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ROAD ACCIDENT FUND (RAF) - TEAM LEAD LITIGATION
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 LITIGATION TASK GRADE13
TLILD190221DBN
LOCATION: Durban
CLOSING DATE & TIME: 3/2/2021 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
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
- B Degree @ QF Level 8 or equivalent
- Admission as an attorney of the high court or advocate
- 5 years relevant experience in a claims environment of which 2 years must have been on a supervisory level
Technical and Behavioural Competencies
- Organizational Resilience
- Communication
- Team Resilience
- Network 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
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: 02 March 2021
Applications can be forwarded to the Recruitment Officer at MNGrecruitment@raf.co.za
Kindly note no hand delivered applications will be accepted due to COVID19.
INSTRUCTION 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 maximum of 5 pages
- Please indicate your current salary and salary expectation if considered for the position.
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.