The Mvula Trust, a leading developmental NGO, has the following exciting opportunity in the Head Office (Gauteng)
Due Date: 10 August 2025
Job Title: Contracts & Compliance
Duration: 12 months contract
No. of Posts: x1 Intern
Region: Head Office (Midrand)
The objective of the Position
An Intern Contracts and Compliance (ICC) will report to the Manager: Contracts and Compliance (CCM) within the operations and shall with his/her supervision provide support to the TMT on legal, contracts and compliance matters. The ICC should demonstrate basic knowledge of the law of contract (incl. drafting and interpretation), interpretation of statutes, compliance law and procurement law to enable him/her to effectively assist the CCM office in executing its daily support duties. Below are some tasks to be executed by an ICC in an Assistant Capacity – as identified in the Key Performance Areas.
Key Performance Indicators
- Serve as the main point of contact for clients and Project Managers.
- Advise on contracts and business proposal.
- Craft, evaluate, negotiate and execute different contracts covering a range of transactions.
- Vetting and day-to-day management of contracts, business proposals, and other designated processes for investor and bulk infrastructure contracts.
- Input and advice on contract management, identify contractual discrepancies, and interact with relevant stakeholders to correct the discrepancies.
- Maintain contractual records and related correspondence of concluded contracts and those in progress
- Meetings or workshops to present information to stakeholders about all contract-related matters.
- Identifying potential contracts risks and implement measures to mitigate the risks.
- Contribution to the review of risk registers annually and as and when necessary.
- Provide opinions and advise on contract related matters before they become litigious.
- Implementation of preventative contract-related measures that may affect income.
- Provide legal and contractual support and guidance to other units as and when needed
- Liaise with management and finance on the applicable price increase for contract extensions
- Develop policies and SOPs to ensure alignment and compliance with relevant legislation
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Degree.
- Minimum 0-1 years of work experience.
- Basic knowledge of interpretation of statutes, contract law (incl. drafting and interpretation of contracts), compliance law and procurement law.
- Knowledge of construction industry contracts.
- Computer literacy (MS Office) – Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
General Information
Tel: 011 403 3425
Board of Trustee: Silas Mbedzi (CEO).
Interested candidates are requested to e-mail their CVs to: recruitment@themvulatrust.org.za.
Please do not send any certificates, diplomas or testimonials
The mvula trust is an equal opportunity employer. Correspondence will only be entered into with shortlisted candidates. If you have not heard from us within 30 days of the closing date, please accept that your application has been unsuccessful. The Mvula trust reserves the right not to make any appointments.
The Mvula Trust is championing the Community – Based Approach model for sustainable creation and development of social infrastructure. The model emphasizes the empowerment of residents and participation in the planning and implementation of projects in their own communities. Training on operations and maintenance is central to the services that The Mvula Trust delivers, as this ensures that communities are able to maintain their facilities.
The Mvula Trust’s objective and approach is to collaborate with government and civil society groups towards empowering communities and strengthening the social network. Community empowerment, capacity building initiatives as well as expertise are combined with local government’s developmental mandate to ensure sustainable, people-centered development. Since its inception, The Mvula Trust has championed a Community-Based Organization (CBO) management model for rural development as well as pioneering a role in developing and testing the model in thousands of projects throughout South Africa.
The CBO management model emphasises practical and hands-on training of the trainees. The Mvula Trust provides remedial training as and when deemed necessary, based on continuous performance monitoring of individual CBO members. Post-project mentorship and support is provided, where necessary, in order to ensure project influence and sustainability. This approach maximises local economic development (LED) opportunities, skills development and community empowerment.
Since its establishment in 1993, the Mvula Trust has improved the quality of life for thousands of rural and peri urban communities through its community- based projects in household sanitation, school sanitation, water reticulation, solar powered water pumping, child-to-child health education, rain water harvesting, as well as various government-community partnerships.