Assistant Director Legal Services

2 weeks ago


Canterbury, United Kingdom Canterbury Christ Church University Full time

Job details

**Salary**

£61,198 - £64,914 pa with excellent benefits

**Contractual hours**

37

**Basis**

Full time

**Job category/type**

Managerial

**Date posted**

30/04/2024

**Job reference**

REQ04990

**Attachments**
- attachment- REQ04990 Assistant Director (Legal Services) Job Description.pdfJob description

**PLEASE ONLY APPLY BY SENDING APPLICATIONS TO**:
**Applications through our normal system will not be accepted**

**About the University**
- The University has over 25,000 students, and 1,800 staff. It is a diverse, global and dynamic community. It has recently invested heavily in new Creative Arts and STEM Facilities and jointly operates the Kent and Medway Medical School with the University of Kent.
- The University has a large estate including freehold and leasehold interests and offers a variety of student accommodation options to its students. It provides conferencing facilities to third parties and has a historic wedding venue for hire. It has a track record of entering into successful commercial partnerships and other initiatives in order to diversify its income and commercialise its assets.
- It is a particularly exciting time for the university. We are at the start of Vision 2030, our new strategic framework, developed in partnership with colleagues, students, the local community and partners. Vision 2030 puts sustainable futures and our students at its heart.

**About the role**
- The Assistant Director (Legal Services) will be a strategic leader with operational responsibility for the University’s Legal Services team. This is an interesting and varied role with responsibility for providing a full range of legal services in relation to domestic and international commercial matters, consumer law, student matters, and a wide range of property matters including high value transactions, contracts and litigation. Our team is currently undergoing an exciting transformation and as Assistant Director (Legal Services) you will play a pivotal role in its success by leading a service re-design project to review and deliver an effective, digital first, integrated Legal Services provision.

**About you**

**Additional Information**
- At Canterbury Christ Church University, we offer a wide range of discounts and benefits to our staff. You will enjoy a competitive salary, excellent development opportunities and a great working environment with a wide range of benefits ranging from fantastic pension scheme, generous annual leave plus closure days between Christmas and New Year to the use of the University’s facilities including the library and fitness centre, which offers an extensive range of sport and fitness opportunities at affordable prices.
- Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. 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. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you.
- #yourCCCU_

**How to apply**

Interviews are to be held: 12th of June 2024
- The University is being supported on this recruitment campaign by the search consultancy MRG University People.

To arrange a brief conversation please contact our retained advisors:

- For more information about this role, please view the job description via the attachments link above.

**Location**

**Canterbury**:
**PLEASE ONLY APPLY BY SENDING APPLICATIONS TO**:
**Applications through our normal system will not be accepted**
- Assistant Director Legal Services



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