Job Description

Empowering Africa's tomorrow, together...one story at a time.
With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary
To develop tactical strategy and delivery plans, formulate associated practice/s and to ensure operational implementation and adoption with regards to legal methodology, governance and delivery objectives and provides dedicated employment legal support.

Key Accountabilities
Accountability: Legal RiskTo provide highly specialised legal advice and support to the dedicated areas of support. Identifying and managing legal risk within the AGL Group that the role supports and is responsible for providing pro-active legal advice, support and risk management.

Accountability: Leadership & ManagementDemonstrates strong stakeholder management skills. Plan and manage projects and matters through to completion, including resourcing. Contribute to the development and implementation of team objectives and strategy and provide high quality support to the business as required by interacting with different legal and business stakeholders. Work independently with minimal supervision and demonstrate the ability to supervise where appropriate. Contribute to team initiatives and Projects.

Accountability: CommercialDemonstrate strong analytical skills and solve complex problems creatively and effectively. Drives good cost control behaviour, especially around external spend and consistently deliver against a broad range of competing targets. Manage litigation, manage external counsel and represent AGL on relevant industry forums and professional bodies where required. Provide training that is beneficial / informative to internal clients.


Accountability: Risk and ControlActively raise the profile of the Employment Legal team and the Legal Function and improve on Legal Key Risks. Manage and create awareness by embedding legal policies and control requirements in all areas of the business. Provide appropriate challenge and equally be robust in the face of challenges. Build strong risk partnerships with colleagues in other functions (especially key control areas). Fully understand the role of legal in AGL and how it interacts with other functions and the business.

Accountability: Teamwork:Proactively collaborates across different teams and geographies within the Legal Function to break down silos. Provide objective and constructive feedback and openly shares knowledge and expertise.

Accountability: TechnicalActs as a trusted advisor to business and other Functions and infrastructure areas; understands market and legal developments and their impact on business and keeps up to date of legal developments. Contribute to industry-wide initiatives and have a good network amongst peer group externally. Has knowledge of new regulatory requirements and provide comments to draft bills, regulatory documents and regulations issued by any governmental department and/or regulatory body. Drafting, negotiating, reviewing agreements, policies and procedures and writing opinions. Advising on transactions and matters involving employment aspects.

Role/Person Specification
Qualifications and ExperienceAppropriate Law degree. Admitted attorney in RSA. Degree from a leading educational institution with good academic results. Admitted Attorney in RSA with extensive experience in Employment Law. At least 5 to 8 years post qualification experience. Financial services experience (preferred).

Competencies:Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Analytical skills. Innovative & practical solutions. Influence and persuading. Stakeholder Management: able to advise at a senior business level and establish credibility with senior stakeholders. Excellent presentation skills. Team work & collaboration and ability to work independently with minimum supervision. Providing timely commercial advice within the legal parameters.
This role is based in Sandton, Johannesburg, although Cape Town-based candidates may also be considered.
Education
Bachelor Honours Degree: Law, Military Science and Security (Required)Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised