National Highways
Lawyer
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About the Job
As a Lawyer within the Operations Legal Team, you will advise on all aspects of legal operational matters, providing advice to the business on legal issues arising from the day-to-day operation of the strategic road network.
This is a diverse role and provides an excellent opportunity to apply your legal knowledge and skills to legal matters including managing the statutory instrument making process; advising on traffic regulation, management, and signage; advising our Network Claims and Dart Charge teams and our Traffic Officer Service on duties and powers; Highways Act 1980 responsibilities and offences including unauthorised incursions, encroachments, and obstructions on the network; litter responsibilities; automated vehicles and abnormal loads; advising the business on counter fraud and anti-money laundering; supporting National Highways staff in giving evidence in court proceedings; advising on resilience and business continuity, including crisis management.
- Advise on reputational risk, anticipate emerging issues, balance competing priorities, and manage stakeholder expectations to deliver effective legal support.
- Ensure compliance with relevant guidelines, legislation, and regulations, providing high-quality, practical, and in-depth legal advice.
- Manage external legal support, including overseeing quality, performance, and costs to ensure value for money.
- Build and maintain strong collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders across National Highways and externally, championing the division’s work.
- Support senior leadership through the preparation of reports and briefings, while contributing to team development, learning, and knowledge-sharing for legal and non-legal colleagues.
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About You
- Qualified Solicitor or Barrister authorised to practise in the UK.
- An understanding of Public Law and experience in one or more of the Operations Team specialisms, such as highway law, litigation, or legislation drafting.
- Strong experience influencing and working effectively with stakeholders and colleagues at all levels, including senior leaders, providing appropriate check and challenge while building and sustaining effective working relationships.
- Proven ability to apply legal skills to new or unfamiliar areas of law, and to explain complex legal issues in an accessible way to stakeholders and colleagues at all levels, including senior leaders, to deliver solutions within required timescales.
- Demonstrable track record of working proactively and independently with minimal supervision and demonstrating strong professional leadership.
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About Us
Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England’s motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers, and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork, and ownership. Legal Services encompasses the National Highways legal team, the information rights team, and the company secretariat.
Our aim is to provide the organisation with an effective legal service and support the Board, Chief Executive, and its committees on a wide range of issues. We offer strategic legal advice on commercial, planning, operational, highways, employment, regulatory, and property matters, ensuring legal compliance and minimising exposure to risk.
Current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
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