Entry Date: 19 Mar 2023
Expiry Date: 26 Mar 2023
The Housing Development Agency (HDA) is a national public sector development agency that acquires and prepares land as well as develops the land and project manages the development of housing and human settlements. We carry out our activities in partnership with a range of stakeholders including national, provincial and local government and municipalities, as well as with communities, developers, financiers and other affected parties. Established in 2009, the Agency was established by an Act of Parliament in 2008 and is accountable through its Board to the Minister of Human Settlements. For more information about the HDA, please visit our website: www.thehda.co.za.
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The HDA has the following 5-year fixed term contractposition:
Manager: Corporate Legal
Location: Head Office – Johannesburg
Reporting Line: Head: Corporate Support
Ref: HDA CLM 2023
Main Purpose: To provide the HDA with accurate and relevant legal, compliance management and advice to minimise legal risks. To ensure effective contractual arrangements and statutory compliance for the HDA
Key Performance Areas:
1. Strategic Management
• Review the HDA strategy from a legal perspective and ensure compliance
• Develop the HDA legal department with special emphasis on contractual, land legal and intergovernmental relations and legal compliance
• Develop implementation plans to ensure that the HDA legal strategy is implemented
• Monitor, manage and implement the plans to ensure that the legal strategy is achieved
2. Contract Management
• Drafting and/or reviewing of all contracts for the HDA including but not limited to:
o Commercial agreements
o Service provider contracts
o Land purchases and disposal contracts
o Land and building management contracts
o Service level agreements
o Project management agreements
o Memoranda of Understanding
o Intergovernmental relationship related contracts
o Terms and Conditions of Employment contracts
o MTOP’s, IP etc.
• Managing and responsible for the reviewing of all contracts signed by the HDA
• Provide input and advice on appropriateness of all contracts and any other agreements and recommends any required amendments
• Guide the development of strategic contracting and contract management approaches
• Develop process to support the HDA with contract management
• Recommend all contracts for signature or amendments to the authorized HDA signatories
3. Legal Management
• Review and interpret relevant documentation, statutes and information in order to determine the appropriate HDA position
• Provide legal advice to all HDA departments
• Review legal and contractual environment and identify potential risks
• Provide advice to manage legal risk against the HDA
• Review of all correspondence from CEO to any external stakeholder
• Provide advice on any disputes, litigation or arbitration related matters
• Represent HDA in litigation and dispute resolution processes and procedures as appropriate (internally and externally)
• Manage service providers providing legal advice or representation to HDA
• Represent the HDA in providing legal support and specialist advice to stakeholders and partners
• Participate in and contribute to the IGR legal forum
• Represent the HDA in internal and external litigation and dispute matters
• Be well versed in administrative and employment law and applicable legislation
4. Land Legal Management
• Ensure that effective legal agreements are in place for all land and properties under the HDA
• Review and assess all land agreements
5. Service Provider Management
• Establish legal panel for respective areas of expertise
• Procure legal service providers
• Instruct and manage legal service providers
• Monitor performance in line with briefs provided
• Manage all litigation undertaken by service providers
• Manage legal expenditure on service providers in line with the approved budgets
6. Statutory Compliance and Governance
• Ensure that the HDA regulations are relevant and updated to enable the HDA to carry out its mandate as per HDA act
• Review statutes and policies to ensure alignment to legislation and regulations
• Ensure HDA compliance with relevant legislation
• Review statutes and policies aligned to legislation and regulations
• Interpret statutes and potential implications for the HDA
• Identify legal obligations and risks for the HDA
• Develop and review policies and procedures to ensure legal compliance
• Ensure appropriate implementation by the HDA of appropriate legislation and regulations
• Ensure HDA complies with relevant legislation
• Management of all legal actives within the HDA
• Support the Management of all litigation within the HDA
7. People Management
• Select, assign, lead and manage people
• Set clear objectives for self and others and measure achievements against these objectives through implementation of the performance management systems
• Build and manage relationships with staff members
• Manage and support staff development
• Implement HDA HR policies and procedures as required
8. Requirements
• Admitted as an attorney or advocate of the high court required
• 5-10 years post qualification experience required
• Contracts drafting and management experience required
• Knowledge, insight and experience of the private sector construction environment and/or public sector human settlement environments would be preferable
• Must have good understanding of the PFMA
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Please forward a relevant CV (Clearly marked with the reference number of the position) in a Microsoft Word or PDF format to responses@banqobi.co.za .
Remuneration Scale: R 1 155 200 and R 1 501 800 per annum (all-inclusive package)
Kindly note that should you not receive a response within 21 days please consider your application unsuccessful. Conditions of service: The HDA is an equal opportunity employer ●Appointments will be made in accordance with the HDA EE policy and preference will be given to people with disability and females ●The HDA reserves the right not to make an appointment.
Should you not comply with the above requirements your application will NOT be considered.
CVs received after the closing date will NOT be considered. Kindly take note that if you have not been contacted within fourteen (14) days of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Closing date for applications: 26 March 2023
For enquires please contact Ivy Skosana on 011 028 9979
