As Senior Legal Counsel you will provide strategic, technical, timely, commercially aware legal advice and identify and advise on legal risks and issues across a range of contracts and projects on a pro-active basis and within Capita’s overall governance framework appropriate to skills and experience.

What you’ll be doing

• Providing accurate, timely and pragmatic legal advice.
• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating mutually beneficial relationships with clients and suppliers in line with the governance framework and Capita preferred positions (where available).
• Progression and resolution of disputes with clients and suppliers. 
• Drafting standard terms for new products / propositions.
• Briefing the relevant Head of legal on contractual relationships of concern, other areas of legal risk and opportunities being referred to the CRC process.
• Stakeholder management, which includes a close working relationship with the commercial and procurement teams and the wider legal team.
• Liaison with business to provide proactive commercial legal support to help them achieve: (i) their business plans and (ii) the effective delivery and management of existing contracts. 
• Promoting the use of Capita standard or best practice terms (where available).
• Making judicious decisions on deviations from Capita preferred positions, with escalations to relevant individuals where appropriate.
• Contributing to the maintenance of precedents, template agreements and know-how.
• Gatekeeper for and advocate of the governance framework. 
• Managing personal continuous professional development, sharing know-how with the wider legal team and assisting with development and dissemination of legal training as required.
• Assisting with internal reporting and ad-hoc projects. 
• Any other duties and responsibilities reasonably required that are commensurate with the role.  

What we’re looking for:

• Sound legal, commercial, business and negotiating acumen.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Articulate and numerate drafting.
• Attention to detail.
• Proactive, solution-oriented attitude to resolving business issues.
• Broad range of commercial legal experience.
• Professional and personal integrity.
• Project management and prioritisation skills.
• Approachable with strong interpersonal skills.

Experience

Must be able to work without supervision

Commercial contracts specialist – experience of bespoke services / outsourcing contracts required – must have experience of negotiating / drafting bespoke customer contracts – public sector experience and IP/software/IT experience a distinct advantage. 

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary
• 25 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• a discretionary annual bonus / car allowance
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform
• Flexible working location – including home-based.

You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You’ll be joining a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

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Equal Opportunities

We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. During the application process, you’ll be asked to share your personal characteristics and data with us. This helps us understand our audience so we can make sure we are doing everything we can to attract a diverse range of people and ensure our recruitment processes are fair and inclusive.