Job Description

Purpose of the Job:
To render administrative and legal support and assistance to the Secretariat of the Financial Services Tribunal and Senior Legal Assistants.
Key Performance Areas:

• Provide administrative support and basic legal support and assistance under supervision to the Financial Services Tribunal in terms of section 61(4), 288 and 304 of the Financial Sector Regulation Act 9 of 2017.
• Prepare proper Tribunal records and ensure that such records are properly indexed and paginated.
• Ensure that matters are properly placed before the Financial Services Tribunal.
• Manage and maintain a proper filing system, both manually and electronically, regarding the Financial Services Tribunal matters.
• Provide assistance to the legal adviser regarding the secretarial services of the Financial Services Tribunal;
• Maintain and update the Financial Services Tribunal database.
• Manage incoming and outgoing correspondence and telephone calls relating the tribunal processes and procedures, take comprehensive messages and referring matters to the Legal Secretariat or Legal Assistants.
• Assist and support in gathering information, researching the law, and preparing opinions and legal documents.
• Under general direction, performs a variety of complex and responsible legal, confidential and administrative functions.
• Prepare reports and correspondence requiring knowledge of legal terminology and document formats, such as contracts, summonses, briefs, complaints and motions.
• Manage the entire consultative process of legislation and subordinate legislation, ensuring that the media and applicable persons/organisations have been notified as well as monitoring that comments are received before the target date.
• Respond to basic queries regarding the content of and progress of pieces of legislation.
• Compile draft court documents (notices of motion, affidavits, draft court orders, abbreviated court orders etc.).
• Prepare all documentation accurately, collate, index and bind ready for submission to court

Other Key Competencies:
The candidate must demonstrate the following skills and attributes: Good interpersonal and organisational; office administration; communications (both verbal and written) skills; highly reliable and trustworthy person, who respects confidentiality. The candidate must be able to work in a team and under pressurised environment.
FST is committed towards increasing the representation of marginalised groups in line with its Employment Equity Plan. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Please note that correspondence and communication will only be conducted with short listed candidates and that the FST reserves the right not to appoint if a suitable candidate is not identified.
Enquiries regarding the post should be made with Ms Busisiwe Qomoyi. Busisiwe.qomoyi@fsca.co.za
If you do not hear from us a week after the closing date of the position, please consider your application to be unsuccessful.
A Matric Certificate, an LLB degree or a four-year legal qualification plus 0-2 years' experience in a legal environment. The candidate must have advanced MS Products knowledge (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint).
Closing Date: 10 February 2026

Skills Required