The Department of the Premier, Western Cape Government, is recruiting for a State Law Advisor specializing in Legislation (Reference: DOTP 12/2025). This senior legal position offers a salary between R884,268 (LP-7) and R1,037,820 (LP-8) per annum, depending on experience.The role requires an LLB degree and admission as an Attorney or Advocate. Candidates need a minimum of 5 years’ post-qualification experience for the LP-7 level, or 9 years for the LP-8 level. Key responsibilities include researching, formulating, drafting, and editing provincial legislation, providing legal technical comments on draft bills, and offering formal legal opinions on substantive legal issues.The ideal candidate will possess extensive knowledge of Constitutional and Administrative Law, public sector legislation, and have excellent legal writing and legislative drafting skills. Applications must be submitted online by the closing date of 03 March 2025. Shortlisted candidates will be required to undergo technical exercises and competency assessments.
POST: STATE LAW ADVISOR: LEGISLATION
REFNO: DOTP 12/2025
SALARY: LP 7: R884 268 per annum LP 8: R1 037 820 per annum
CENTRE: Department of the Premier, Western Cape Government
CLOSING DATE: 03 March 2025
REQUIREMENTS:
- LLB-Degree with admission as an Advocate or Attorney; LP 7: A minimum of 5 years’ appropriate practical post qualification legal experience; LP 8: A minimum of 9 years’ appropriate practical post qualification legal experience.
- Recommendation: Proven experience in a legal advisory capacity; General experience in parliamentary processes; Proven experience in research methods and computer literacy.
- Competencies: Knowledge of the following: Constitutional and Administrative Law, public sector legislation, Interpretation of Statutes and relevant legislation and case law.
- Excellent legal writing and legislative drafting skills; Excellent written and verbal communication skills in at least English; well-developed innovative problem-solving and analytical skills; sound organising and planning skills..
DUTIES:
- Researching, formulating, drafting and editing legislation; Providing legal technical comments on draft legislation; Providing legal advice (including formal written opinions) on substantive legal issues; and scrutinising, drafting 181 and editing legal documents, memoranda, submissions and legal technical correspondence..
ENQUIRIES: Ms A Vosloo Tel No: (021) 483 4353 or [email protected]
APPLICATIONS:
To apply submit your application online only: via http://www.westerncape.gov.za/jobs or https://westerncapegov.erecruit.co.
NOTE:
All shortlisted candidates must make themselves available to be interviewed at a date, time and place as decided by the selection panel.
Please ensure that you submit your application on or before the closing date as no late applications will be considered.
The selection process will be guided by the EE targets of the employing department.
Kindly note that technical support is only available from Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 16.00.
Should you experience any difficulties with your online application you may contact the helpline at 0861 370 214.
All shortlisted candidates will be subjected to a technical exercise that intends to test relevant technical elements of the job, the logistics of which will be communicated by the Department.
Following the interview and technical exercise, the selection panel will recommend candidates to attend a generic managerial competency assessment (in compliance with the DPSA directive on the implementation of competency-based assessments).
The competency assessment will be testing generic managerial competencies using the mandated DPSA SMS Competency Assessment tools.
The nominated 175 candidate will be required to complete the Senior Management Pre-Entry Programme before they may be appointed into this post.
The purpose of the Senior Management Pre-Entry Programme, which is a public service specific training programme applicable to all applicants who aspire to join the SMS, is to ensure that potential SMS members have a background on processes and procedures linked to the SMS.
The duration of the online Pre-Entry Programme is 120 notional hours (15 days).
Full details may be sourced by the following link: https://www.thensg.gov.za/training-course/sms-preentryprogramme/ Furthermore, thanks to the huge public interest we receive many applications for our positions, and as such will not be able to respond personally to all applications.
Therefore, should you not hear from us within 10 weeks from close of advert please consider your application unsuccessful..
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