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ROAD ACCIDENT FUND (RAF) – OFFICER LEGAL COSTS VALIDATION X 7 POSTS
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 Organization requires the services of qualified individuals for the following position on a Twelve (12) Months Fixed Term Contract the position will be based in Pretoria Regional Office.
THIS IS AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT
OFFICER LEGAL COSTS VALIDATION T.A.S.K LEVEL 10 X 7
OLCV26022021PTA
LOCATION: Pretoria
CLOSING DATE & TIME: 7/27/2021 11:55 PM
Purpose of the Job: To Validate and Assess Legal Cost Bills.
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 for Cost set down for taxation and those that are not set down.
- Assessment of Bills of Cost 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 costs as per threshold.
- Evaluate and tax Advocate's accounts in terms of SLA and applicable tariff.
- Evaluate assessor invoices and accounts in terms of the SLA and applicable tariff.
- Assessment of disbursement of Experts Accounts.
- 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.
- 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.
- Negotiable reasonable settlements of costs.
- Request cost payment
- Recover extra costs where applicable and advise Management accordingly.
- Provide advice to Legal Departments in respect of Litigation process received.
- Updating the status of claims view note.
- Perform verification to ensure that the right payment is made to the correct Attorney
- 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 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 for performance management and review.
- Attend queries from stakeholders pertaining to Bills of Cost settled and outstanding payments of accounts.
- Referral of Writs Reports to Quality Assurance.
- Prepare Batch Report for Payment Department.
- Prepare and render advice to claims sections, attorney's and cost consultants.
- Conduct research on Case Law and legal principles to keep abreast of developments.
- Investigation, 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 Claims or Legal Costs environment.
Technical and Behavioral competencies required
- Personal mastery
- Emotional wisdom
- Ethics and governance
- Customer orientation and customer focus
- Communication Skills (Written and Verbal).
- Report-writing skills.
- Computer Literacy.
- Decision making skills.
- 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 Act.
- Attention to detail and ability to work under extreme pressure.
Road Accident Fund Values
- Integrity
- Compassion
- Accountability
- Respect
- Excellence
Remuneration
Total cost to company of the minimum remuneration package applicable to this position is
R349 998.00 per annum and will be negotiable commensurate with experience.
NB: "RAF offers Total Employment Cost packages with no additional contributions from the Employer, successful candidates are required to structure their packages in a manner that will suit their needs"
Closing date: 27 July 2021
Applications can be forwarded for attention of the recruitment officer at Menlyn; e-mail address is GivenM.recruitment@raf.co.za
INSTRUCTIONS TO PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS
- Indicate the name and the reference number for the position you are applying for on the subject line
- Do not submit copies of qualifications and ID as these will be requested from shortlisted candidates on the interview date
- Submit a short CV with a maxim of 5 pages
- Please indicate your current salary and salary expectations if considered for the position.
NB:
- Applicants who have not received any correspondence from us within six weeks from the closing date can consider themselves unsuccessful
- Security vetting shall be conducted on all prospective employees
- It is the applicants' responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA)and to provide proof of such evaluation.
NB: The positions are a Twelve (12) Months Fixed Term Contract.