Road Accident Fund is looking for a Junior Officer: Litigation T.A.S.K Grade 08
Location: East London
Job Type: Full-time
Key Performance Areas:
- Conduct Preliminary assessment of litigated files
- Investigate, evaluate and settle claims, applying technical knowledge and human relations skills to effect fair and prompt disposal of cases and to contribute to a reduced legal costs ratio
- Report complex, severe exposure claims for reinsurance purposes
- Recommend a litigation strategy and actions to bring the matter to finality
- Consult with plaintiff attorney to hold pleadings\ notices in abeyance until cancellation by either plaintiff attorney
- Confirm with plaintiff attorney to hold pleadings\ notices in abeyance until cancellation by either plaintiff attorney
- Give instruction to panel attorney on
- Issues on plea
- Issues on merits
- Issues on quantum
- Agreement of experts, where applicable
- Arrange follow up consultation date
- Diarise the file
- Monitor plan and strategy
- Evaluate outstanding information
- Assess claims for possible settlement
- Evaluate expert medico legal reports
- Follow up on outstanding information until all documents has been received
- Repetitive diarising on 6th weekly basis
- Escalate matters with litigious disputes to pleadings processes
- Verify and analyse data used in settling litigated claims to ensure that there is a litigious dispute and that decisions for further litigation process are made according to company practices, policies and procedures
- Ensure panel attorney trial preparation
- Confer with panel attorney’s legal counsel on the litigation strategy to be embarked on in preparation of trial and receive requests for approval in terms of the delegation of authority
- Ensure high court practice notes are followed
- Report on trial out comes and out of court settlements
- Examine claims investigated by panel attorneys, further investigate questionable claims to determine whether to authorize settlements or tenders
Qualifications and Experience:
- NQF 6 (Diploma or Advanced Certificate) related qualification to discipline
- Relevant 2 years working experience in a claims /Insurance/MVA environment
Technical and behavioural competencies required:
- Personal mastery
- Emotional wisdom
- Ethics and governance
- Customer orientation and customer focus
- Computer
- Knowledge/skill in court rules and litigation.
- Credibility and trust; ideally has earned the respect of managers, supervisors and other departments leadership at all levels
- Ability to work under fire; handle stressful situations in a calm manner
- A good understanding of the organization’s litigation infrastructure, services provided and
- customers/users
- A good understanding of the organization’s business and how panel attorneys effectively to contribute or are to contribute to the RAF litigation processes
- Patience, tolerance, resilience
- Statistical, numerical and analytical principles and processes
- Innovative thinking with service quality, and its improvement, within limits of costs and business direction
- Excellent communication skills orally and in writing
- Awareness of RAF vision and Strategic /business objectives
Interested candidates please apply with resume, current salary and salary expectations.
More Information
- Salary Offer R270 525.00 per annum and will be negotiable commensurate with experience
- Posting Date February 23, 2021
