Four-year Legal qualification or equivalent. Three to five years post graduate experience in
Legal Service. Admission as an Advocate or Attorney the High Court of South Africa.
Knowledge: DoL and Compensation Fund business strategies and goals Directorate / sub-
directorate goals and performance requirements Compensation Fund Services
Compensation Fund Value Chain and business processes Public Service regulations,
policies and procedures Relevant stakeholders Customer Service (Batho Pele Principles)
Required IT knowledge Fund IT Operating Systems Technical Knowledge DPSA
guidelines on COIDA. Skills: Required Technical proficiency Business Writing Skills
Decision making Self Management. Applied Strategic Management. Applied technology
Budgeting and Financial Management. Communication and Information Management
Continuous improvement Customer Focus and Responsiveness People and Performance
Management Developing others Diversity Management Impact and influence
Managing inter-personal conflict and resolving problems Networking and Building bonds
Planning and organising. Problem solving Project or programme management. Team
leadership Risk Management and Fund Governance Change Management External
Environmental Awareness Legal Skills.
Duties: Provide legal services to the Fund Handle litigation for and on behalf of the Fund.
•Represent the Fund at the hearing in terms of section 56 and 91 application hearings.
Liaise with third parties Manage and review claims of objections hearing process Render
administration support in terms of section 56 and 91 application hearings.
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 09 September 2016 at 16:00
Applications must be submitted on form Z83, obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the internet at
www.gov.za/documents. The fully completed and signed form Z83 should be accompanied by a recently
updated, comprehensive CV as well as recently certified copies of all qualification(s) not older than 3 months of
the date of the advert including a Senior Certificate and ID-document [Driver’s license where applicable]. Non-
RSA Citizens/Permanent Resident Permit Holders must attach a copy of their Permanent Residence Permits to
their applications. Should you be in possession of a foreign qualification, it must be accompanied by an
evaluation certificate from the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA). Applicants who do not comply with
the above-mentioned requirements, as well as applications received late, will not be considered. The Department
does not accept applications via fax or email. Failure to submit all the requested documents will result in the
application not being considered. Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only. If you have not
been contacted within eight (8) weeks after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your
application was unsuccessful. Suitable candidates will be subjected to a personnel suitability check (criminal
record, citizenship, credit record checks, qualification verification and employment verification). Where applicable,
candidates will be subjected to a skills/knowledge test. All shortlisted candidates for SMS posts will be subjected
to a technical competency exercise that intends to test relevant technical elements of the job, the logistics of
which be communicated by the Department. Following the interview and technical exercise, the selection panel
will recommend candidates to attend generic managerial competencies using the mandated DPSA SMS
competency assessment tools. Successful candidates will be appointed on a probation period of 12 months. The
Department reserves the right not to make any appointment(s) to the above post. The successful candidate will
be expected to sign a performance agreement. The Department of Labour is an equal opportunity affirmative
action employer. The employment decision shall be informed by the Employment Equity Plan of the Department.
It is the Department’s intention to promote equity (race, gender and disability) through the filling of this post(s)
with a candidate whose transfer / promotion / appointment will promote representativity in line with the numerical
targets as contained in our Employment Equity Plan.
NB: Applicants are requested to indicate the centre for which they are applying for on the Z83
Applications: Acting Chief Director: Corporate Support: P O Box 955, Pretoria, 0001 Or hand deliver at
473 Stanza Bopape, Benstra Building, Arcadia
For Attention: Sub-directorate: Human Resources Planning, Practices and Administration, Compensation
Fund