Interim Legal Counsel

Onebright is the largest provider of outpatient mental healthcare in the UK. We combine evidence-based therapies, and a world- class clinical network to support more than 55,000 individuals per year and count more than 200 businesses, as our clients.

We work with major referrers including AXA Health, AVIVA, Bupa and other clients across the Private Medical Insurance industry, as well as Occupational Health, Statutory Services, Direct to corporates with many businesses that require mental health support for their employees. We also have a direct-to-consumer arm of the business, which has a raft of channel partners. More recently our group of companies expanded its neurodiversity expertise and capabilities with the acquisition of Psicon, a leading and rapidly growing provider of autism and ADHD assessments.

Are you a qualified Lawyer seeking a part-time, flexible in-house opportunity? We have an amazing 9-month fixed-term contract (possibly leading to temp-to-perm) opportunity to join us as our Interim Legal Counsel on a part time basis. We can offer flexible hours over 3-4 days, and you can work remotely (but if you prefer to work from our head office in York, this is an option too).

As Interim Legal Counsel you will support the Interim Head of Legal, as their first legal hire, with all legal matters across the Onebright Group, specifically Onebright and Psicon, providing practical legal guidance and advice across all areas including commercial (including IT/IP), data protection, compliance/risk, contentious matters, and group-level or intra-group agreements. You will help to develop legal know how, as well as tools to work with the business more efficiently. You will play a key role in continuing to build the Legal Department at the Onebright Group.

What we need from you

• Qualified lawyer, with prior experience of working in-house
• 2+ years of experience in commercial contracts and data protection matters
• Able to work autonomously, be adaptable and prioritise effectively
• Excellent negotiating, drafting and organisational skills
• Strong communicator who can articulate legal concepts and risks to non-legal colleagues in a clear and succinct way
• Able to build and maintain strong professional relationships across the organisation
• Experience of working in the healthcare sector desirable but not essential

How we say thank you

An exciting career is much more than just a salary. We also understand that everyone, regardless of culture, gender identity, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, or disability status, can contribute to our goal to make our work better for all. Our strength is in our people. At Onebright we have a range of benefits that include:

• 26 days holiday with an option to purchase more through our holiday purchase scheme. Plus bank holidays on top.
• When you need support, we rely on our excellent Employee assistance program to help you with your wellbeing.
• A private company pension with Royal London enabling you to keep one eye on the future.
• Your development is critical to our success so giving you access to Continuous Professional Development is always available to you.
• A very useful cash plan to help with those unexpected health issues such as dentist, eye wear or prescriptions and much more.
• Rewards gateway giving you access to an endless list of little perks and savings with retailers.
• Many of our teams are happy to work in a hybrid working pattern so we provide a technology package to keep you connected to your Onebright Team.
• Learning new skills is important so accessing our Onebright L&D platform will engage your enquiring mind.
• We encourage and reward our staff to "Refer Friends & Colleagues" with cash reward when they successfully join us.At Onebright we like to go further. So we want to ensure that once you get here, you'll still be going places.

Information to help you in your application.

• Onebright is committed to delivering in line with 'safer recruitment' principals and therefore the successful candidate will be required to undertake a credit check and a DBS check (Enhanced or Standard) with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), the cost of which will be met by Onebright.
• Onebright is committed to adhering to the Equality Act 2010 and provides equal opportunities to all applicants, staff and clients. Should you wish to discuss any adjustment or assistance you might need in the application or interview process, please contact our Recruitment Team and we will organise appropriate support.
• Please note, all applicants must be legally entitled to accept and perform work in the UK and we will seek to complete a Right To Work check for all candidates.
• For further information please email or call the Onebright Recruitment Team on for more information.