Legal Advisor

3 weeks ago


Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom Supply Chain Coordination Limited Full time

Job Title: Legal Business Partner

Function: Governance, Assurance & Legal

Location: Nottingham, Alfreton, Leeds, Sheffield, Warrington

Contract type: Permanent

Salary: £57,942 with potential to rise to £68,167 over 3 years

Closing Date: Wednesday 4th September 2024

NHS Supply Chain currently has an opportunity for a Legal Business Manager to join our team during an exciting period of transformation, working to make it easier for the NHS to put patients first.

We are now looking for Legal Business Managers with experience in procurement law to join the team and help shape our long-term procurement strategies.

The successful candidates will have a knowledge of procurement law to advise on the form of procurements that will help design the procurement processes of the future and ensure NHS Supply Chain s position as a world-class procurement organisation tackling the dual opportunities that the Procurement Act and Provider Selection Regime offer the NHS.

Every day you will

  • Support the design and implementation of a commercial compliance framework that follows applicable legal rules and embeds best practices.
  • Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations in line with the SCCL Board s level of risk appetite, providing the standards on processes and controls.
  • Act as a subject matter expert on Public Contract Regulations, horizon scanning for the organisation, and ensuring that the category team operates to the highest standards.
  • Support the implementation of the new standard procurement documents.
  • Support the pragmatic development of effective and legally compliant category and sourcing strategies.
  • Represent the legal function at meetings of the Category Decision Forum and, where appropriate, the Category Management Forum to ensure that decisions taken are informed by an assessment of legal risk.

What can we offer you?

We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:

  • Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.
  • We recognise our employees' hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and VIP colleagues awards.
  • 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
  • We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
  • A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
  • Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
  • Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
  • 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community.
  • Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.

NHS Supply Chain, who are we?

Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.

We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.

What skills will help you thrive in this role?

  • At least 3 years of experience as a Legal Business Partner.,
  • Extensive experience of procurement law, ideally within a healthcare setting
  • A pragmatic approach to problem solving and an ability to engage with and involve a wide range of stakeholders and seniority across the whole of the supply chain.
  • A willingness to manage a case load without significant supervision and to respond to the demands of a fast moving organisation.

Want to develop your career with the NHS Supply Chain? Then apply below or reach out for an informal discussion about the role in confidence by emailing us at (url removed)

Our Inclusive Commitment

At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.

Struggling to complete our application form, and require additional support? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at (url removed) who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply.



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