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ROAD ACCIDENT FUND (RAF)
 
The Road Accident Fund's mission is to provide cover to all road users within the boarders 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 for the following position; the position will be based in the Durban Regional Office:
 
THIS IS AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT
 
TEAM LEAD: INTERNAL LAW DEPARTMENT T.A.S.K GRADE 13
TLILD280521DBN
LOCATION: Durban
CLOSING DATE & TIME: 6/8/2021 11:55 PM
 
Purpose of the Job: To prepare and defend Magistrate Court matters within the fund's jurisdiction accordingly by the Internal Law Department 
 
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Key Performance Areas
Provide supervision and control
  • Access reports, statistics, disciplinary policy, motivation, mentoring
Ensure monitoring and evaluation
  • Spot check on work performed by section
 
Reduce legal and expert costs and speedier finalization of litigated Magistrate Court matters
  • Early settlement of litigated matters by overseeing the block consultation process. Offer reasonable cost contribution
 
Improve on customer satisfaction
  • Regular feedback to internal and external stakeholders
 
Contribute in the elimination of writs
  • Ensure that all court orders are loaded timeously. Ensure that payment documents are correct and forwarded to finance within 24 hours of receipt of court order. Ensure all settlements are loaded timeously and forwarded to finance within 24 hours of acceptance
 

Prevent backlog accumulation
  • Ensure targets are met/ adjusted. Poor performers to be addressed, oversee block consultation, come up with initiatives to prevent backlog   
 
Qualifications & Experience
  • Four (4) year Degree in Law or equivalent.
  • Admission as an Attorney of the High Court or Advocate
  • Relevant 5 Years' experience in the claims environment/Litigation of which 2 years must have been on a supervisory level.
 
Technical and Behavioral Competencies
  • Organisational Resilience
  • Communication
  • Team Resilience
  • Network and Alliances
  • Personal Mastery
  • Judgement and decision Making
  • Emotional Wisdom
  • Ethics and Governance
  • Customer Orientation and Customer Focus
  • Dispute resolution and negotiation skills.
  • Third party compensation law. 
  • Understanding of the RAF Business Processes.
  • Computer Literate.
  • Sound knowledge of the Amendment Act and Regulations.
  • Sound knowledge of Magistrate Court Rules and Magistrate Court Act.
  • Sound knowledge of Magistrate Court litigation.
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Remuneration
At the cost to company of minimum package applicable to this position is R591 298. 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 manner that will suit their needs".
 
Closing date: 08 June 2021
 
Applications can be forwarded to the Recruitment Officer at MNGrecruitment@raf.co.za
 
No hand delivered applications will be accepted due to COVID19.
 
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
  4. Please indicate your current salary and salary expectation if considered for the position.

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: Preference will be given to people living with disabilities
 
N.B: It is the applicant's responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and to provide proof for such evaluation.