Head of Legal Milton Keynes

This is a wide ranging Head of Legal role managing a team of in house lawyers as well as external advisors.

Client Details

Out Client is a National NFP Brand based in Milton Keynes.

Description

The Head of Legal services will manage the in-house legal function, external lawyers & oversee Claims recovery activities. This is a senior role operating at all levels throughout the organisation, including liaison with ExCo & SLT.T. This role will ensure legal conformity, contain legal risks within appetite and safeguard the organisation's reputation by ensuring that the organisation follows legal guidelines. The jobholder is expected to:

• Maximise financial recoveries
• Deal with complex legal matters and multiple stakeholders, provide accurate, pragmatic and timely legal advice and communicate, create trust and negotiate with all parties (lawyers & suppliers etc.)
• Draft and solidify agreements, contracts, and other legal documents to protect the organisation
• Provide clarification on legal language or specifications, ensure business processes are compliant with any relevant legislation and enhance legal competence throughout the organisation
• Oversee Claims recoveries performance across the whole of the organisation as well as optimising recoveries processes & maximise financial recoveries
• Provide management information on recoveries performance and manage the legal budget
• Be part of the Senior Leadership Team share and create ideas for the benefit of the business

Profile

The successful candidate will be a Solicitor, qualified in England & Wales or an equivalent Common Law Jurisdiction.

They will also have:

• significant post qualification experience (probably over 10 years) as well as in-house experience within commercial/corporate sector
• outstanding drafting skills with a highly pragmatic and commercial approach, sound understanding of GDPR and employment law fundamentals (NB: this is not an employment law role, but there is exposure to employment law within the subject matter of this position)
• the ability to manage complex stakeholders and partnering relationships
• experience of communicating and presenting complex information to internal and external stakeholders
• experience of managing a team of lawyers

Job Offer

Salary of £105-115,000 per annum plus benefits.

For further information around the package, please apply directly to this advert or, contact the exclusively instructed agent, David Taylor of Michael Page Legal.