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RAF OFFICER LEGAL COST VALIDATION Jobs Details Here:
Department Name ⇒ RAF
Position Name ⇒ OFFICER LEGAL COST VALIDATION
Job Location ⇒ Johannesburg, Gauteng
Official Website ⇒ https://www.raf.co.za/
RAF OFFICER LEGAL COST VALIDATION Job Description:
THIS IS AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT
OFFICER LEGAL COST VALIDATION: T.A.S.K LEVEL 10 X2
OLCV01042023JHB
LOCATION: Johannesburg
CLOSING DATE & TIME: 4/12/2023 11:55 PM
Purpose of the Job: To validate and assess legal cost bills
Key Performance Areas
Perform assessment of bills
- Screening and checking compliance with RAF Act, Rules of Court, SLA and Applicable RAF Tariffs
- Evaluation of bills of cost that are settled and or taxed
- Assessment of Bills of Cost set down for taxation and those that are not set down
- Assessment of Bills of Costs for block settlements
- Prepare and make cost contributions and settle Bills of Cost
- Evaluate assessor invoices and accounts in terms of the SLA and applicable tariff
- Conduct research on case law and legal principles to keep abreast of developments
- Preparation of executive summaries for legal cost as per threshold
Assessment of Service Providers Bills and Invoices (Panel Attorney)
- Evaluate and tax Advocates accounts in terms of SLA and applicable tariff
- Evaluate Panel Attorneys files in terms of RAF tariff
- Evaluate assessor invoice and account in terms of the SLA and applicable tariff
- Assessment of disbursement of Experts Accounts
- Referral of SLA breaches to panel management
- Attend to block bookings
Attend to Taxation of Bills of Cost
- Prepare and make offers and settle Bills of Cost
- Attendance at Magistrate’s Court and Regional Court for taxations
- Attendance at High Court for taxations
- Appearance before the taxing Master to argue complex legal principles governing taxations of
- legal cost
Attend to Review of Bill of Cost
- Appearance before the taxing master and the Magistrate to argue complex legal principles governing taxations of legal costs
- Prepare review documents for review proceedings in court
- Serve review documents to opposing party citing the basis of review
- Attend court and appear to argue the basis of review in front of Magistrate or Judge
Attend to Litigation relating to costs
- Negotiate reasonable settlements of costs
- Request cost payment
- Recover extra costs where applicable and advise Management accordingly
- Instruct panel attorneys to oppose and settle costs and costs applications
- Provide advise to Legal department in respect of Litigation processes received
- Updating the status of claims view note
- Perform verification to ensure that the right payment is made to the correct attorney
Authorisation of Bills of Cost for payment
- Attend to Fee analysis
- Perform duplicate checks
- Evaluation of bills of cost that is settled and or taxed
- Process Bills of Cost that are settled and or taxed
- Approve Bills of Cost that are settled and or taxed in terms of delegations of authority policy
- Request payment on the system
- Prepare the source documents to be forwarded to Finance department for checking and payment
- Keep daily statistics of activities and trends on work allocated and work to be assessed
- Submit daily and monthly statistics as required by Management
- Keep record of statistics for performance management and review
- Attend queries from stakeholders pertaining to Bills of cost settled and outstanding payments of accounts
- Referral of writs reports to quality assurance
- Prepare batch report for payment department
Play advisory role and function to Claims Department, Attorney and Cost Consultants
- Prepare and render advice to claims section, attorneys and cost consultants
- Instruct Panel Attorneys to attend taxations on behalf of RAF in respect of courts not falling within the proximity of offices of RAF
- Conduct research on Case Law and legal principles to keep abreast of developments
Quality assurance on writs reporting
- Investigations, reconciliation of Writs and reporting
- NQF 7 (Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma) in Law or related qualification
- Admission as an attorney would be advantageous
- Relevant 3 years’ experience in a Claims or Legal Cost Environment
Technical and behavioural competencies required
- Personal mastery
- Emotional wisdom
- Ethics and governance
- Customer orientation and customer focus
- Communication (Written and Verbal)
- Report-writing skills
- Computer Literacy
- Negotiation skills
- Planning and Organizing skills
- Analytical thinking
- Problem solving skills
- Administration skills
- Team player with tenacity to work independently
- In-depth knowledge and thorough understanding of RAF Acts
- Attention to detail and ability to work under extreme pressure
Road Accident Fund Values
- Integrity,
- Compassion,
- Accountability,
- Respect,
- Excellence
Remuneration
The total cost to company of minimum remuneration package applicable to this position is minimum R349 998.00 per annum and will be negotiable commensurate with experience.
