MULTIPLE

Department
Other (Legal, Sec, Int Audit, Pensions)
Discipline
Legal
Site Location
UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire or Rotherham, Yorkshire
Type of Employment
Full-time
Reference Number

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Solicitor admitted in England and Wales with significant legal practice management experience
• Degree level and professional accreditation (to L7 Diploma)
• Experience of developing strategic priorities and using those priorities to enable culture change – business or project management qualification
• Excellent people skills, including coaching and developing others
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills
• Able to challenge robustly
• Creative in finding solutions to support the organisation to achieve its goals
• Highly motivated and collaborative

OVERVIEW OF RESPONSIBILITIES

The salary for this role is £59,723. Onsite working is expected for 3 days each week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working.
This role can be based at any of the following sites; Rotherham, South Yorkshire or Culham, Oxfordshire, or Whitehaven, Cumbria.
This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data.

THE ROLE

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As Legal Practice Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that UKAEA’s legal team operates efficiently, ethically, and in compliance with all professional regulations while supporting the delivery of high-quality legal services to clients. You will ensure that improvements in the legal service can be implemented, working in partnership with legal team colleagues and also with directors, managers, and key stakeholders to identify unmet legal need, coordinate resources, and help programmes obtain the legal support they need to deliver.
You will also link into wider legal networks including Nuclear ‘family’ law teams, Government Legal Department, Local Authority lawyers, and local law societies to establish relationships and share common goals and expertise.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for supporting the Director of Legal in developing the function’s business plan and priorities, aligned to the business priorities and UKAEA mission and goals and ensuring current and future capability requirements are met.
• Assist with team financial management including budget preparation and reporting
• Lead on work to formalise and document the legal team’s structure and processes including working with Internal Audit colleagues on establishing the function to Lexcel or equivalent standards.
• Act as compliance officer for Solicitor’s Regulatory Authority practising rules and requirements, monitoring the in-house team compliance with relevant rules on conflicts of interest, acting in the best interests of the client and confidentiality
• Ensure that administrative requirements for Practising Certificates and compulsory training are met
• Oversee the regulated training and admission requirements for any trainee Solicitors under legacy and SQE rules and ensure that training and experience provided meets applicable standards
• Lead on the implementation of new software and case/document management system and be responsible for data control
• Assist the Director of Legal in identifying and mitigating legal risk across the organisation, proposing improvements to existing processes where required, and assisting with production of information and training materials
• Manage conflict and disputes over in-house legal services and manage administrative support to the Director of Legal and the wider team
• Support the recruitment and development of employees in the legal and contracts team.
• Work closely with the Head of Learning, Early Careers and OD to ensure departmental/programme/business unit L&D plans are designed and implemented, ensuring skills gaps are identified and mitigated.
• Champion diversity and inclusion in all aspects of the role.
• Deputise for the Director and Deputy Director of Legal as necessary.
  Salary
  £59,723 + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
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