Procurement Contracts and Governance Manager (AD.07.4)

Brief Description Requirements:• Bachelor's degree-preferably LLB or BCom Legal with a minimum of ten (10) years of related post articles work experience;• Relevant legal qualification with a minimum of 10 years' experience in the legal field and contract vetting and drafting experience of at minimum 5 years.• Knowledge expert and Understanding of Procurement and tender processes and procurement related legislation (at minimum 3 Years experience)• Drafting procurement related contracts - acquisition of goods/services (at minimum 5(five) years' experience)• Ability to engage with high-level stakeholders/governance structures;• Excellent business writing and document management skills;• Ability to work quickly and under pressure to meet changing deadlines;• Excellent computer and information gathering, analysis and management skills.Attributes:• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with excellent command of the English language• Willingness to work as part of a team when required and independently• Accuracy and great attention to detail• Strong administrative, interpersonal and listening skills• Excellent negotiation and persuasion skills at all intra- and inter-company levels• Process and results oriented: highly organisational, methodical, meticulous, logical and thorough• Ability to work under pressure and ability to respond quickly to internal external requests• Strong contract knowledge & composition skillset with contract management exposure• High level of personal motivation, confidence, proactive and self-managing/-starter and self-motivator initiative, diplomacy, time management, creativity and decisiveness;• Understand business and procurement protocols• Skills transferor & mentor• Computer literate including extensive experience with document management and editing software• Need to have working knowledge and understanding of the purchasing function and procure to pay processThe following competencies will be advantageous:• Knowledge of the higher education environmentDetailed DescriptionJob RequirementsAdditional Details