Legal Adviser X2

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 381931**Salary**:

- £58,486 - £62,698- London: £57,114 - £62,698 or Regional: £52,867 - £58,486**Job grade**:

- Grade 7- Grade C**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- ORR - Legal**Type of role**:

- Legal Services**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, London, Manchester, YorkAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Legal Services is a highly regarded team from a mixture of Civil Service and private practice backgrounds. The team provides legal advice in respect of all ORR’s functions and on corporate matters such as IT and employment.**Job description**:
The successful applicant will be responsible for advising across ORR’s regulatory functions. We do not expect applicants to have existing expertise in all areas of ORR’s work but you must be willing to advise on a wide range of matters in relation to both our economic and safety policy functions. This role offers the opportunity to enjoy a varied and stimulating case load, whilst participating in shaping the policies of our organisation.

**Person specification**:
For key responsibilities please see the attached job description.

**Additional Information**

**Qualifications**:

- Are you a qualified solicitor or barrister?**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Legal Professional Skills - excellent legal skills, including strong analytical powers and the ability to master new areas of law quickly.
- A sound knowledge of public law principles and experience of advising in relation to some of the areas in which ORR works.

**Benefits**:
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).-
**Diversity and Inclusion**:

- The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).- This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.**Contact point for applicants**:
Job contact:

- Name:
- Jake Brown
Recruitment team- **Further information**: