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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 qualified individuals within its Johannesburg Regional Officer for the following position: - Officer Legal Cost Validation on a 24 Month Fixed Term Contract
 
THIS IS AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT
 
OFFICER LEGAL COST VALIDATION: T.A.S.K LEVEL 10 X8
OLCV29102021JHB
LOCATION: Johannesburg
CLOSING DATE & TIME: 11/9/2021 11:55 PM
 
Purpose of the Job: To validate and assess legal cost bills
 
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Key Performance Areas
 Perform assessment of bills
  • Screening and checking compliance with RAF Act, Rules of Court, SLA and Applicable RAF Tariffs
  • Evaluation of bills of cost that are settled and or taxed
  • Assessment of Bills of Cost set down for taxation and those that are not set down
  • Assessment of Bills of Costs for block settlements
  • Prepare and make cost contributions and settle Bills of Cost
  • Evaluate assessor invoices and accounts in terms of the SLA and applicable tariff
  • Conduct research on case law and legal principles to keep abreast of developments
  • Preparation of executive summaries for legal cost as per threshold
  
Assessment of Service Providers Bills and Invoices (Panel Attorney)
  • Evaluate and tax Advocates accounts in terms of SLA and applicable tariff
  • Evaluate Panel Attorneys files in terms of RAF tariff
  • Evaluate assessor invoice and account in terms of the SLA and applicable tariff
  • Assessment of disbursement of Experts Accounts
  • Referral of SLA breaches to panel management
  • Attend to block bookings
 
 
Attend to Taxation of Bills of Cost
  • Prepare and make offers and settle Bills of Cost
  • Attendance at Magistrate's Court and Regional Court for taxations.
  • Attendance at High Courts for taxations.
  • Appearance before the taxing Master to argue complex legal principles governing taxations of legal costs.
         
Attend to Reviews of Bills of Cost
  • Appearance before the taxing Master and the Magistrate to argue complex legal principles
  • governing taxations of legal cost
  • Prepare review documents for review proceedings in court
  • Serve review documents to opposing party citing the basis of review
  • Attend court and appear to argue the basis of review in front of Magistrate or Judge
 
Attend to Litigation relating to cost
  • Negotiate reasonable settlements of costs
  • Request cost payment
  • Recover extra costs where applicable and advise Management accordingly
  • Instruct panel attorneys to oppose and settle costs and cost applications
  • Provide advice to Legal department in respect of Litigation processes received
  • Updating the status of claims view note
  • Perform verification to ensure that the right payments are made to the correct Attorney
 
Authorization of Bills of Cost for payment
  • Attend to Fee analysis
  • Perform duplicate checks
  • Evaluation of bills of cost that is settled and or taxed
  • Process Bills of Cost that are settled and or taxed
  • Approve Bills of Cost that are settled and or taxed in terms of delegation of authority policy
  • Request payment on the system
  • Prepare the source documents to be forwarded to Finance department for checking and payment
  • Keep daily statistics of activities and trends on work allocated and work to be assessed
  • Submit daily and monthly statistics as required by Management
  • Keep record of statistics of activities and trends on work allocated and work to be assessed
  • Submit daily and monthly statistics as required by Management
  • Keep record of statistics for performance management and review
  • Attend queries from stakeholder pertaining to Bills of cost settled and outstanding payment of accounts
  • Referral of writs reports to quality assurance
  • Prepare batch report for payment department
 
Play advisory role and function to Claims Department, Attorney and Cost Consultants
  • Prepare and render advice to claims section, attorneys and cost consultants
  • Instruct Panel Attorneys to attend taxations on behalf of RAF in respect of courts not falling within the proximity of offices of RAF
  • Conduct research on Case Law and legal principles to keep abreast of developments
 
Quality assurance on writs reporting
  • Investigations, reconciliation of Writs and reporting
 
 
Qualifications and Experience
  • NQF 7 (Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma) in Law or related qualification
  • Admission as an attorney would be advantageous
  • Relevant 3 years' experience in a Claims or Legal Cost Environment
 
Technical and behavioural competencies required
  • Personal mastery
  • Emotional wisdom
  • Ethics and governance
  • Customer orientation and customer focus
  • Communication (Written and Verbal)
  • Report-writing skills
  • Computer Literacy
  • Negotiation skills
  • Planning and Organizing skills
  • Analytical thinking
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administration skills
  • Team player with tenacity to work independently
  • In-depth knowledge and thorough understanding of RAF Acts
  • Attention to detail and ability to work under extreme pressure
 
Road Accident Fund Values
  • Integrity,
  • Compassion,
  • Accountability,
  • Respect,
  • Excellence