LEGAL SERVICES
This unit is for strategic reasons located within the office of the Municipal Manager.
This unit is for strategic reasons located within the office of the Municipal Manager.
The responsibilities of the Legal Services Unit are:
• To provide vibrant, effective and professional legal service to Council, management and staff in the discharge of their responsibilities generally;
• Provide legal advice in the formulation of by-laws, policies and procedures to ensure that the municipality complies with all relevant legislation as well as its Constitutional mandate;
• To co-operate with other spheres of government in developing sound working relations and minimise areas of dispute or potential dispute in the legal context.
• Provide advice on Labour Matters.
• Assist in land acquisition and management matters.
• Provide Contract Management.
• Enhancing organisational efficiency by establishing a corporate governance compliant environment that enables the municipality to achieve its objectives.
It does through providing the following service:
• Preparing and submission of general and specialist legal opinions to Council, management and staff;
• Identifying and researching legislation that has relevance to the municipality in order to keep abreast of developments through the use of applicable legislative and related instruments/tools;
• Assist in the drafting of Council by-laws, policies and procedures;
• Reviewing and assisting in the drafting of contracts, acknowledgements of debt, resolutions declarations, etc.;
• Providing input and comment on planned national and provincial legislation having a bearing in the Municipal sphere;
• Reviewing and assisting in the drafting of by-laws to ensure compliance with constitutional and other legislative requirements;
• Monitoring and participating in the development of the Municipal Code;
• Appearing on Council’s behalf at Court in less complex matters;
• Appearing on Council’s behalf at SALGBC/CCMA;
• Monitoring ongoing litigation by and against Council and coordinating interaction between directorates and external legal practitioners engaged by Council;
• Performing administrative and managerial tasks relating to the section and coordinating the activities of the section.
Performance indicators
• Strategies for aligning legal services with IDP objectives and requirements to address challenges within the organisation;
• Effective budget management in line with operational budget provision;
• Improvement on the quality of delivery targets and interaction with all relevant stakeholders.
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