Teamwork
• Personal Mastery
• Emotional wisdom
• Ethics and governance
• Customer orientation and customer focus

NB: “RAF offers Total Employment Cost packages with no additional contributions from the Employer; successful candidates are required to structure their packages in a manner that will suit their needs.”

The Road Accident Fund subscribes to the principles of employment equity and preference will be given to People with Disabilities.

Applicants who have not received any correspondence from us within six weeks from the closing date can consider themselves unsuccessful

Security Vetting shall be conducted on all prospective employees

It is the applicants’ responsibility to have foreign qualification evaluated by the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA) and to provide proof of such evaluation.