Company description: The Clinix Health Group helps communities to live longer healthier lives through the provision of quality and affordable healthcare. The group provides integrated world-class healthcare systems, both internally and externally to the broader ecosystem, to become a trusted local citizen.

Job Title        :Group Legal Manager
Location        :Clinix Health Group - Head Office
Reports to     :Chief Legal Officer

JOB SUMMARY
To lead and manage CHG’s Legal Services and, in collaboration with the Executive Management, develop a legal, risk and compliance strategy in line with CHG’s overall strategic goals and objectives.

REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Qualifications

• LLB

Minimum Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ post qualification experience – specialising in corporate and commercial law.
• Previous experience in the healthcare industry advantageous.

Key Competencies

• Legislation, regulations, policies, procedures, and standards relevant to the industry in which the Group operates.
• Knowledge in healthcare-related legal, risk, compliance, commercial and corporate landscape and improvement.
• Computer literacy.
• Conflict management and dispute resolution.
• Leadership skills.
• Drafting and negotiation.
• Strategic acumen and leadership.

DELIVERABLES

• Implement, monitor and control the Group’s legal processes according to quality standards, policy and compliance and legislative requirements.
• Ensure the development, alignment, mapping and implementation of end-to-end standard operating procedures / processes for legal.

• Identify innovative ways to improve legal practices, processes and synergies to save costs, increase efficiencies and improve service delivery across the Group.

• Develop and maintain relationships with contracted legal firms to ensure quality of services offered to the Group.
• Perform legal research necessary to draft and analyse various contracts (existing and new), policies (where relevant and as required) and to provide advice to the Group.
• Draft, negotiate, review and amend and ensuring the execution of various and appropriate commercial agreements and standard templates for all business areas.
• Manage various litigation matters which include costs management, litigation process management and compile regular status updates for Executive Management.
• Conduct legal due diligence investigations.
• In collaboration with relevant stakeholders in IT, review and negotiate various software license agreements, IT services agreements, maintenance and support agreements, whilst also drafting and reviewing IT related consultancy service agreements and ad hoc IT agreements.

• Collaborate with various departments (i.e., Risk and Compliance, Procurement, Hospital Operations) to mitigate and minimise legal and related risks.
• Provision of legal advice across all aspects of the business and escalate or refer to appropriate people as necessary.
• Lead and manage the Legal team meetings and ensure participation from all parties.
• Sponsor company initiatives and projects as it relates to Legal.

• Reduce the Group’s financial risk by applying sound legal advice and principles.
• Negotiate preferential rates with external law firms and legal counsel based on volumes.
• Research, collate and present business intelligence to feed into management decisions and support business strategy.
• Ensure complete, timeous, and accurate reporting with appropriate levels of escalation to enable effective decision making.
• Remain up to date with relevant legislative developments and inform or ensure training for the respective Group representatives.