Legal Officer – Legal Services – 1 Post

Duties and Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will undertake the following duties:
-Representing the Authority in all Courts of law, as well as in internal disciplinary hearings;
-Analysing court process instituted against the Authority
-Researching into law and making recommendations on whether to oppose the lawsuit or to settle;
-Liaising with relevant ZIMRA divisions and taking full instructions on lawsuits pertaining to those divisions;
-Drafting and filing of court process when instituting legal proceedings on behalf of the Authority or when defending the Authority in any suit brought against it;
-Liaising with and instructing external legal practitioners to represent the Authority where necessary;
-Monitoring progress of cases at court and cases outsourced to external legal practitioners;
-Analysing judgments delivered on cases in which the Authority was involved, advising stakeholders of the outcome of the litigation cases, and future course of action to be taken;
Identification and preparation of cases for prosecution of tax offences;
-Researching and providing legal opinions on issues affecting ZIMRA’s operations, and making recommendations to internal and external clients;
-Providing legal advice to all Authority staff to enable them to effectively carry out their duties;
-Participating in National Works Council Meetings and providing legal advice on matters arising therein;
-Giving personal advise to all staff of the Authority on any legal issues under the auspices of the Legal Aid Clinic except on Labour matters;
-Deputising the Head Civil & Criminal Litigation and performing his/her duties in his/her absence;
-Any other duties as may be assigned by the Head Fiscal Litigation/ Civil & Criminal Litigation from time to time.