Senior Lawyer

Red Snapper Recruitment are recruiting for 2 Senior Lawyers to join an independent national regulatory authority in the UK.

Location: London, Glasgow or Cardiff (1 day a week in the office, the rest WFH)

Contract: 12 months fixed-term contract.

Salary: £61,446 - £86,547

Main Responsibilities

• Leading and delivering the highest priority, high risk and complex legal projects across the regulator.
• Deliver significant leadership including mentoring more junior staff and leading on corporate matters including cross working groups.
• Plan, oversee and deliver a set of work deliverables on time and to a high standard through effective project management and support of multidisciplinary team members.
• Provide inclusive team leadership by supporting and coaching team members particularly in their area of expertise and demonstrating commitment to the regulators values.
• Build high-quality relationships with internal stakeholders and support the regulators engagement with external stakeholders.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified to practice as a Barrister or Solicitor, in England and Wales or an Advocate or Solicitor in Scotland or will be qualified 3 months from application date; or an overseas professionally qualified lawyer demonstrating evidence of preparedness to sit the SQE or BTT on, or soon after, appointment.
• Chartered Legal Executives are eligible to apply where (i) a Qualifying Law Degree (QLD) is held; or (ii) the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)/CPE has been completed; or (iii) where exams have been passed and a score of 50% or above achieved, at CILEx Level 6*, in all the following foundation subjects: Contract Law, Criminal Law, Equity and Trusts Law, European Union Law, Land Law, Public Law, Law of Tort.

Experience

• Ability to lead on highly complex and large legal matters and analysis.
• Significant legal expertise and capability, as demonstrated by proven record of high performance and substantial achievements in past positions in any one of the following: energy law; economic regulation; consumer protection; competition law; commercial or complex projects/procurement; public or administrative law or regulatory litigation in a context similar to that in which Ofgem operates.
• Exemplar legal knowledge and analysis, as the subject matter expert.
• Ability to demonstrate a deep technical specialism and/or a strong breadth of relevant legal knowledge and associated legal risk.
• Demonstrable and proactive commitment to the development of subject-matter expertise and capability across a legal function.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to present findings of analysis in a clear and compelling manner to technical and non-technical audiences, and defend findings, based on evidence.
• Resilient and able to work under pressure and on demanding and challenging projects.
• Extensive experience working collaboratively with diverse colleagues.

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience of practicing law in the UK.
• Knowledge of one or more of: Information Law, Human Rights Law, Public Procurement Law, Environmental Law, Insolvency Law.
• Experience advising in relation to corporate or project finance, investment or funding agreements and financial reporting.

If this role is not for you but you do know somebody who would be interested, please refer them. We have a referral bonus scheme and will pay £75, in retail vouchers of your choice, for referrals who are not already known to us.

Due to the high volume of applications received, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, I am afraid your application has been unsuccessful.