Legal Advisor
Reports to Corporate Secretary
Location: Head Office
Job Purpose
The position exists to provide professional legal advice to the Authority to facilitate its business operations.
Duties and responsibilities
- Ensures that CAAZ fully complies with the statutes of the organisation.
- Represents, defends the interests of the CAAZ in courts of law with the help of the company lawyers.
- Renders legal advice to various directorates and departments of CAAZ to ensure that they transact business within local and international laws.
- Prepares contracts and ensuring execution of legal instruments to ensure that CAAZ interests are protected at all times.
- Ensures ratification of International Civil Aviation Conventions and agreements to which the Government of Zimbabwe becomes a signatory.
- Accurately adopting the International Civil Aviation Conventions and Agreements and presenting to the Corporate Secretary who in turn presents it to the Minister for ratification to ensure that national interests are protected.
- Provides legal services in Bilateral Air Services agreements (BASA) consultations to ensure that Zimbabwe’s interests are protected.
- Provides legal advice in the Contracting Process and ensuring full compliance with agreed policies, procedures and regulations.
- Draws up contracts for all aspects of operations in the CAAZ to ensure that the authority has adequate legal protection at all times.
- Contributes to the development of Terms of Reference for consultants and service providers to ensure that CAAZ receives value for money.
- Provides the Board and other Committees with secretarial services as directed by the Corporate Secretary.
- Keeps abreast with developments in the industry regarding changes in legislation in order to give relevant advice to CAAZ management.
Qualifications and Experience
- A University degree in Law from a recognised and reputable University
- Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
- Additional qualifications in air Law will be and added advantage
- 6 years’ experience in legal practice, 3 years of which would be at supervisory level
Skills and Competences
- Thorough knowledge of ICAO Standards and recommended practices
- Should have broad organisational awareness
- Thorough knowledge of international and regional civil aviation organisations
- Must have s high level of vigilance and sensitivity to aviation security and safety issues
- Must be enrolled as an advocate of the High Court
- Have a high level of initiative, integrity and ability to work with minimum supervision
- Must be computer literate
Interested candidates should submit applications and their Curriculum Vitae, including certified copies of educational and professional certificates to:-
Human Resources and Administration Director
Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe
Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport
Level 3, New Terminal Building
P Bag 7716
Causeway
Harare
Before or on 18 August 2018
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