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ROAD ACCIDENT FUND (RAF)
 
The Road Accident Fund's mission is to provide appropriate cover to all road users within the borders of South Africa; to rehabilitate and compensate persons injured as a result of motor vehicle accidents in a timely and caring manner; and to actively promote safe use of our roads
 
The Organisation requires the services of a qualified individual in its Head Office for the following lnternship programme:-
 
THIS IS AN EXTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT
 
LEGAL INTERN
10052019LI
LOCATION: Pretoria
CLOSING DATE & TIME: 5/21/2019 11:55 PM
 
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Purpose of the Internship: The Road Accident Fund is committed to youth skills development by providing graduates with an opportunity to gain work experience. Applications are invited for the Legal Internship for unemployed graduates between the age of 18 and 35.The Internship program will run for a period of twelve (12) months.
 
Work based exposure may include the following;
  • Drafting of Legal Advise and Opinions;
  • Vetting of legal documents including operational manuals;
  • Drafting articles for publication in the internal Legal Brief;
  • Drafting and vetting of Contracts;
  • Provision of transactional support to the RAF;
  • Participate in contract negotiations;
  • Attendance of and advice to different Procurement Committees;
  • Instructing and consulting with external legal service providers;
  • Drafting of directives to give guidance to the RAF on the effect of important judgements;
  • Drafting of briefing notes to the Executive Management;
  • Advice on the waivers of prescribed matters; and
  • Stakeholder relations management.
 
 
Qualifications and other Requirements
  • Certified copy of Grade 12 / Matric certificate
  • Certified copy of LLB Degree
  • Certified copy of your ID
  • Certified copy of academic transcript
  • Your CV and motivational letter

Technical and behavioural competencies required
The successful candidate will be required to display the following competencies in this role: 
  • Written and verbal communication skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Detail orientation
  • Desire and potential to learn
  • Self-motivated
  • Basic computer skills
  • Prioritize tasks as needed
 

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Remuneration
The intern will be awarded a monthly stipend.
 
Closing date: 21 May 2019
 
NB: Applications can be forwarded to the following mail address: iaho@raf.co.za
No hand delivered applications will be accepted.
 
INSTRUCTION TO PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS
  1. Indicate the province and the reference number for the Internship you are applying for on the subject line.
  2. Submit a short CV and a motivational letter as to why your application should be considered with a maximum of 3 pages, applications with no academic transcript will not be considered.
  3. Applicants are restricted to apply for a maximum of 3 positions only (to complete an application for each ref number)
  4. Applicants must be unemployed, was never employed in the field of the post and never participated in an internship programme in the relevant field of the post previously
  5. The applicant must not have previously served as intern before.
  6. Should it be found that the applicant previously served as an intern and did not disclose that info and it is discovered later, the applicant will be disqualified.
 
The Road Accident Fund subscribes to the principles of employment equity and preference will be given to groups who are underrepresented in terms of our Employment Equity Plan
 
Please note that the prospective employees will be subjected to security vetting
 
NB:  Applicants who have not received any correspondence from us within six weeks from the closing date can consider themselves unsuccessful
 
NB! ONLY THE FIRST 300 CVS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION.