The Road Accident Fund (RAF) invites suitably qualified applicants to apply for their Permanent Legal Secretary Vacancies (X7 Posts). The closing date for applications is the 4th March 2025
POSTS: LEGAL SECRETARY X7
- Division: Governance
- Reference No: 5129
- Location: East London, Eastern Cape, ZA
- Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract
- A.S.K Grade: 08
- Job Posting Salary: R326,151.00
Locations:
- East London (2 positions)
- Gqeberha (2 positions)
- Mthatha (3 positions)
PURPOSE:
The Legal secretary (High court) is responsible to provide administrative support to the legal services department and to ensure the day-to-day functioning of the office.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:
Legal secretarial administration
- Prepare court statements and forms that attorneys will need in court
- Dictate attorney’s audio files and written notes
- Transcribe and proofread legal documents
- Index and update pleadings and discovery binders
- Collect and deliver documents
- Supporting legal research for cases and communicating with vendors, experts, attorneys, opposing counsel and other staff.
Standard, process and procedure maintenance
- Ensure a strategy framework is maintained by required standards
- Keep abreast of internal standards and business goals to ensure adherence to sound internal control
- Provide administrative support to the strategy and reporting office by RAF policies and procedures
Quality assurance activities
- Maintain up-to-date written documentation and policies related to the organisation’s business activities.
Office Management
- Maintain correspondence, filing, telephonic queries and provide general administration support to the office.
- Maintain strict confidentiality in all matters relating to the office.
- Make follow-ups on outstanding matters on behalf of the legal services department in the office.
- Ensure all office requests are handled and responded to within set timelines
- Ensure availability if stationery within the department.
Meeting and diary management
- Arrange meetings on behalf of the Legal Services department.
- Take minutes and distribute these in accordance to set governance standards.
- Maintain follow-up plan on meeting resolutions and matters outstanding.
- Ensure confirmation of meetings and management of team diaries.
- Schedule appointments with internal and external stakeholders as and when required.
Document control
- Ensure that the filing system is always up-to-date and functional.
- Collate court rolls received from the registrar for the responsible court divisions, update references and distribute to state attorneys.
- Manage the retrieval of information at all times as requested in the office.
- Ensure confidentiality of all documents under control and that documentation reaches the intended recipients
- Acknowledge the receipt of documentation, apply a file number allocation, record data onto the computer system and file appropriately
- Collate all the court directives and update on the court directives database
- Maintain status update and records of all high value foreign national records for re-insurance purposes and report regularly
Qualifications and experience
- National Diploma in Business Administration/Law related qualification
- Relevant 2 years’ experience in a business/law administration related environment.
APPLICATIONS:
APPLY FOR THE LEGAL SECRETARY VACANCIES AT THE RAF HERE
CLOSING DATE: 04 MARCH 2025
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