The role of Legal Officer - Corporate Commercial will include:
1. Supporting the Corporate Commercial and Regulatory in-house legal team in its delivery of high-quality proactive legal services in relation a wide array of areas including commercial, corporate and regulatory law in a variety of sectors
2. Managing a varied caseload of legal work supporting corporate, commercial and regulatory legal matters and queries and additional tasks supporting the wider team in delivery of our shared goals
3. Liaising with the Group's external legal advisors and working collaboratively with them on cross disciplinary projects and cases
4. Ensuring that legal services are delivered in a cost effective and efficient way
5. Manage the recruitment, performance management and development of quality staff to ensure required skilled staff available to fulfil contract specifications in line with customer expectations
6. Assist in the delivery of training on areas of legislation relevant to the Group's operations and property interests
Skills and experiences:
7. Degree, management qualification or relevant professional qualification
8. Experience working for an organisation operating in complex regulatory frameworks
9. Experience of handling an independent caseload with good attention to details
10. Proven experience working as part of a team on time sensitive and high-priority tasks.
11. Some experience of conducting research to overcome strategic issues.
12. Experience of contributing to projects and exhibiting project management skills.
13. Proven experience of undertaking statistical analysis and producing reports based on this analysis
14. Supporting the Corporate Commercial and Regulatory in-house legal team in its delivery of high-quality proactive legal services in relation a wide array of areas including commercial, corporate and regulatory law in a variety of sectors
Why work for us?
We provide homes and care for more than 250,000 people in England and Scotland. Our customers are at the heart of all we do. With around 14,000 colleagues, we foster a diverse and inclusive culture, and nurture and reward talent.
Our Benefits
As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:
15. 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays
16. A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
17. Life Assurance
18. Employee Advice Service including counselling
19. Cycle to Work scheme
20. Voluntary health plans
21. Employee discounts
22. Wellbeing support and tools
23. Employee recognition scheme
24. Staff Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
25. £33,397 per annum (rising to £35,144 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)
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