Case Assessment and Investigation

• Conduct initial case investigation to determine if enough evidence exists to defend a potential or existing suit.

• Engage in pre-litigation settlement discussions to attempt to resolve matters.

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a diverse range of agreements, and file comprehensive complaints and airtight responses.

• Make frequent court appearances, hearings, and pre-trial conferences.

• Advise business partners on the admissibility of evidence.

• Assist the investigators in terms of assessing and validating the Company’s case.

Compliance

• Identify and assess legal risks in business operations and recommend appropriate controls.

• Support compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements through advice, documentation, and internal reviews.

• Ensure accurate filing and secure record-keeping of legal documents and correspondence.

• Contribute to internal audit responses, risk reporting, and governance frameworks where applicable

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

• Oversee litigation processes, working with external counsel to protect SBV’s commercial and reputational interests.

• Act as internal liaison between legal providers and SBV departments to ensure strategy alignment and cost effectiveness.

• Guide internal investigations, evidence gathering, and pre-litigation assessments relating to contractual breaches, employee matters, and operational incidents.

Legal Advisory

• Provide timely legal advice on contract law, corporate governance, employment law, POPIA, and sector-specific regulatory matters.

• Draft legal opinions, guidance notes, and internal advisory memoranda.

• Support the development and rollout of legal policies, awareness sessions, and internal training.

• Monitor changes in the legal and regulatory landscape and assess potential business impacts.

Drafting and reviewing of contracts

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements including supplier contracts, procurement agreements, SLAs, MOUs, NDAs, and subcontractor arrangements.

• Ensure compliance with applicable laws, SBV policies, internal governance, and relevant risk frameworks.

• Collaborate with business units to align contract terms with operational realities and client requirements.

• Maintain and update standard contract templates and processes to support efficient and risk-managed contracting.

Assisting IR on labour related matters

• Monitor legal risk in documentation and give guidance on the acceptable assumption of risk.

• Provide legal guidance at arbitration or mediation when required.

• Engage with council on complex matters.

• Interpret laws and help business partners/employees to understand legal options.

• Review of applications in terms of section 37D of the Pensions Funds Act.

Establish and maintain collaborative partnerships and a wide relationship network across business units

• Implements a strong collaborative work-ethic with the team and with partners externally, providing support to and seeking support from business partners when necessary.

• Building and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders such as SAPS and legal networks.

• Keeps Head of Legal and Compliance abreast of developments and risks as they occur.

Governance

• Subscribe and align to SBV Services' ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Standards, ensuring the department’s processes and quality management system is at all times in compliance with the standard.

• Support SBVs ESG journey, reporting on and managing the ESG requirements to ensure a positive reflection and outcome.

Live the organisation culture within one’s Business Unit

• Live the department’s values while inspiring confidence and generating excitement, enthusiasm and commitment towards the mission.

• Initiate and lead a culture of performance driven output through shared purpose vision and values.

Lead as an Ambassador and executor of Change.

• Act as a change management architect in periods of change to ensure business continuity.

• Manage the integration of business units into a seamless end to end solution for customers.

• Effectively communicate and embed new processes and procedures as they occur, addressing or escalating matters/ concerns to the SME’s (subject matter experts) when required.

• Facilitate the necessary presentations, workshops, or forums to ensure consistent and accurate communication is given across one’s portfolio.

Minimum work experience required

• 3–5 years’ experience in commercial law, litigation, and regulatory compliance.

• Experience drafting and negotiating a wide range of contracts.

• Strong legal drafting

• Knowledge of the legal principles that govern the Employer/Employee relationship.

• Firm understanding of the rules, laws and regulations impacting SBV

Minimum education / qualification required

• Bachelor’s in law

• Admitted attorney

• Driver’s license with own vehicle

• Willingness to travel nationally at short notice

• Fully acquainted with regulatory and legislative compliance