Head of Contracts and Legal
- Recruiter
- Law Absolute Limited
- Location
- Uxbridge, London (Greater)
- Salary
- £60,000.00 - £70,000.00 per annum
- Posted
- 07 Aug 2017
- Closes
- 04 Sep 2017
- Ref
- DR/022540
- Job Title
- Lawyer
- Practice Area
- Commercial Contracts
- PQE Level
- NQ
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Our client is a leading service provider and its brand is extremely reputable. As Head of Contracts and Legal you will be responsible for all legal and commercial contracts for the UK and Ireland.
You will have impressive people skills as part of your responsibilities are to manage a team of 3 Paralegals. You will be proficient in your legal knowledge of commercial contracts to a high level and you will have impressive communication skills with the ability to engage senior managers and board directors.
Your responsibilities will be:
- Review all legal and general commercial contracts
- Due diligence and review of propsoed contract terms and service level agreements.
- Escalation point for direct reports.
- Contractual administration includig letters of intent, third party agreements, direct supplier agreements, confidentiality agreements and contract extensions.
- Update libarary of contractual documentation.
- Implment and maintain department procedures to include operational efficiency.
- Update commercial documentation with respect to any regulatory or legislative changes.
- Provide legal training across the business as required.
- Attending external and internal meetings with respect to client and third party agreements.
You must have:
- Completed your law degree. This position does not require you to be qualified however, you must have the requisite in-house contract and commercial experience as outlined above. Ideally this role will suit someone who has previous in-house experience in an outsourcing environment.
- Contract knowledge and an understanding of the fromation of commercial contracts to a level of reviewing, drafting and negotiating.
- Commercial awareness and an ability to think laterally.
- Initiative, drive and flexibility.
- An ability to plan ahead and able to adapt to a busy environment.
- Great skills where you can develop good relationships operationally at the service level.
This position will report to the Head of Corporate Risk and in your capacity you will be at the forefront of the business dealing with the Board of Directors, Level Managers and Consultants daily on all operational issues. You will be someone who sees themselves investing in the future of a business and being a part of a team’s growth. Whilst you will work independently and autonomously in your role you will also have someone at the Head who will provide additional support with respect to any complicated legal issues.
Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.
At LAW Absolute we endeavour to respond to all applications within 48 hours. However due to the volume of applications we receive we may not be able to respond to every candidate individually.
If you have not heard from us within a 48 hour timeframe your application has not been successful and your details have not been retained. LAW Absolute acts as an employment business for temporary recruitment and as an employment agency for fixed term contract and permanent recruitment.