Junior Legal Counsel – Digital & Data Protection

Aviva are looking for a Junior Legal Counsel to join their Digital & Data Protection team.

The successful candidate will work together with the business to advise and deliver on Aviva’s strategic priorities with a specialist focus on privacy matters.

It’s an opportunity like no other to work in-house for one of the UK’s largest insurers. It means working closely with team members and the wider legal function, building rewarding relationships with key internal clients and supporting a range of internal business areas.

We’re looking for someone to become a trusted business partner, who has a working knowledge of privacy matters that can deepen over time in role. Someone who supports Aviva by providing high quality, pragmatic advice on privacy law requirements, identifying and mitigating legal risk and demonstrating commercial awareness that considers strategic objectives.

The role will include advising on the delivery of work across a mix of business areas with a strong focus on privacy issues and digital and data technology related law.  

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Providing advice on Privacy matters including all aspects of the UK General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act 2018, including the completion of Data Protection Impact Assessments, advice on the exercise of data subject rights, complying with privacy law requirements

• Drafting privacy policies and other documentation and considering the use of new technologies and processes under a privacy lens

• Providing advice on Digital matters including supporting the implementation of new systems or platforms, improvements and changes to digital customer journeys and experiences

• Drafting and advising on documentation such as terms of use and end user licence agreements

We are looking for someone with the following skills and experience:

• A junior lawyer who has experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house, ideally in the insurance, technology, digital, FinTech or financial services industry

• Working knowledge of privacy issues and experience in advising on digital and data protection matters

• Enjoyment of working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

• Able to demonstrate self-starting capabilities to gain and develop the required knowledge in a dynamic and agile environment

• Proven ability to work with people at different levels and from different backgrounds with strong communication skills

Qualifications:

• A solicitor or barrister entitled to practice in the UK with relevant PQE experience

• A working knowledge of data protection, digital related and data technology related law

• Top class academics with a passion for data protection and innovative technology

What will you get for this role?

• Competitive salary depending on skills, experience and qualifications

• Generous defined contribution pension scheme

• Annual performance related bonus and pay review

• Holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products through “My Aviva Extras” plus discounts for Friends and Family. (Some exclusions apply)

• Excellent range of flexible benefits to include a matching share save scheme

Working at Aviva

At Aviva, we’re people with a purpose. To be with you today, for a better tomorrow.

We bring this to life by ensuring managing risk is at the heart of the way we all work. We love people who do the right thing for our customers, and our colleagues. We want people who speak up, who take ownership, and who make good decisions.

The way we do this is important too, we’re all about our people – that’s you – so we can be pretty flexible. If you want to work from home some of the time or change your hours so you can pick up your kids or care for someone in your family, we’re very open to that. In fact, we don’t advertise roles as either part or full time, because we know each person has different needs, just as each business area has different needs. So, it’s up to you to discuss working hours during your interview.

We care deeply about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you.

We interview every disabled applicant* that meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us a separate email stating that you have a disclosed disability and we’ll make sure we interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Guv a call on 0750 008 7919 or send an email to Guv.johal@aviva.com.

*As defined in The Equality Act 2010*. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean you should provide us with evidence which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required and have the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential to perform the role.