Mencap
Senior Legal Advisor
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Commercial Contracts Lawyer (for Procurement contracts and Fundraising)
We have an exciting full-time, permanent opportunity for a Senior Legal Advisor to join our Legal Services Team. A small, dedicated team of Lawyers central to the work of Mencap across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We work closely with Mencap’s Teams and Directorates across the organisation to ensure that they operate safely and securely, and providing advice on complex issues.
At Mencap, we offer flexibility about where the role is undertaken. For this role, a presence in Peterborough is preferable where possible, but the individual would be required to attend team meetings in our Peterborough office once a month. Occasionally, it will be necessary to travel nationwide.
The Senior Legal Advisor will provide high quality commercial contracts and documentation, advice and assistance to support all Directorates across Mencap, as part of Mencap’s internal procurement process and Fundraising Teams.
The Senior Legal Advisor will be required to work with different Teams and Directorates across Mencap to:
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- Draft suitable and robust commercial contracts (including IT contracts); and standard terms and conditions
- Review third party’s contracts and terms
- Negotiate contracts and provide advice for the Fundraising Teams
- Ensure regulatory compliance and radar scanning for changes in law which impacts fundraising
The Senior Legal Advisor will represent the Legal Services Team on a number of Panels and Committees, such as the Procurement Panel, and would be the lead point of contact with the Legacy Team.
Qualifications:
For this role you would need to be a Solicitor or Barrister qualified to practise in England (or comparable jurisdiction) preferably holding a practising certificate. Previous in-house experience would be viewed positively.
Essential key skills, experience & abilities required for this role:
- 5+ years PQE and experience in commercial contract law
- Excellent drafting and negotiation skills
- Solid awareness of GDPR provisions
- Experience and good technical expertise in contract law and IT agreements
- Experience and good technical expertise in and awareness of regulation effecting fundraising agreements would be beneficial
- Analytical thinker and problem-solving skills
- Confident and effective communicator across all levels and understand how to share insights with stakeholders
- Excellent time management and communication skills and strong collaborator
- Dynamic self-starter with a sound ability to manage your own workload
- Commercially pragmatic, able to succinctly evaluate complex issues and deliver clear, focused advice
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If this role sounds like the move that you were looking for then please provide an up to date CV that demonstrates all your skills and experiences relevant for this role and tell us why you want to join Mencap. You can read more in depth information about this role in the Job Description.
First stage interviews are being held via TEAMS w/c 21st or w/c 28th September.
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