Legal Counsel

4 weeks ago

Canterbury Kent, United Kingdom Canterbury Christ Church University Full time

Are you a practising lawyer or barrister and experienced problem solver who enjoys working independently on a wide range of complex and strategic projects as well as part of a team? Would you like to manage, guide and inspire others to provide excellent legal services and develop while working in a supportive team?
If so, Canterbury Christ Church University has a fixed term role in its Governance and Legal Services team that could be for you. You will oversee the provision of legal advice and support as well as managing legal risk in relation to commercial, academic, student and consumer related matters.
In this role, you will be the primary point of contact and lead GLS day to day delivery of legal services to stakeholders. You will foster the teams already excellent working relationship with a variety of key University teams by providing expert, high quality professional, solution oriented legal advice to support the Universitys strategic aims.
Amongst other matters, you will be responsible for advising (including undertaking due diligence) on collaboration agreements with UK and non-UK partners for the provision of education, agreements relating to the procurement of goods and services, recruitment of students to courses, dispute resolution and litigation, matters relating to students as consumers of education, student placement and work experience agreements. You will be a senior member of GLS and will work closely and collaboratively with key teams such as the Senior Management Team, Senior Leadership Team, the Procurement teams, academic Faculties, the UK Partnerships and Apprenticeship Unit, International Partnerships and Development, the Finance team including the Insurance office, the Directorate of Student Resolution and Student Protection and the Quality and Standards Office.
You will combine your technical expertise with a very human approach and communicate technical and legal concepts and risks in a way that engages people working at different levels and in different areas of the University. In this role, you will not only be providing legal advice. You will be training colleagues, promoting best practice across the university (a large and complex organisation), maintaining a repository of template agreements and ensuring the University manages its legal risks effectively and complies with its legal, statutory and regulatory obligations. You will see how managing legal risk fits into the bigger picture of what our values-driven University stands for and will help others see that too.
You will join a small, friendly team, sitting within Governance and Legal Services.
We're excited to hear from qualified solicitors or barristers with outstanding drafting, negotiation, interpersonal and communication skills who can provide client-focussed and practical legal advice. We will be looking for lawyers with experience of working at a senior, strategic level. Significant knowledge and experience of preparing, reviewing and negotiating a range of commercial contracts for senior internal and external stakeholders is essential. The role holder is not expected to be a specialist in all legal disciplines but will need to demonstrate substantial core experience in advising on a wide variety of commercial contracts, IP law and a capability for quickly understanding and leading on all legal matters within their remit. An excellent knowledge and experience of advising clients on pervasive legal considerations such as contract, company, consumer and data protection law, legal practice, dispute resolution, and litigation are essential. A sound understanding of charity and consumer law together with the information governance and safeguarding obligations of a public body is desirable. Experience in the higher education sector and/or experience of consumer claims and litigation, working with insurers in respect of insured losses, whilst not essential, will be an advantage.
Our compassionate and dynamic university strives to transform lives through outstanding higher education and to enrich the communities we serve. We offer a supportive working environment, friendly colleagues, flexible working opportunities, occupational pension scheme and use of University facilities such as the library and fitness centre.
We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. Please note applications must be made online via the University website; No agencies, thank you.

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