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PASSENGER RAIL AGENCY OF SOUTH AFRICA (PRASA) VACANCIES
PASSENGER RAIL AGENCY OF SOUTH AFRICA (PRASA)
PRASA: 30 Wolmarans Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg
CORPORATE COUNSEL – MEGA PROJECTS, 3 YEAR PERFORMANCE - BASED CONTRACT
SALARY GROUP: EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
LOCATION: UMJANTSHI HOUSE, BRAAMFONTEIN
REFERENCE: R&S/CC/SAD/255
MISSION: To provide expert strategic leadership and advise in the management of mega projects undertaken at PRASA.
KEY OUTPUTS: • Lead the development, maintenance and review of project strategies, vision, objectives, policies, budget, standards, and procedures • Provide management support on the organisation’s CAPEX program • Rolling Stock Programme and Economic Development • Promote good corporate governance and compliance • Management of stakeholder relationships • Reporting • Support audit management.
KNOWLEDGE: • PFMA, GRAP, National Treasury regulations, IFRS • SCM and human capital management practices • Solid knowledge of engineering, operational and legal procedures, and practices • Strong understanding of project management principles • Principles, procedures, and strategies of economic development • Contract management principles.
SKILLS: • Leadership and Management • Problem solving and decision making • Communication and interpersonal • Professional and influential • Strategic thinking.
BEHAVIOURAL ATTITUDES: • Integrity and honesty • Critical and analytical thinker • Tact and diplomacy • Resilient and stress tolerant • Team player.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: • LLM • LLD, post graduate degree in Engineering, Project and/or Operations Management will be advantageous • Articles from a reputable law firm or pupillage • Admission as an attorney or Advocate of the High Court of South Africa • Registration with Corporate Counsel Association of South Africa (CCASA) • 20 years’ experience in at a senior level dealing with commercial transactions in a medium to large company/group. At least 5 years of management of large capital projects in both public and private sectors.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS: • Extended working hours • Travel – locally and international
“By responding to this vacancy advert irrespective as to how such information is submitted, you consent to the collection, collation, processing and storing for such information and the use and disclosure of such information in accordance with the PRASA data privacy protection policy.
PRASA shall take all reasonable measures to protect the personal information of candidates/applicants and for the purpose of this disclaimer “personal information” shall be defined as detailed in the Promotion of Access to Information Act, Act 2 of 2000 (“PAIA”) and the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act 4 of 2013 (“POPI”)
A copy of PRASA’s Privacy notice is available on the website or on request.”
Applications may be forwarded to: CC.recruitment@prasa.com
Closing date: 22 June 2023
PRASA’s EE requirements will be taken into consideration.
Should you not hear from us within three (3) months from the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.