Chief Legal Officer

Gauteng
Salary: Market Related (Negotiable)
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Medical
Reference: 2230348

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Vacancy Details

Employer: Sotina Recruitment

Lead strategic direction setting and strategic planning for Legal in alignment to the company’s

vision, mission and values

• Direct the Group’s Legal activities, including the approval of legal plans and templates, the

selection of directors or other high-level staff, or establishment or organization of major

departments

• Negotiate or approve contracts or agreements with suppliers, distributors, state agencies, or

other organizational entities.

• Formulate and drive the implementation of departmental policies, goals, objectives, or

procedures in conjunction with board members, organization officials, or staff members.

• Participate in professional forums where financial and operational health of the department

can be tracked and analysed at board level

• Coordinate with external law firms in order to pursue legal cases for and against the Group to

protect the Group’s interests.

• Participate in decision making at EXCO level - prepare proposals and reports for submission to

Board

• Sponsor company initiatives and projects as it relates to Legal

• Ensure business strategy in the area of accountability is adequately budgeted for to drive the

financial performance of the business

• Manage the costs associated with the contracting of external law firms and legal counsel and

report accordingly.

• Research, collate and present business intelligence to feed into management decisions and

support business strategy

• Ensure audit processes, business intelligence and other information is used to analyse data in

order to identify and escalate risk

• Regulatory Affairs

• Compliance issues

Candidate Requirements

• LLB Degree

• 7-10 years’ experience in Commercial Law

• Previous experience in the healthcare industry is advantageous.

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About Sotina Recruitment

Sotina Recruitment Agency - Sotina Holding was established in 2010 and provides recruitment services to business partners. Our offices are based in Johannesburg Gauteng and Paarl Western Cape. We adapt best practices to facilitate sourcing, validating and evaluating profiles to deliver candidates of the required skills and calibre to our clients. Based on the requirement of the job profile, we search for candidates from our online database and we also advertise in local platforms like Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, we pride ourselves with high quality standards, professionalism, integrity, passion and excellent customer service. We recruit top calibre candidates throughout South Africa.

Our human resources management solutions range from permanent recruitment, short-term long-term contract placements.

These are more reasons to partner with us:

Our candidates go through comprehensive background checks

Team

We have a multi-talented team of highly experienced recruitment consultants, who specialize in different industries and sectors. Our team of consultants works in close coordination with clients to conceptualize their requirements and offer them best solutions. Further, we also have a dedicated team of customer care, who attend to all the queries of the clients and furnish them with complete information about the services.

Customer Satisfaction

While speed, dependability, reliability and efficiency are our priority, customer satisfaction is the ultimate goal. Our unique working methodology and untiring efforts enable us to shortlist appropriate candidates, who are at the helm of rendering the best of present generation services. We utilize our in-depth market knowledge and comprehensive research techniques to meet the unique requirements of every client