Paralegal - Johannesburg
Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA
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.
Purpose of the job: Purpose: The Paralegal (High Court) is responsible for providing general management, administrative and technical legal support to the attorneys..
Key Performance Areas
General management and support to Attorney
- Provide research assistance to attorneys.
- Assisting with searching and checking public records on behalf of attorneys.
- Assisting with the interviewing of clients, and witnesses.
- Assisting with collecting, retrieving, and analysing information relevant to litigation cases.
- Assisting attorneys with trial and its preparation.
- Analysing and conducting research for reporting purposes.
Document management
- Assisting with the preparation of legal documents and arguments.
- Summarising depositions and other documents.
- Preparing briefs and pleadings and drafting discovery documents.
- Managing and organising cases.
- Updating file registers
Reporting
- Contribute to the preparation and submission of Regulation reports.
- Aid in the development of functional reporting systems, for management, project or performance reporting.
- Report regularly and periodically perform necessary submissions as and when required to provide progress updates and/or inform management decisions.
Stakeholder management
- Aid in proactive and progressive relationships with key stakeholders.
- Deal with inquiries and requests for information from both internal and external stakeholders.
- Aid in the maintenance of relationships with vendors, service providers or procurement teams and ensure that all relevant procured items are invoiced and paid on time.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelors Degree in Law or equivalent.
- Relevant 3 years’ experience in a legal environment.
Technical and Behavioural Competencies Required
- Planning, organisation and coordinating
- Personal mastery.
- Judgement and decision making.
- Ethics and values.
- Client service orientation
- Legislation & regulatory knowledge
- Ethics & compliance
- PFMA
- Knowledge of drafting
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Policy and standards
- Governance
- Claims litigation
- MVA law and legislation
- Negotiation
- Conflict resolution
- Problem solving and analysis
- Mediation
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.