South African Special Risk Insurance Association (SASRIA) Vacancies

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Head of Legal

Closing Date
2025/09/25
Reference Number
SAS250910-1
Job Title Head of Legal
Job Type Permanent
Division Governance and Secretariat
Department Legal
EE Occupational Levels Level 7: Middle and Senior Management
Location – Town / City Sandton
Location – Province Gauteng
Location – Country South Africa
Job Advert Summary
To develop and drive the successful delivery of the Legal strategy and the effective running of the function, ensuring the attainment of Sasria objectives internally and externally through provision of sound legal risk management expertise.

Minimum Requirements
Qualifications
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree.

Master’s degree in Commerce, Business Administration, Management, Law, or a related field will be an added advantage.

Admitted Legal Practitioner, registered with the Legal Practice Council.

Experience
Minimum 5 years of relevant management experience, leading a legal function, resolution of disputes and differences including performance management issues, interacting with and providing legal advisory services to executive management.

Experience in managing and resolving complex issues, legal and litigation matters.

Key stakeholder engagement and influence.

Duties and Responsibilities
Strategic Alignment

• Proactively direct and oversee the Legal function, ensuring that the organisation remains compliant with all relevant legal prescripts including legislation, regulations and directives.
• Collaborate with the executive management team to provide legal advice to and advance Sasria’s interest.
• Provide strategic advice and counsel to the company in terms of the legal impact of strategic plans and actions – locally or internationally.
• Develop and implement legal risk management framework, strategies, policies, ensuring alignment with the overall organisational strategy.
• Develop the function’s operational plans and monitor implementation thereof.

Legal

• Be the strategic and technical lead on legal and legal risk management matters.
• Provide legal services and guidance to the organisation as needed on matters including contracts, short term insurance, labour law, and company law among others.
• Provide general legal advice pertaining to organisational decisions regarding scope, mandate, and shareholder interactions.
• In collaboration with the executive management, manage various complex legal projects and litigation.
• Collaborate with external legal counsel and other stakeholders to facilitate and ensure attainment of organisational objectives.

Compliance

• Collaborate with the Compliance Function to ensure that the framework for Legal and Compliance risk management is in alignment with Sasria’s enterprise risk management.

Operations

• Oversee management of contracts and service level agreements.
• Drive the reduction of Corporate Risk by ensuring all contractual relationships are done in compliance with Sasria and legal requirements.
• Facilitate the appointment and management of the panel of attorneys.
• Represent Sasria in regulatory forums (e.g., SAIA legal committee).
• Participate in Risk and Audit Committee meetings as invited and provide necessary reports on a regular basis and in accordance with applicable governance frameworks including Prudential Standards, King Code IV & compliance standards.

Financial

• Compile and manage functional budget forecasts.
• Manage legal costs where applicable and oversee the taxation of costs.

People Management

• Ensure adequate capacity resourcing for the function to successfully execute its mandate.
• Recruit and develop skilled staff.
• Oversee, support, coach, and develop performance of direct reports, ensuring agreed performance targets are met.
• Address non-performance accordingly.
• Talent management of direct reports, including career development and succession planning for key positions.
• Ensure that the working environment contributes to improving staff morale and increasing productivity.

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Information and Records Management Analyst

Closing Date
2025/09/18
Reference Number
SAS250905-1
Job Title Information and Records Management Analyst
Job Type Permanent
Division Business Change and Technology
Department Information and Records Management
EE Occupational Levels Level 4 & 5: Skilled, Technical and Academically Qualified
Location – Town / City Johannesburg
Location – Province Gauteng
Location – Country South Africa
Job Advert Summary
To support the implementation and integration of an Information Management Program by ensuring that records management principles are adhered to. The incumbent will assist the manager by ensuring that all records are filed, retained and disposed as per the organisation’s policy and procedure.

Minimum Requirements
Qualifications

Matric & Tertiary qualification (degree/diploma) in Library Science, Information Science or related Records Management qualification

Experience

Minimum 2 years’ experience in records management

Duties and Responsibilities
Records and electronic content administration

• Assist in the setting up of both physical and electronic records.
• Set up Registries (Records Management Units and Records Centre storages).
• Assist with the appraisal and disposition of public records.
• Assist the Records Manager in the Retention and Disposal Schedules for functions which are common to all Government Organizations.
• Assist in the implementation of the various file plans.
• Provides administrative support in organising and maintaining all intellectual property (IP) of the organisation.
• Establishing the standards and controls to reliably archive and retrieve records as well as ensure compliance with external audits andrelated legislative frameworks.
• Standardise information sources throughout the organisation.
• Retrieval of Project Files Reports and Proposals requested from Archives (Offsite storage).

Documentation Development & Maintenance

• Acquire datasets, organise and disseminate, and provide content management search services.
• Capturing, distribution, use, storing, protection and disposing of the organizations information.
• Train and supervise records staff.
• Manage the changeover process.

Ad hoc tasks

• Perform ad hoc task when required by line manager.

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