We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative and hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related Total Remuneration Package, which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won't be bored, as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.
Reporting to the Senior Legal Counsel your responsibilities will include:
- Draft, review, negotiate and finalise contracts
- Update and improve template documents
- Assist with dispute resolution, including consumer matters
- Keep abreast of new legal developments affecting the business
- Assist with regulatory matters
- Assisting in the review company policies and practices on a regular basis to ensure that all are in compliance
- Assist in the development and implementation of mechanisms for detecting, reporting and correcting compliance violations to assist in mitigating risks
- Assist with training and seminars
- Integrate with the business via regular communication
- Support the legal team as required
- Proactive with a consistently positive attitude
- Team player
- Good drafting skills
- Ability to work hard independently and within a team
- Ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines
- Ability to communicate well orally and in writing
- Strong planning and organisational skills
- Detail-orientated whilst remaining practical
- Good working knowledge of South African law in general
- LLB, admitted attorney in South Africa
- 1-2 years post-admission experience at a well-established law firm in commercial /corporate law, or in the in-house legal department of a large corporate, some regulatory experience would be an advantage
- Experience in commercial law issues generally, and particularly in drafting/reviewing contracts
- Experience in technology, retail, employment law or privacy law would be ideal, but is not strictly required
- takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa.
- We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
- We are short on ego and high on output.
- We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.
- We love what we do and what we are creating.
- is forthright but respectful
- is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
- is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
- is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
- is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
- is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
- is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input
- is curious and challenge the status quo
- is innovative and enjoys iteration
- is collaborative
- will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.
- thinks like an owner of the business.
- is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply.
