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ROAD ACCIDENT FUND (RAF)
 
The Road Accident Fund's mission is to provide 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 at its Pretoria Regional Office for the positions of:
 
 THIS IS AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT
 
OFFICER: HIGH COURT AND MAGISTRATE COURT: T.A.S.K GRADE 10
OEL 14062019 PTA
LOCATION: Pretoria
CLOSING DATE & TIME: 6/25/2019 11:55 PM
 
 
Purpose of the job: Provide support to the Litigation Manager in the provision and management of the RAF litigated matters in the hands of the panel attorneys and outside 15km radius. 
 
Key Performance Areas                                              
  • Conduct preliminary assessment of litigated files.
  • Recommend a litigation strategy and actions to bring the matter to finality.
  • Monitor litigation plan and strategy.
  • Escalate matters with litigious disputes to pleadings processes.
  • Provide panel attorney with file contents for trial preparation.
  • Report on trial out comes and out of court settlements. 

Qualifications & Experience
  • B Degree in Law at NQF level 8 or equivalent.
  • Admission as Attorney or advocate of the High Court.
  • Relevant 3 years' experience in the claims/Litigation environment
     
 
Technical and Behavioural Competencies
  • Knowledge /skill in court rules and litigation.
  • Credibility and trust; ideally has earned the respect of managers, supervisors and other departments leadership at all levels.
  • Ability to work under fire, handle stressful situations in calm manner.
  • A good understanding of the organization's litigation infrastructure, services provided and customers /users.
  • A good understanding of the organization's business and how panel attorneys effectively to contribute or are to contribute to the RAF litigation processes.
  • Patience, tolerance and resilience.
  • Statistical, numerical and analytical principles and processes.
  • Innovative thinking with service quality, and its improvement, within limits of costs and business direction
  • Excellent communication skills orally and in writing.
  • Awareness of RAF vision and strategic/business objectives.
  • Experience of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
  • Organisational resilience
  • Team resilience
  • Personal mastery
  • Judgment and decision making
  • Emotional wisdom
  • Ethics and governance
  • Customer orientation and customer focus

Financial Control 
Customer orientation and customer focus


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Remuneration
The total cost to company of minimum package applicable to this position is R349 998.00
per annum and will be negotiable commensurate with experience.

Closing date: 25 June 2019
 
NB: "RAF offers Total Employment Cost packages with no additional contributions from the Employer, successful candidates are required to structure their packages in manner that will suit their needs".
 
INSTRUCTION TO PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS
  1. Indicate the name and the reference number for the position you are applying for on the subject line
  2. Do not submit copies of qualifications and ID as these will be requested from shortlisted candidates on the interview date
  3. Submit a short CV with a maximum of  5 pages

APPLICATIONS CAN BE FORWARDED FOR ATTENTION OF THE RECRUITMENT OFFICER AT:  gadifeled.recruitment@raf.co.za OR Hand Deliver at 38 Ida Street, Menlo Park.

 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.
 
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.