Legal Counsel

2 weeks ago

Bristol, United Kingdom Unite Students Full time

Unite Students has a fantastic new opportunity to join our in-house legal team. In this role you will be a critical member of the Legal and Company Secretary team with responsibility for legal, regulatory and contractual matters in our operations businessand our nominations portfolio.

This means you will be working close to the heart of our business, focused on the success of:

- our relationships with Universities
- our student customers, helping ensure we provide a safe and secure home for the young people who live with us
- our digital operating platform and operational excellence; and
- our operating portfolio of property assets.

Unite Students is the market leader and our business, supported by the legal team, continues to innovate.This role helps us sustain and strengthen this market leading position, whilst being prepared to challenge the norm and help drive a better way of doingwhat's right.

**What you'll be doing**
- **Nominations agreements** - leading on the drafting and negotiating of nomination agreements with our University partners
- **Customer welfare and student tenant issues** - providing legal support to our operational teams across the UK on a wide range of customer welfare and student tenant legal issues
- **Utilisation Projects**:

- supporting teams as we look to deliver more value from our operating assets
- **Real Estate Support -**understanding and being able to understand our property ownership structures and support on intragroup arrangements affecting this
- **Licensing -**providing support to our local teams on the applicable HMO licensing regimes appropriate for their local council
- **Procurement / Supply Chain**:

- working with the Procurement team on procurement contracts and managing our supply chain
- **Legal and regulatory change** - monitoring legal and regulatory change affecting our operating business and collaborating with the business to understand the impact of this change and help prepare for and manage this change

**What we're looking for in you**
- Real Estate, Commercial and (ideally) licensing experience gained within a leading law firm or in-house legal team (likely 2-4 years PQE). Previous in-house experience is not essential and this role may suit an individual looking to leave private practicefor the first time
- Commercial acumen and someone who relishes working closely with an operating business and front-line teams
- Enjoys working in a fast paced, dynamic and innovative environment, with the freedom to make decisions and drive change
- Excellent attention to detail but with an ability to see the wood for the trees
- Clear and concise communicator

**What You'll Get in Return**
- An annual bonus so you can share in the company's success
- 25 days' holiday
- Pension - based on how much you save, we'll contribute 1% more
- Flexible working opportunities
- Shared Parental Leave - 18 weeks full pay
- Other benefits include, ShareSave, Bike to Work, Charity Match, amazing discounts and more

**About Unite Students**

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK's leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 25 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home We are driven by our values, culture,and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

**Instinctive inclusion.**We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn't just what we do but who we are.

**People make Unite Students.**Employees, students and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

**Room for Everyone**

We're proud to be an employer that **embraces individuality**, and we're passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong.We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a **home for success**, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what's right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for studentsthat live with us.

**We are US.

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