takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Legal Counsel to join our team in Cape Town
We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard- working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.
Your specific responsibilities will include:
- Draft, review and assist with the negotiation of various commercial contracts on behalf of the Takealot Group
- Update and improve template documents
- Assist with dispute resolution and general litigation
- Monitor and advise on new legal developments affecting the Takealot Group
- Conduct legal research, draft legal opinions, and provide legal advice to the Takealot Group as required
- Provide or facilitate training
- Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders of the Takealot Group
- Assist with the design, implementation and management of contract drafting and contract management software to aid the delivery of legal services to the Takealot Group
- Support the legal team as required
Attributes required:
- Proactive with a consistently positive attitude
- Team player
- Good drafting skills
- Ability to work hard independently and within a team
- Ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines
- Ability to communicate well orally and in writing
- Strong planning and organisational skills
- Detail-orientated whilst remaining practical
- Good working knowledge of South African law in general
Qualifications & Experience:
- LLB, admitted attorney or advocate in South Africa
- 3-5 years post-admission experience at the bar, a well-established law firm, or in the in-house legal department of a large corporate
- Experience in corporate and commercial law is essential, and particularly in drafting and reviewing contracts
Preferred:
- Experience in e-commerce would be ideal
The Environment:
- takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
- We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve
- We are short on ego and high on output
- We are doers and not only thinkers, it is all in the execution after all
- We love what we do and what we are creating
We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:
- is respectful but forthright
- is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
- is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
- is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
- is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
- is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
- is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;
- is curious and challenge the status quo
- is innovative and enjoys iteration
- is collaborative
- will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com
- thinks like an owner of the business
- is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING
If you meet the above criteria and are an Extraordinary Mind, come and join us!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
