Legal Advisor

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Legal Advisor to join a successful niche recruitment company based in Havant.

Location: Havant

Salary: Up to 35k (depending on experience)

Reporting directly to the Director of Business Support, the main responsibilities are:

• Act as the group's main point of contact for all legal queries.
• In consultation with relevant stakeholders, draft, review, negotiate and finalise all contracts for the companies within the Group. This includes internal and external contracts, standard and non-standard terms of business.
• Ownership of the contract management process, including uploading signed T&Cs to CRM(s), updating the group's T&Cs tracking sheet, drafting and disseminating the SoC (Summary of Contract) for non-standard T&Cs.
• Identify and address contractual requirements that affect or impact other teams, such as Compliance or Finance. Ensure these stakeholders are consulted and suitable compromises and/or new processes are developed prior to contract signature.
• Act as the group's SME for all data protection issues and queries, including managing the DPO inbox. Ownership of the process for data breaches.
• Continually assess legal exposure and risk against commercial opportunity for all aspects of the group across a wide range of issues/queries. Be able to make these assessments quickly and with sufficient understanding of the relevant considerations and wider impact on the Group.
• Working closely with the Compliance Team Leader and the Quality Assurance Manager to ensure a joined up approach between Legal, Compliance and Quality.
• Active participant in legislative change projects; supporting the Project Manager, updating T&Cs as appropriate, implementing new or amended processes within the Legal function to achieve compliance.
• Educating, supporting and assisting the sales teams to achieve the group's defined legal standards, including the delivery of training on legal issues as appropriate.
• Agreeing and meeting quarterly objectives as agreed with the Director of Business Support.

Qualifications and Experience:

Essential:

• Proven current experience of providing legal and commercial support to a complex and/or demanding client base
• Excellent knowledge of reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts
• Law degree

Desirable:

• Experience within the recruitment industry or other sales-orientated industry
• Experience of working in a busy role managing multiple matters simultaneously
• Qualified legal practitioner

Person Specification:

• 'Get stuck in' approach - take ownership of the role
• Quick learner with the ability to grasp wider impact/dependencies
• Resilient with strong communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Confident and able to build credibility
• Strong time management/priority management skills
• Measured yet able to make quick decisions

If you think this could be the next role for you please apply now