Corporate Services and Governance Lawyer

at  NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

This is an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified or junior lawyer to join a thriving and exciting in-house commercial team.
Our dynamic Commercial, Regulatory and Procurement team at NWSSP Legal and Risk Services requires a full-time solicitor, legal executive or barrister to join the team to provide a broad range of services and advice to NWSSP and the Health Bodies in Wales.
In this role, you will work with supervision to provide contentious and non-contentious legal advice and assistance to the NHS in Wales. You will be given the opportunity to practice in areas such as commercial law, procurement law, associated public / administrative law, NHS regulatory law and information governance amongst other areas.
Our ideal candidate will be open to developing a specialism in any of the above areas and will come to the team with some relevant experience and a keen interest to develop.
You will have a passion for public service, have good communication skills, a confident approach to work, a drive to progress and an ability to demonstrate our core values:
Listening and Learning
Working Together
Taking Responsibility
Innovating
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we have high standards and expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening & Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility & Innovating, whilst ensuring trust, honesty and compassion are implicit in everything that we do.
We are adaptable, agile and flexible and pride ourselves on being a learning organisation - one where it is safe to make mistakes, where blame is replaced by opportunity, learning and improvement. Innovation is built into everything that we do.
We recognise our people regularly and have an Appreciation Station, to encourage staff to applaud exemplary behaviour in one another, alongside an Annual Staff Recognition Award ceremony aligned to our values.
We respect and value our people and strive for a culture of compassion and inclusivity. We are a bilingual organisation, and we have a team of Change Champions who advocate ‘This is Our NWSSP’ our principal change programme. Similarly, PROUD is our new staff network welcoming LGBT+ colleagues and allies to come together in a safe space for discussions, event planning and the opportunity to build supportive networks.
We have a comprehensive benefits package where there is something for everyone, supporting health, engagement and wellbeing and includes an Employee Assistance Programme. We have over 30 Mental Health First Aiders and work in partnership with local and national organisations to ensure the well-being and resilience of our people.
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