In-House Head of Legal - Litigation

An excellent opportunity for a Head of Legal to join a major purpose led organisation in the Midlands, taking strategic responsibility for its legal services function. This is a genuine opportunity to create and develop the team, leading solicitors and a pre litigation function while acting as a trusted adviser to senior leadership. Client Details Our client is a substantial and well established organisation within the housing sector, operating in a highly regulated and increasingly complex environment. The organisation has a strong focus on delivering excellent outcomes for its customers while continuing to invest in its people, services and communities. Legal Services plays an important strategic role across the business, and this appointment will have significant scope to influence how the function develops, how legal risk is managed and how the wider organisation uses legal insight to make better decisions. This is an excellent opportunity to join an organisation offering both the scale and complexity of a large commercial environment alongside a clear social purpose. Description The Head of Legal will be: * Providing strategic leadership across Legal Services, ensuring advice is legally robust, commercially sound and aligned with wider organisational priorities * Leading, developing and shaping a team of solicitors and pre liti...