Legal Counsel I Regulation and Compliance

Takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Legal Counsel I : Regulation and Compliance to join our Legal team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative and 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.

This position reports to the Senior Legal Counsel

Your responsibilities will include:

Engage with a broad range of external and internal stakeholders to help shape the environment in which the company operates.

Continually assess and address policy risks by monitoring the public policy landscape, the impact of public policy changes and advising to the business.

Write or edit submissions to the government.

Ensure that all businesses adhere to regulatory requirements.

Implement policies and procedures related to legal compliance and key risk areas

Develop and implement a regulatory and compliance training and communications program that raises awareness and educates employees

Ensure appropriate monitoring and oversight is in place to constantly improve and test the effectiveness of the overall compliance program.

Collect information and data and report on the status of the compliance program to management and shareholders

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

Business focused and able to maintain a network of relationships with a large range of different partners, both internal and external.

Qualifications and Experience:

LLB, admitted attorney in South Africa or practicing advocate in South Africa

3-5 years post admission experience at a well-established law firm or in the in-house legal department of a large corporate

Experience in Ecommerce would be ideal, but is not strictly required (Preferred)

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’s 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.