Location: London with occasional travel to Newbury
Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits
Working Hours: Full time hours per week – Mon to Fri
Who We Are
We’re a global technology communications company that empowers people and businesses to stay connected and thrive in a digital world. With a focus on innovation, sustainability and earning customer loyalty, we leverage cutting-edge technology to offer products and services that enhance communication and improve lives.
At Vodafone UK, diversity isn’t just a buzzword, it is core to who we are as a company. We’re proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work and are committed to driving inclusion for all; creating a workplace that is fully representative of the communities and customers we serve.
Join us at the heart of Vodafone UK in Corporate, one of the central support functions that underpin our business and keep us moving forward. We provide centralised support, expertise and guidance across our UK and Group operations, continuing to build on our success and trailblazing the way to our next stage of digital growth.
What you’ll do
1. Provide legal and strategic support on all aspects of our partner agent programme and Indirect sales channels, including B2B contracts and projects that support the Consumer Business Unit’s future retail strategy.
2. Draft correspondence and documentation, such dealer and distribution agreements and amendments.
3. Provide in-life contract support, working closely with the Indirect channels to support their strategic priorities.
4. Support transformation activities to drive continual improvements, adopting self-serve as appropriate.
5. Provide ongoing training to ensure key stakeholders engage as efficiently as possible and in a way that manages key legal and regulatory risks.
6. Develop and maintain good working relationships with stakeholders across business functions to ensure issues are resolved quickly, escalating to Senior Counsel/Lead Counsel where appropriate
7. Ensure the Consumer Business Unit understands what is required to comply with relevant law and regulation and deliver succinct and precise advice and risk-based reports to stakeholders to facilitate decision-making;
8. Keep up-to-date with recent legal and regulatory developments and emerging legal issues that could affect VUK’s operations, and advising the business accordingly;
9. Collaborate effectively with other parts of Consumer Legal, UK Legal, Corporate Security, Compliance, Regulatory and Group Legal; and
10. Work with the Consumer Legal Team to deliver excellent commercial and pragmatic legal advice and support to the Consumer Business Unit in a way that embodies the ‘Spirit of Vodafone’.
Who you are
11. Experience as a commercial or consumer lawyer in private practice or in-house;
12. Ideally (but not necessarily) experience across a variety of types of retail partnership agreements;
13. Experience in advising on consumer law and regulation in the UK would be helpful, but not essential, as would a general understanding of any of privacy, employment and intellectual property laws