Employer description & source details
A vacancy has arisen for a Junior Legal Counsel in Cape Town The Junior Legal Counsel supports the Senior In-House Counsel SSA in managing all legal matters for Rentokil Initial's Sub-Saharan Africa business (South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania). Support the role of the Senior In-House Counsel SSA for all legal matters arising from Rentokil Initial Sub Sahara business (South Africa, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania). Assist the Senior Legal Counsel in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating standard commercial contracts, procurement and supply agreements. Independently review non-standard contractual terms, addendums, and high-value customer variations, ensuring alignment with Group policies and the corporate authority matrix. Provide pro -active legal advice, support and engage all business units in respect of potential litigation, legal disputes to safeguard company interests. Liaising with the Senior In-House Counsel to handle strategic and administrative initiatives including developing and delivering training across all SSA regions. Provide functional guidance to the junior team members. Conduct mandated regular review of agreement templates, precedents, and legal review processes. Assist in identifying legal and contractual risks arising from daily operations and ensure adherence to company policies (Insurance Claims, Health and Safety). Evaluate and resolve complex legal queries and contract review requests escalated by the Legal Support Administrator and business units within SLA timeframes. Gather and consolidate key legal information to prepare updates to the executive committee on a quarterly basis. Be accountable for delivering against own role description Take ownership of targets and objectives Use experience to solve current problems Manage a high-level work
Extracted skills: excel, operations