Senior Legal Council (Commercial Contracts)
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Glasgow, is currently looking to recruit a Senior Legal Council (Commercial Contracts) for an up to 4 month contract on a rate of c.£310 – £350/day (negotiable). This role will be hybrid working with 3 days in the office per week.
Responsibilities:
– Support the Head of Legal Services in providing high level/expert legal advice and guidance to senior management, Executive Team, Senate and to a large range of clients on a wide range of legal matters.
– Provide lead expert legal advice on complex commercial matters for the organisation, which matters may have significant strategic and/or external profile and impact, and in doing so exercise a substantial degree of independent, professional responsibility and discretion.
– Provide expert legal input into internal committees and stakeholder groups, influencing and facilitating different opinions to reach a consensus, negotiating terms and promoting/facilitating change as necessary.
– Maintain a pro-active, dynamic, and positive approach to unfamiliar areas of legal work, adopting a problem-solving attitude to develop appropriate options and provide (and/or obtain) robust, accurate advice for relevant stakeholders.
– Foster and build strategic working relationships across internal stakeholder groups, including interacting at a senior level and representing the activities of Legal Services with a high degree of professionalism in both internal and external platforms.
– Manage the often-competing demands and expectations of internal stakeholders by prioritising workload and setting and meeting appropriate service levels.
– Lead the development and implementation of continued process improvements in organisational legal workflow and effectively publicise the services of Legal Services across the organisation.
– Keep abreast of developments in the external legal and legislative environment.
– Assist the Head of Legal Services in shaping the strategic direction of the Legal Services function, evaluating the legal needs of the organisation, and consulting with service users to establish requirements and standards, with responsibility for taking a pro-active role in implementing change.
– Develop, motivate, mentor, support and collaborate with more junior members of the Legal Services team, including the Compliance Co-Ordinator, as required. The role may involve management responsibility in future, where appropriate.
– Engaging with external legal advisors as and when required when specific expertise is required beyond what is provided in-house, ensuring advice is properly procured, instructed, managed and represents value for money.
– May be required to undertake other relevant duties.
Essential Skills:
– Qualified to practise as a solicitor in Scotland, with significant experience of practice.
– Current unrestricted Practising Certificate
– Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development
– Significant experience of providing client-facing, commercial legal advice and taking a pragmatic approach to solving legal and other problems.
– Recent relevant experience of delivering complex contracts and significant strategic projects for diverse organisations, as well as managing dispute resolution, governance, and risk.
– Experience of working with, presenting to, and influencing a diverse range of colleagues, including senior management.
– Experience of developing innovative solutions, including the development of proposals for policy and procedural development/s and/or reform to meet stakeholder requirements and of contributing to strategic planning
– Highly developed commercial legal knowledge and skills, including the ability to deal with problems referred from other experienced professionals within the same area of expertise who are unable to solve complex difficulties themselves.
– Proven interpersonal skills, including the facilitation of behavioural change, negotiation, influencing and relationship building.
– Ability to proactively manage a varied and demanding workload, including well-developed prioritisation skills.
– Commitment to and understanding of equality and diversity issues relating to staff and student matters within a highly diverse community.
– Proven ability to work independently and on own initiative, with the ability to demonstrate good judgement on when to seek input from peers or senior managers.
– Excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail, with the ability to produce documentation/content for a variety of audiences.
– Proven, advanced, analytical ability to problem solve and identify/devise solutions to unprecedented issues, and to present ideas and suggestions to senior management and colleagues.
– Highly resilient in managing a busy role.
– Proactive, self-motivated, confident approach to work.
– Willingness to undertake further training and development in unfamiliar areas of legal work as necessary.
Desirable Skills:
– Experience of managing others, delegating activities and supporting staff to fulfil their individual responsibilities.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
Responsibilities:
– Support the Head of Legal Services in providing high level/expert legal advice and guidance to senior management, Executive Team, Senate and to a large range of clients on a wide range of legal matters.
– Provide lead expert legal advice on complex commercial matters for the organisation, which matters may have significant strategic and/or external profile and impact, and in doing so exercise a substantial degree of independent, professional responsibility and discretion.
– Provide expert legal input into internal committees and stakeholder groups, influencing and facilitating different opinions to reach a consensus, negotiating terms and promoting/facilitating change as necessary.
– Maintain a pro-active, dynamic, and positive approach to unfamiliar areas of legal work, adopting a problem-solving attitude to develop appropriate options and provide (and/or obtain) robust, accurate advice for relevant stakeholders.
– Foster and build strategic working relationships across internal stakeholder groups, including interacting at a senior level and representing the activities of Legal Services with a high degree of professionalism in both internal and external platforms.
– Manage the often-competing demands and expectations of internal stakeholders by prioritising workload and setting and meeting appropriate service levels.
– Lead the development and implementation of continued process improvements in organisational legal workflow and effectively publicise the services of Legal Services across the organisation.
– Keep abreast of developments in the external legal and legislative environment.
– Assist the Head of Legal Services in shaping the strategic direction of the Legal Services function, evaluating the legal needs of the organisation, and consulting with service users to establish requirements and standards, with responsibility for taking a pro-active role in implementing change.
– Develop, motivate, mentor, support and collaborate with more junior members of the Legal Services team, including the Compliance Co-Ordinator, as required. The role may involve management responsibility in future, where appropriate.
– Engaging with external legal advisors as and when required when specific expertise is required beyond what is provided in-house, ensuring advice is properly procured, instructed, managed and represents value for money.
– May be required to undertake other relevant duties.
Essential Skills:
– Qualified to practise as a solicitor in Scotland, with significant experience of practice.
– Current unrestricted Practising Certificate
– Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development
– Significant experience of providing client-facing, commercial legal advice and taking a pragmatic approach to solving legal and other problems.
– Recent relevant experience of delivering complex contracts and significant strategic projects for diverse organisations, as well as managing dispute resolution, governance, and risk.
– Experience of working with, presenting to, and influencing a diverse range of colleagues, including senior management.
– Experience of developing innovative solutions, including the development of proposals for policy and procedural development/s and/or reform to meet stakeholder requirements and of contributing to strategic planning
– Highly developed commercial legal knowledge and skills, including the ability to deal with problems referred from other experienced professionals within the same area of expertise who are unable to solve complex difficulties themselves.
– Proven interpersonal skills, including the facilitation of behavioural change, negotiation, influencing and relationship building.
– Ability to proactively manage a varied and demanding workload, including well-developed prioritisation skills.
– Commitment to and understanding of equality and diversity issues relating to staff and student matters within a highly diverse community.
– Proven ability to work independently and on own initiative, with the ability to demonstrate good judgement on when to seek input from peers or senior managers.
– Excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail, with the ability to produce documentation/content for a variety of audiences.
– Proven, advanced, analytical ability to problem solve and identify/devise solutions to unprecedented issues, and to present ideas and suggestions to senior management and colleagues.
– Highly resilient in managing a busy role.
– Proactive, self-motivated, confident approach to work.
– Willingness to undertake further training and development in unfamiliar areas of legal work as necessary.
Desirable Skills:
– Experience of managing others, delegating activities and supporting staff to fulfil their individual responsibilities.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
