Senior Legal Counsel - INTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES OPEN TO UCL EMPLOYEES ONLY

The Senior Legal Counsel role is a senior member of the Legal Services department and will play an important role in ensuring an effective and highly respected service. The Senior Legal Counsel will be responsible for providing legal advice in areas that are relevant to the activities of UCL and the legal subject matter focus of the role, which fall broadly into the following portfolios:

• Commercial and university related work
• Property related issues and transactions
• Contentious and non-contentious matters
The role will involve working collaboratively with external lawyers to ensure they deliver tailored, cost effective advice to protect and further the interests of UCL. Where required, the Senior Legal Counsel will represent Legal Services at Committees, sub-committees, working groups and the like through appropriate and active engagement, and deputise for the Deputy Director or Director of Legal Services. The Senior Legal Counsel will also adhere to and promoting the One Legal Family concept. Please note we have five of these positions currently available. A full list of duties is on the attached job description., As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. Available documents


• Be a Qualified solicitor or barrister with relevant post-qualification experience.
• Have strong knowledge of legal issues in areas aligned to the subject matter focus of the role.
• Have experience of briefing and influencing at management level.
• Have experience of involvement in legal project management in relation to significant organisational cross-disciplinary projects involving legal and non-legal stakeholders.
• Have experience of positively contributing to building stakeholder relationships.
  
  The Office of General Counsel is led by the General Counsel, who reports to the President and Provost. It comprises the following teams: Legal Services, Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Governance, Policy, and Risk and Compliance.
UCL's Legal Services Department, which is led by the Director of Legal Services, is responsible for providing advice on a wide range of legal matters relating to UCL.

Please review the job description, paying particular attention to the essential and desirable criteria, and ensure these are covered in your application. What we offer As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan