Head of Legal

2 weeks ago


Berkshire, United Kingdom SSE Full time

**About the Role**

**Base Location**: Flexible, however our preference is that you will be based in one of our key UK or Ireland sites, which includes but is not limited to:

- Glasgow, Perth, Reading, London or Dublin.

**Salary**: £ Competitive + car allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

**Working Pattern**: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible working options available

**What is the Role?**

Reporting to the Deputy General Counsel, you’ll partner with the senior management team of the Enterprise business and their core business areas, which includes Solar & Battery and Distributed Energy (Electric Vehicles, Heat Networks, Private Networks, Behind the Meter solutions, Digital Services and Smart Energy Systems). You’ll be accountable for ensuring the delivery of high quality, efficient and value-adding legal services in a fast-paced, dynamic and ambitious growth environment.

Your key responsibilities will include:

- Growing, developing and managing a multi-disciplined and multi-jurisdictional legal team in a complex environment across various markets and technologies, supporting the business to meet both strategic and financial objectives.
- Leading key legal workstreams for complex and fast-paced projects, focussed on distributed energy or renewable projects such as portfolio acquisitions and disposals and joint venturing/partnering.
- Working collaboratively with key internal stakeholders and colleagues in relation to strategy, projects, tenders, acquisitions, including sector directors, General Counsel colleagues and a range of specialist corporate functions in the delivery of your role.
- Advising the business on applicable legal and regulatory obligations, identifying and rationalising legal risk and ensuring legal input to the internal governance and compliance processes.
- Implementing initiatives and processes in order to set the highest standards and reinforce a culture of integrity, quality, responsibility and ethical behaviour.

**What do I need?**

We are seeking a credible and experienced senior legal expert with demonstrable leadership experience and an excellent understanding of the energy sector, corporate and commercial transactions and the key role our in-house legal team will play in the successful delivery of the Enterprise business’ growth plans.

Additionally, we are seeking:

- A qualified solicitor or barrister, likely with c7+ years PQE coupled with a solid track record of delivering high value and/or strategic transactions, as well as producing high quality and effective legal advice.
- Good commercial acumen, with proven ability to carry out commercial negotiations to fulfil business objectives.
- Ability to build, develop and nurture effective business partnering relationships based on trust, integrity and the delivery of a value-adding legal service, both personally and through your team.
- Strong people management skills, with experience in operating in a multi-disciplined and multi-jurisdiction team.

**About our Business**

Our in-house SSE Legal function operates across the SSE Group to ensure business actions and behaviours are aligned to business priorities, are legally sound, and reinforce a culture of integrity, quality, responsibility and ethical behaviour. We identify and rationalise legal risk, providing advice on both regulatory and statutory obligations, all whilst helping the business to achieve their strategic goals.

**What's in it for you?**

An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

**Next Steps**

Before commencing employment with SSE, you'll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.

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