The Legal Practice Council Vacancies

Legal Officer: Regulatory

Vacancy : Legal Officer: Regulatory
Provincial Office : Gauteng (Pretoria): Ref No: GP16/2025
CTC Salary Package: R 571 000 all-inclusive package p.a

Minimum Appointment Requirements
Matric/Grade 12 Certificate; ▪ Law Degree; ▪ Admission as a Legal Practitioner; ▪2 years post-admission experience in a legal environment or in a professional regulatory environment, of which 01 year is in prosecution. Knowledge of Legal Practice Act, No 28 of 2014; ▪ Section 109 Regulations; ▪ Code of
Conduct for all Legal Practitioners & Court Rules.

Skills & Competencies
Communication; ▪Attention to detail; ▪Interpersonal; ▪Accuracy; ▪Problem solving; ▪Critical thinker;
▪Prosecution; ▪Deadline driven; ▪Research; ▪Integrity; ▪Time management; ▪Multi-tasking; ▪Writing;
▪Team player & ability to work under pressure

Key Responsibilities
Assess complaints received on allegations of misconduct; ▪Gather and access all relevant information and documentation to evaluate the complaint;▪ Identify any additional areas of prima facie misconduct;▪Form a view on prima facie unprofessional conduct both within and outside the purview of the complaint;▪ Investigate complaints within the allocated timeframe;▪ Participate in the Committee to provide recommendations on decision;▪ Record decisions of Committee and provide feedback to complainant and legal practitioner;▪Handle appeals on papers, if required;▪ Prepare agenda for the
Committee if further roundtable discussions are to be held with all parties, when there insufficient evidence to prosecute;▪Lead the discussion with the Committee, resulting in a conclusion of the matter or if the matter needs to be referred to the Disciplinary Committee; ▪Formulate charges in accordance with applicable legislation; ▪Prosecute the charge and lead witness to give evidence to support the charge;▪Coordinate appeals and reviews of findings of Committee;▪ Prepare a memorandum from Investigation Committee to conduct inspections; ▪Conduct follow-ups on inspections that have taken
place;▪Report on investigation findings for further prosecution or dismissal or send to Disciplinary Hearing or for temporary suspension; ▪Maintain records of decisions made by the Disciplinary Committee, Court or Council; ▪General Office administration,▪ Advisory support and staff supervision.

Administrator: Regulatory x4

Vacancy : Administrator: Regulatory x4
Province : Gauteng (Pretoria) Ref No: GP17/2025
CTC Salary Package: R279 245 all-inclusive package p.a.

Minimum Appointment Requirements
Matric/Grade 12 Certificate; ▪ National Diploma in Office Administration, Paralegal or any other relevant field of study; ▪ Minimum 1-year relevant administrative work experience; and Knowledge of the Legal Practice Act

Skills & Competencies
Administration; ▪Attention to detail; ▪Communication; ▪Deadline driven; ▪Interpersonal; ▪Integrity;
▪Telephone etiquette; ▪Multi-tasking; ▪Time management; ▪Team player; ▪Typing and Working under pressure;

Key Responsibilities
Attend to typing of letters, memoranda, and minutes; ▪ Develop and manage a filing system for the office; data Capturing; ▪ handle all administration relating to the public’s complaints and disciplinary matters;
▪handle all administration relating to risk and compliance matters;▪ handle all administration relating to curatorship matters;▪handle all administration relating to practitioners’ records, admissions, and articles of clerkship;▪handle all administration relating to training, education and accreditations;▪ adhere to stipulated timeframes in the carrying out of administrative duties;▪Input into the preparation of departmental reports;▪assist with preparations for Committees and Council meetings;▪ assist in the
handing of general telephonic enquiries, escalating for query resolution when required;▪ Maintain up-todate and accurate files of all correspondence and documentation and maintain relevant departmental database.

Senior Administrator: Pro-bono

Vacancy : Senior Administrator: Pro-bono
Province : Gauteng: (Pretoria) Ref No: GP18/2021
CTC Salary Package: R 358 726 all-inclusive package p.a

Minimum Appointment Requirements
Matric (Grade 12); ▪ National Diploma in Administration or similar (NQF 6); ▪ 4 years administrative experience; ▪ Computer literacy (MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook); ▪ Knowledge of Legal Practice Act

Skills & Competencies
Administration; ▪Attention to detail; ▪Communication; ▪Deadline driven; ▪Interpersonal; ▪Integrity;
▪Telephone etiquette; ▪multi-tasking; ▪Time management; ▪Team player; ▪Typing and Working under pressure.

Bookkeeper: Curatorship & Audits (6 months fixed-term contract)

Vacancy : Bookkeeper: Curatorship & Audits (6 months fixed-term contract)
Province : Gauteng (Pretoria) Ref No: GP19/2025
CTC Salary Package: R28 000 p.m.

Minimum Appointment Requirements
Matric (Grade 12); ▪ Diploma in Accounting (NQF Level 6); ▪5 years’ bookkeeping experience (for NQF Level 6) or 4 years bookkeeping experience (for NQF Level 7); ▪ B. Com Accounting (NQF Level 7) is an advantage; ▪ Experience working with Sage X3 is an advantage; ▪ MS Office; ▪ Preparation of accounting records for legal practitioner trust accounts; ▪ Financial and bookkeeping principles; ▪ ERP accounting systems (preferably Sage X3 or Sage 300); ▪ Ability to process journal entries

Skills & Competencies
Analytical; ▪ paying attention to detail; ▪Communication; ▪Accuracy; ▪Interpersonal; ▪Deadline driven;
▪Problem solving; ▪Integrity; ▪Reporting; ▪Work under pressure; ▪Time management

Key Responsibilities
Liaise with banks to obtain the bank statements in all curatorship matters; ▪Manage requests for information and queries allocation of transactions on SAGE; ▪Log any technical issues with the SAGE system with support and ensure remediation; ▪ Maintain records of the financial affairs of all curatorship matters on a monthly basis ; ▪ Upload copies of all bank statements on MS Teams and Sage X3; ▪ Bank reconciliations; ▪Provide monthly reports on the movement of curatorship balances; ▪Analyse and summarise the curator balances and movements; ▪Present financial reports to the Curator; ▪Assist with
reporting to the Legal Practitioners Fidelity Fund; Prepare weekly and monthly payments to Trust Creditors; Prepare expense claims for submission to the Fidelity Fund; Manage debtors and / or creditors ledger to prevent long outstanding items; Reconcile bank accounts and produce bank reconciliations.

Finance Clerk

Vacancy : Finance Clerk
Provincial Office : Gauteng (Pretoria): Ref No: GP20/2025
CTC Salary Package : R279 245,00 all-inclusive package p.a.

Minimum Appointment Requirements
Matric/Grade 12 Certificate; ▪ National Diploma Finance (NQF 6), ▪Finance NQF 7 advantageous, ▪2 years financial administration experience. ▪ MS Office (advanced excel), ▪ Financial principles, ▪Financial accounting system; ▪Document management and Finance policies and procedures, ▪ SAGE Payroll, ▪ Sage 300 Payables.

Skills & Competencies
Good working knowledge of MS Office, ▪ Assertive with good interpersonal skills, ▪ Proactive and able to work independently, ▪ Excellent communication skills at all levels, ▪ Accuracy and attention to detail, Excellent problem-solving skills, ▪ Task-oriented and deadline-driven, ▪ Ability to work in a team.

Key Responsibilities
Preparation of payment requisitions; ▪ Assist with obtaining quotations for goods and services and processing of quotations in the orderbook; ▪ Handle all office Printer and Copier Machines including meter readings; ▪ Liaise with Nashua for all machines related queries; ▪ Liaise with Santam for all insurance related matters; ▪ Process and reconcile the payables cashbook in relation to the Councillors payments; ▪Capturing IRP5 Batches for SARS; ▪ Submit mid and annual EMP500; ▪ Issuing IPR5 to Councillors on request; ▪ Maintain the Sage Payroll database in relations to Councillors, for e.g. ID
numbers, Tax Numbers etc; Preparation and submitting for approval, requisitions for Council Honoraria;
▪Resolve queries related to Honoraria payments;▪ Maintain related policy and guidelines related to Honoraria payment rates ; ▪ Taking all telephone queries from the clients after the statements or SMS’s were send; ▪ Make follow up telephonically with clients whose payments are not allocated correctly; ▪
Assisting with ad hoc Finance related requests and queries; ▪ Assist with the processing of cashbook, AP invoices into Sage 300, from time to time.

NB: Interested and suitably qualified persons may send their applications, indicating the position they are applying for and the reference number on the subject line, to the attention of:

Ms Tumelo Motseo or Mr Nhlanhla Nkosi: HR Officers Recruitmentgp@lpc.org.za: Contact number: 012 338 5801/5840/5825

Kindly submit a recently updated comprehensive CV, as well as copies of all qualifications (Matric and Admission (where applicable) Certificate must be attached), a copy of ID and a driver’s license (where applicable). All appointments are subject to vetting processes and positive results. The processing of your personal information by the Legal Practice Council will be done in accordance with the POPI Act 4 of 2013. Please note that correspondence will only be limited to shortlisted candidates. If you do not receive any response within 30 days from the closing date of the advert, consider your application unsuccessful.

We wish you all the best with your applications