Job Purpose
To provide support and input in the management of Legal delivery within the Centralised Litigation function which has a national footprint with respect to revenue litigation matters.
Education and Experience
Bachelor of Law (NQF7) AND 8-10 years' experience in a litigation environment, including 3-4 years' experience in managing legal staff
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required
Bachelor of Law (NQF7)
8-10 years' experience in a litigation environment
3-4 years' experience in managing legal staff
Minimum Functional Requirements
Prior experience working with tax
Strong litigation experience
Management of complex litigation projects
Job Outputs:
Successfully managing litigation staff
Successfully prosecuting your own litigation caseload
Process
Act as the driver for the implementation within the context of business unit excellence and performance improvement.
Conduct assessments and use information to advise, make recommendations and facilitate improvement.
Direct, control, coordinate and optimise budgeted resources to meet specific objectives and deliver agreed results and productivity requirements.
Ensure the development and implementation of a practice in alignment with operational policy and procedural frameworks.
Implement strategy and delivery plans through the development of operational activities, ensuring the achievement of operational targets.
Oversee the efficient utilisation of Private counsel for appeals and urgent interdicts, review or declaratory order applications in the High Court.
Oversee a group of litigators and their litigation case loads.
Plan for handling work outputs, pull together interdependent activities and specify priorities, standards and procedures to ensure tactical implementation.
Proactively identify interconnected problems, determine its impact and use to develop best fi t alternatives, implementing best practice solutions.
Provide periodic reports on performance against plan and progress on short-term initiatives and use to realign tactical plan and objectives appropriately.
Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, policies and procedures, and execute the implementation of change and innovation initiated by the organisation.
Timeously communicate top-down policy and associated single practice area modification, objective achievement progress and critical success factors to impacted stakeholders.
Use the insights gained through integrated business reports to measure success and realign tactical strategy implementation objectives appropriately.
Governance
Implement governance, risk and compliance policy in own practice area to identify and manage governance and risk exposure liability.
People
Encourage and enable teamwork, by enabling collaboration with others and commitment to pursuing set goals.
Translate performance expectations into specific metrics and goals to identify and provide effective services, solve problems and achieve objectives.
Develop & implement appropriate people capacity plans in line with delivery & efficiency targets, on budget & in partnership with specialised area.
Develop and maintain a team that is capable for operating to their full capability and provide appropriate skills, knowledge and experience
Finance
Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in area of accountability.
Draw up a budget aligned to tactical delivery plans, monitor planned vs. actual, minimise expenditure and report on cost efficiency.
Client
Develop and ensure implementation of practices which builds service delivery excellence and encourages others to provide exceptional client service.
Manage an integrated service excellence culture, which builds rewarding relationships and provides opportunity for feedback and exceptional service.
Build strong relationships and implement service level agreements that promote SARS with internal and external stakeholders.
Behavioural competencies
Honesty & Integrity
Functional Policies and Procedures
Court Processes and Procedures
Fairness & Transparency
Accountability
Business Acumen
Decisiveness
Effective Business Communication
Legal Advisory and Interpretation
Legal Compliance
Planning, Management and Measurement
Problem Analysis and Judgement
Ability to translate Strategy into Execution
Values and Manage Diversity
Technical competencies
Managerial budgeting
Tax Knowledge
Legal Advisory and Interpretation
Legal knowledge and knowledge of ethics
Legal compliance
Planning, management and measurement
Respect & Trust
Business Acumen
Court processes and procedures
Stewardship and service orientation
Deadline:22nd July,2026