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ROAD ACCIDENT FUND (RAF) - OFFICER LEGAL COST VALIDATION (X3)
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 within its Durban Regional Office for a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract on the following position: -
THIS IS AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT
OFFICER LEGAL COST VALIDATION: T.A.S.K LEVEL 10 (X3)
OLCV19112021DBN
LOCATION: Durban
CLOSING DATE & TIME: 11/30/2021 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 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 Panel Attorney's files in terms of RAF tariff
- Evaluate assessor invoices and accounts 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 and Regional Court for taxations
- Attendance at High Courts for taxations
- Appearance before the taxing Master of legal costs
- Appearance before the taxing Master and the Magistrate 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
- Negotiate reasonable settlements of costs
- Request cost payment
- Recover extra costs where applicable and advise Management accordingly
- Instruct panel attorney to oppose and settle costs and costs 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 payment is made to the correct Attorney
- Attend to Fee analysis
- Perform duplicate checks
- Evaluation of bills of cost that are 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 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, attorneys and cost consultants
- Instruct Panel Attorneys to attend taxations on behalf of RAF in respect of courts not failing within the proximity of offices of RAF
- Conduct research on Case Law and Legal principles to keep abreast of developments
- Investigation, reconciliation of Writs and reporting
- 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
- 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
- Integrity,
- Compassion,
- Accountability,
- Respect,
- Excellence
Remuneration
Total cost to company applicable to this position is minimum R349 998.00 per annum, negotiable. 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: 30 November 2021
Applications can be forwarded to the Recruitment Officer at: RafTempsDBN@raf.co.za
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 expectations if considered for the position.
NB: The Road Accident Fund subscribes to the principles of employment equity and preference will be given to People with Disabilities.
- 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 qualification evaluated by the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA) and to provide proof of such evaluation.