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Recruitment Manager - In-House Legal, Company Secretarial and Compliance
General Counsel – RNLI
Poole based – Hybrid working
The General Counsel role will provide expert legal guidance and strategic vision, direction, and management of legal issues throughout the RNLI. Working with the board and senior leadership team, this position will include high-level decision making and strategic input for the future of the RNLI. Based out of the RNLI Lifeboat Support Centre in Poole on a hybrid basis, key accountabilities and responsibilities will include:
* As a Director, contribute to the development and delivery of the RNLI’s strategy and vision.
* Lead and deliver provision of high-quality legal services, compliance advice and company secretarial services to create a resilient and healthy organisation.
* Take responsibility for strategic-level risk management and leadership, ensuring that executive accountabilities are understood.
* Operate as the ET's legal representative to relevant external regulators and legislative bodies, including the Trustee Board and relevant Trustee Committees.
* Lead the strategy and direct the agenda for Legal assurance at RNLI Executive and Trustee level.
* Define, agree, cascade and manage performance against the budgets, measures, targets and objectives needed to ensure effective delivery of the plans, processes and activities they are responsible for and track the associated return on investment.
* Identify and act on opportunities to improve RNLI’s processes, practices and provision, and encourage, facilitate and support their team to generate innovative ideas
* Recruit, manage and develop their direct reports to ensure they are performing at their best.
* Work collaboratively with colleagues across the RNLI, building relationships and providing support and constructive challenge.
* Define, and lead the effective implementation, delivery and application of, the plans, resources, processes, information, tools and systems needed to implement the RNLI's legal strategy.
* Define, and lead the effective implementation, delivery and application of, the plans, processes, information, tools and systems needed to design, develop and deliver legal services.
* Working with the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and ET, define, and lead the effective implementation, delivery and application of, the plans, processes, information, tools and systems needed to design, develop and deliver insurance services to the RNLI.
* Define and lead the implementation and application of the RNLI's governance and risk frameworks.
* Manage the relationship with relevant suppliers to ensure mutual expectations are agreed and achieved, and the relationships continue to meet the RNLI's needs.
* Lead and manage key relationships with Regulators to ensure the provision of compliant and effective legal advice and services to the RNLI
Requirements:
* Qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Legal Executive with over 12 years of PQE or equivalent experience.
* Strategic leadership interacting at the board level.
* Proven experience of dealing with varied caseloads with minimum supervision
* Experience working in an in-house organisation and managing a team of legal professionals across varied specialities.
* Experience managing performance against budgets, targets and objectives defined by functional and organisational strategies and policies.
* Ability to lead and inspire a senior team.
* Strong background in governance, regulatory and risk issues.
Candidates who are not able to commute to Poole three days a week, or have less than 9 years of experience in a senior legal position in the UK need not apply.
For more information about this role, and how to apply, please visit www.ssq.com/rnli or email me at Poppy.Taylor@ssq.com
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Director
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Legal
* Industries
Non-profit Organizations
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