Legal Counsel

**Company Description**

**_Salary: £45,000 - £57,000 per annum, plus performance bonus & benefits_**

**We are Together** -Proud to be a Financial Services success story based in South Manchester. Established in 1974, we employ over 700 colleagues.

A specialist lender offering a range of mortgage and secured loan products to individuals and businesses, who are typically underserved by mainstream lenders. We play our part to turn challenges into opportunities which make our customers' financial ambitionsaccessible.

Over 50 years of successful trading has positioned **Together**as a market leader, thanks to a common-sense approach to lending.

Together is currently undertaking a transformation programme and has recently adopted an Agile working methodology. These factors are requiring increased outsourcing and Legal support.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Advice on and negotiation of supply contract terms, in relation to the putting in place of new contracts, renewing contracts and contract variations
- Helping to devise innovative and efficient approaches to supply contracts work, in close collaboration with the Senior Legal Counsel (Supply Contracts) and other stakeholders
- Production and maintenance of appropriate template terms for use in connection with third party suppliers
- Updating relevant Legal and business colleagues with legal developments relating to supply contracts
- Assisting colleagues with supply contract disputes
- Managing external Legal support where instructed in relation to supply contracts
- Representation of Legal on project working and steering groups as required from time to time
- Ad hoc assistance on other legal queries and issues that arise from time to time

**Qualifications**

**Essential skills and experience**:

- 1 to 3 years’ commercial contracts experience
- Strong drafting and negotiating skills
- Excellent knowledge of contract law
- A working knowledge of the regulatory environment in which the Group operates
- Highly efficient, commercially minded and pragmatic
- Ability to work in a busy and fast paced environment
- Proactive and self-motivated
- Excellent communicator and influencer at all levels; upwards, downwards and with business stakeholders
- Positive team player
- Ability to make innovative and strategic recommendations

**Desirable skills and experience**:

- Commercial contracts (particularly IT) experience in financial services or another regulated sector
- Experience of advising on commercial contract disputes and litigation
- Knowledge and experience of other areas of law including data protection, employment and IP (or a desire to expand skill set to suit ongoing business requirements)

Qualification requirements:

- We are anticipating that this role would be suitable for a solicitor with at least 1 to 3 years’ PQE of Commercial Contracts. However, we are aware that this position could be filled by persons outside of this criteria and we encourage anyone interestedwith equivalent or greater experience to get in touch to discuss.

**Additional Information**

**Benefits working at Together**
- 27 days holiday (increasing with service), plus bank holidays
- Buy & sell holidays
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Matched pension contribution
- Life assurance
- Critical illness cover
- Health cash plan
- Private medical insurance
- Free access to company holiday homes
- Travel season ticket loans
- Ride to work scheme
- Free local gym access
- Local bar / restaurant discounts

Together Money embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference - we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team thatrepresents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.