What will you do in this role?
In this role, you will report to the General Counsel, acting as the primary legal counsel to the English product group and sitting on its board. In that capacity you will provide strategic legal advice and guidance to board members, members of the Global Leadership Team and others on highly complex, high-risk legal matters. You will have a specific focus on overseas markets, and have supervisory responsibility over the relevant lawyers and other team members. As an active member of the L&BA senior team, you will assist in formulating the function's strategy, articulating its culture and mission and developing and managing its talent.
Who are you?
We don't mind which university you went to or where you trained. While we give an indication in the job description of desired experience in relevant roles as a guide, we're keen to hear about different experience which would make you a strong addition to our team.
You're curious to learn (we are an education and research publishing organisation after all), and a perfect mix of self-starter and team player. You show us how you balance your ethical responsibilities with your commitment to helping colleagues – it's a fine line which we pride ourselves on being good at navigating, and we're always keen to learn from colleagues.
Along with sound legal skills, you will communicate effectively, providing expert guidance at a time and in a way that enables business colleagues to achieve their objectives. Whatever you are working on, you will be able to deliver your own initiatives and projects in a way that inspires confidence, as well as working collaboratively with others in the team and the wider organisation.
Your success will be underpinned by your ability to prioritise, with a practical and pragmatic approach, when advising on a wide variety of day-to-day matters.
Location
We like getting together in the office, and we also support hybrid working. The split of time between home and office will be a decision based on your and the team's needs, rather than rigid requirements, though we're generally aiming for an average of at least days a week in the office. We'll give you the tools you need to do your job wherever that may be.
Rewards and Benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
1. days annual leave plus bank holidays
2. Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
3. Discretionary annual bonus
4. Group personal pension scheme
5. Life assurance up to x annual salary
6. Green travel schemes
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being th May and interviews are scheduled to take place w/c th May .
We may carry out interviews on a rolling basis. In the event we source a suitable applicant early, we reserve the right to close the advert early.
Why join us
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.
We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.
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