NWG (Northumbrian Water Group)
In-House Lawyer
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In-House Lawyer
About The Role
In House Commercial Lawyer
Full Time
Permanent
Salary – between £52,955 and £62,300 depending on experience
Location – Pity Me, Durham / Hybrid Working
About The Role
We have an exciting opportunity to join us as our In-House Commercial Lawyer. This role would see you draft, review, negotiate and advise on a wide range of legal, commercial contracts. This includes professional services, purchase contract agreements, supply agreements, software licensing agreements, framework contracts, internal business policies, contract templates, data privacy and other technology agreements.
Working closely with our key stakeholders in the business (including our Commercial, Partnership, Procurement, Operations and Customer teams) you would provide pragmatic solutions to legal queries and risks, always remaining down to earth and communicating in plain English.
You will become a trusted advisor to the directorates within NWG with a focus on supporting the NWG Procurement and Commercial teams.
This role would see you keep up to date with regulatory changes and proactively identifying risks to our business and solutions to eliminate or mitigate them. In addition, you would support business wide projects and matters related to competition, compliance and governance, employment law, finance, GDPR, intellectual property, regulatory law, and real estate.
About You
The successful candidate will be flexible and proactive, demonstrating the ability to work well and prioritize activities from diverse internal stakeholders under tight delivery dates. In addition, you will have clear and concise communication skills and the ability to present complex legal risks in a format which is relevant to the circumstances.
You will be able to work both autonomously and as part of a small team collectively advising our organisation. This means you will be commercially minded in your approach to legal risk.
You will also be able to demonstrate commercial awareness, understanding legal and reputational issues relevant to Northumbrian Water (including, regulatory, consumer and data privacy laws, competition law, finance issues and commercial contracts).
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Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.
Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.
We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.
Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment
NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.
About Us
Here at NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.
We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply
NWG At a Glance:
Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.
We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.
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We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.
Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.
Our Benefits
We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:
- Generous holiday entitlement starting at 26 hours, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
- Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 11%.
- Free access to local attractions.
- A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
- Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
- Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
- Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
- Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.
About Us
NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.
We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.
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