Job Description

Deadline of Application: 19 Aug 2022 Item Number: DIR4-9-2011 Status: Permanent Place of Assignment: Legal Service Salary Grade: 28 Monthly Salary: PhP 145,427.00

Qualification Standards

Education: Bachelor’s degree Experience: Three (3) years of supervisory experience Training: None required Eligibility: Career Executive Service (CES) Eligibility

Preferred Qualifications/Competencies

Experience and Competencies

• Member of Philippine Bar, in good standing
• With at least five (5) years working experience in contract drafting, negotiation, litigation, and other related functions
• With strong organizational skills, analytical skills, excellent communication, and interpersonal skills
• With in depth knowledge in Philippine law, obligations and contracts, and procurement law

Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee the operations of the Service and exercise supervision and control over a group of professionals responsible for the following:
  
  • Drafting and reviewing PPP contracts and other legal documents;
  • Reviewing and providing recommendations to address potential litigation arising from PPP contract variations;
  • Conducting legal research and studies; and
  • Maintaining a database on, and monitors laws, administrative issuances, court decisions, and other legal issuances relative to PPP

• Plan and initiate the preparation of, and approve the annual work and financial plan of the Service defining the activities it shall undertake for the year and the Service annual budget proposal in support of said plan;

• Adopt and implement policies, standards, rules and regulations governing the operations and personnel of the Service, and see to their effective enforcement therein;

• Provide such guidelines as may be necessary to the Division Chiefs on the approach or substantive aspects of work assignments and on the distribution/delineation of their respective responsibilities/assignments as well as on areas where cooperative efforts among all concerned shall be necessary or required;

• Review and approve completed staff work recommended / submitted by the Division Chiefs;

• Inform staff members of general policies and new developments affecting operations and personnel of the Service;

• Coordinate, whenever necessary, with other Service Directors of with higher officials of PPP Center and other government agencies in the performance of the functions / responsibilities of the Service to facilitate its work;

• Represent the official position of the Service within PPP Center on all matters pertaining to its functions;

• Initiate, adopt, and implement measures for management improvement within the Service;

• Review and approve an overall career and performance development programs for the personnel of the Service;

• Direct all staff assistance to PPP Center officials and internal organizational units in its functional areas;

• Delegate authority for performance of any function of the Service to the Division Chief;

• Serve as Officer-in-Charge when designated, in the absence of the Executive Director and Deputy Executive Directors; and

• Perform other assignments as may be given by the Deputy Executive Director and Executive Director