Lawyer, Group Legal, Group Operations & Commercial Legal (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

No two days here are the same! The types of work that you will do in this role include:

• negotiating, drafting and advising on a variety of key Group-wide supplier contracts for both IT (including SaaS and Cloud arrangements) and other operational services, such as business process outsources or consultancy services, working closely with the business, platform and Group Sourcing teams;
• supporting transitional services agreements (in the context of business acquisitions or disposals) and intra-group service arrangements;
• helping the business resolve performance or other contractual issues arising from ongoing supplier arrangements including resolving contentious matters;
• ensuring projects align with regulatory requirements and helping with horizon scanning;
• identifying key legal risks, advising on their implications for the Group and supporting the business by providing clear, pragmatic, solution-focused advice;
• supporting the team’s initiatives to provide training to the Group Sourcing team and Group-wide business partners on relevant legal topics;
• supporting the team’s helpline service for quick and easy access to legal support for ad-hoc queries; and
• being responsible for the effective selection and management of external legal counsel.

Is this role for you?

Essential:

• Applicants must be a fully qualified lawyer with a current practising certificate for a UK jurisdiction or equivalent legal qualification.
• Experience of negotiating commercial contracts, outsourcing arrangements and technology agreements gained either in an established in-house legal team or  in private practice.
• Strong commercial awareness together with a customer-focused approach.
• Excellent influencing and communication skills together with a pro-active approach as you’ll be required to interact with executives, deliver messages in a cohesive and simple way and build your internal network with senior leaders.

Desirable:

• Experience of advising clients from the financial services sector and an awareness of the regulatory requirements for outsourcing in this sector.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

We're dedicated to giving you opportunities and support to develop you to optimise your potential. This role provides the opportunity to develop numerous transferable skills including negotiation skills, commerciality and problem solving.  It’s the chance to join a brilliant legal team at an exciting time for the Group!

As a new colleague, you’ll join us on our journey to build a 21st century bank that reflects modern Britain, and craft an inclusive culture where all colleagues feel encouraged and valued.

We're committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve, and to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit. We support the principles of agile working and are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We're an equal opportunity employer and deeply value diversity within our organisation.

Together we make it possible.

As part of the Group's commitments as a result of ring-fencing legislation, colleagues based in the Islands are required to be exclusively dedicated to the non-ring-fenced bank and its subsidiaries. This means that colleagues who are based in the Islands would not be able to undertake roles for the Ring Fenced Bank from their existing location and would need to consider relocation when applying for roles.