Legal Counsellor: Service Centre (Temp) Office Based

Our Commitment to Our Champions

Our Champions work for a common purpose; to empower affordable and timeous access to justice through which individuals can enforce and defend their legal rights. Our Champions are integral to delivering on our brand purpose, and we constantly seek to grow our circle of Champions to enable us to expand our circles of influence.What is important to us is that our Champions feel connected with our purpose, are committed to our vision, feel empowered and recognised. We are thus focused on building people-centred strategies and practices and providing career development opportunities to enable our people to reach their full potential, both professionally and personally. We value our Champions the way we value our members.

About the Role

You will be responsible for

• Rendering general legal advice.

• Administering miscellaneous files (general issues of legal advice and problem resolution given by     Legal Counsellor).

• Consultations with Members and providing telephonic advice.

• General administration duties, e.g. diarising of files, drafting correspondence, perusing incoming

correspondence and data capturing.

• General Branch duties as requested.

• Providing regular feedback to Members, Managers, Senior Legal Counsellors and Head office.

• Assisting with ad hoc tasks as and when required.

These are the prerequisites to join our Company

• LLB degree with 1-3 years’ experience in the legal field or a 2-year paralegal diploma with 3-5 years’

experience.

• Admitted Attorney advantageous.

• Internal candidates must be competent on Legal Counsellor Level 1 portfolios of evidence.

• Computer Literacy.

• Proficiency in English and Isizulu

• Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills.

• Demonstrate exceptional attention to detail.

• Good people skills and able to liaise professionally and effectively on all levels.

• Empathy and patience in dealing with Members.

• Good consultation skills.

• Problem solving abilities and negotiation skills.

• Managing work (including time management).

• Building customer loyalty and customer focus.

• Following up and providing feedback.

Other Requirements

• Must relocate on own cost.

• Applicable background checks will be a requirement.

• Applicable Psychometric assessment/s will be a requirement.

LegalWise is committed to protecting your privacy. Your information will be used properly, lawfully, securely andntransparently for the purpose of recruitment processes. LegalWise has implemented appropriate technical and organisational information security measures to help keep your information secure, accurate and current.

Please note that LegalWise applies all recruitment and selection processes to the requirements of the EE plan and is committed to transformation.

Closing date: 28 September 2026

If you haven't received feedback from us within two weeks of submitting your application, please consider it unsuccessful.