Job Description

Job Title: Specialist Legal Delivery - Centralised Litigation (X4) Fixed Term Contract
Position Reports to: Business Area Lead: Centralised Litigation
Division: Taxpayer Engagement
Location: Gauteng
Advert Closing Date: 08 October 2025
About the Position
An experienced Litigator who thrives in a high paced corporate litigation environment. The Specialist in the Centralised Litigation Unit is proficient in litigation processes in the higher courts with above average drafting, oral and trial advocacy skills. S/he would be detailed orientated with strong analytical understanding of moderately complex financial and tax structures, will have the ability to work both independently and with teams, strive for the SARS 'higher purpose' in achieving successful outcomes. Executed effectively this role will add to and improve the Litigation unit within SARS. Exposure to litigation in a tax environment will enhance the candidate's application.
Job Purpose
Centralised Litigation Unit prepares for litigation in the Higher Courts for various disputes, including but not limited to only those focusing on tax liability. The function involves the entire scope of litigation services, from researching legal and tax principles, analysing the merits of SARS position, drafting various court documents, preparing deponents, and possibly appearing in court. The members of Centralised Litigation Unit therefore must have a right of appearance
Education and Experience
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required
Bachelor of Laws(LLB) AND 8-10 years' experience in a litigation or similar environment.
Admission as Attorney /or Registered Advocate.
Minimum Functional Requirements
Job Outputs:
Process

• Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures and associated area's practice.
• Develop a single practice area in alignment with operational activity and procedural frameworks and ensure tactical implementation.
• Draw on own technical or professional expertise, knowledge and experience to identify and recommend tactical solutions to defined problems in practices.
• Finalise legal matters by identifying facts, accessing relevant sources, analysis, application, advice and implementation of the course of action.
• Identify tax and customs loopholes and potential risk and recommend legal interventions in an eff ort to close the tax gap.
• Integrate business information, compare, analyse and produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies and inconsistencies for decision making purposes.
• Optimise goal achievement through tactical strategy implementation and optimisation of practises, processes and systems across an internal value chain.
• Plan for value-added, continuous practice and system improvements to deliver on objectives to enhance tactical implementation and excellence.
• Proactively identify interconnected problems, determine its impact and use to develop best fi t alternatives, best practice implementation solutions.
• Translate top-down policy in relation to own practice area and communicate impact to relevant stakeholders

Governance

• Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies for own practice area to identify and manage risk exposure liability.

People

• Drive own performance in order to achieve work outputs in line with required response time, quality and service delivery standards.
• Integrate new knowledge attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.

Finance

• Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in area of specialisation.

Client

• Participate in the specialist practice community and contribute positively to organisation knowledge management.
• Provide authoritative, specialist expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders.

Behavioural competencies

• Accountability
• Adaptability
• Analytical Thinking
• Attention to Detail
• Commitment to continuous learning
• Masters Knowledge in Technical affairs
• Fairness and Transparency
• Honesty and Integrity
• Organisational Awareness
• Respect
• Trust

Technical competencies

• Business Knowledge
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Efficiency Improvement
• Functional Policies and Procedures
• Legal Advisory and interpretation
• Legal Compliance
• Legal Knowledge and knowledge of ethics
• Legal Writing Skills
• Reporting

Compliance Competency

• GOC Confidential

Employment Equity
The Employment Equity policy of SARS will be considered as part of the recruitment and selection process and Persons with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Successful candidates will be required to undertake an oath of secrecy, pre-employment screening, case study, pre-assessment, psychometric assessment and or vetting, and a declaration of private interest. The appointment is also subject to appropriate reference(s) and security clearance where applicable.

Skills Required