Senior Solicitor

Senior Solicitor- 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Competitive Salary 

Our core mission at the University of Dundee is to transform lives, locally and globally, through the creation, sharing and application of knowledge. We are doing that in all sorts of ways. The teaching we offer forms part of a student experience that is consistently rated among the best in the UK, and is producing graduates who are ready to help solve real-world problems and become future leaders across society. 

You will be given the unique opportunity to make a real impact in an inspirational international organisation.

Senior Solicitor Role Profile :

• The primary function of the role is to work closely with the Director of Legal to advise the University of Dundee on a wide range of legal and related commercial issues and to develop and deliver expert advice and support to the University. 
• You will ensure effective corporate governance and the development and maintenance of effective working relationships with, and services to, all University employees, staff, internal, and external stakeholders.
• You will work, under the direction of the Director of Legal, directly with business and senior management teams including our business development units who will rely on you for your commercially focussed, solution orientated advice.

Responsibilities of the Senior Solicitor:

• You will assist the Director of Legal to ensure that every part of the University of Dundee gets expert legal advice. The guidance the legal team gives is critical - it can influence a key constituent of the HE sector at a time of considerable change. 
• Key to this pivotal role is previous commercial contract experience (ideally learnt in-house), and the drive to grow a highly risk aware culture promoting compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements of the University and a dynamic, robust personality.  
• You will also be comfortable leading on the drafting of complex commercial contracts with industry and HE sector collaborators in a commercial (and at times international) context.  Appliance of sound commercial judgement to legal issues will be central to success.
• You shall provide dedicated support to a group of schools and departments on their respective legal risk issues.
• You will be reviewing and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements including research contracts, collaboration agreements, framework agreements and clinical trial agreements. 

Additional responsibilities of this Senior Solicitor role include providing commercial and legal advice throughout a project’s or collaboration’s lifetime, developing and maintaining standard templates and providing training and support to junior members of the team. 

Candidate Requirements:

• 4+ PQE  post qualification legal experience in private practice and/or in an in-house. 
• Recent relevant commercial contracts experience in a high paced environment.
• Ability to provide commercial advice and take a pragmatic approach to solving legal and commercial problems.
• An ability to effectively communicate complex topics and concepts to a diverse audience and demonstrate the highest professional standards of operation and service is essential.

On Offer for this Senior Solicitor Role:
A highly competitive salary and benefits package and the opportunity to work at an award-winning University.