Description:
Roles & Responsibilities:
To provide general legal and technical support services, ensuring that the organisation is protected against legal risk.
To provide regulatory and general legal services. Ensure that the company is protected against any legal risk by providing legal, regulatory and technical support services.
Assist technical Divisions in developing legally sound and concise regulations and technical standards;
Manage the formulation and approval of regulations and technical standards through a consultative process with the aviation industry in terms of section 157 of Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009) ("the Act").
Manage Secretarial support services of the Civil Aviation Regulations Committee (CARCom), a statutory Committee established in terms of section 157 of the Act.
Provide regulatory and general legal services. Ensure that the company is protected against any legal risk by providing legal, regulatory and technical support services by drafting or vetting proposals for amendment of regulations and technical standards; drafting legal opinions, vetting of exemptions, vetting and drafting of contracts, advising on any legal matter; drafting and vetting of legal and non- legal documentation and provide legal services in meetings when requested to do so by the Divisions.
Providing verbal and written legal opinions/advice on a variety of matters pertaining to the acts and regulations administered by the company and other matters of interest that have an impact on the company.
Review of the final drafts of regulations and amendment to confirm their legality, determine the effect of such an amendment and the impact the Regulations or proposal will have on other existing legislation and to ensure conformity with constitutional principles.
Drafting/scrutiny and finalisation of international agreements and memoranda of understanding (MOU).
Draft/scrutinise or vetting of commercial contracts and service level agreements.
Providing legal opinions/advice risks associated with commercial contracts.
Provide legal support in the negotiation of commercial contracts and service level agreements.
Coordinate, provide assistance, monitor and guide attorneys in litigation process and potential litigation matters against the the company.
Deal with Department of Transport and Director of Civil Aviation appeal matters and represent the the company in tribunal appeal Committee.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION - B Proc or LLB and Admission as an Attorney or Advocate with