The client is searching for a Senior Solicitor to join their leadership team, a newly-created position integral to advancing the client's aims. This role involves overseeing and managing the provision of legal advice related to trade union regulatory issues and ensuring compliance with legislative requirements for successful industrial action. The position also demands providing legal guidance to the clients strategic leadership on policy and campaign activities. This senior legal professional will supervise the professional conduct of in-house solicitors, ensure regulatory compliance, offer appropriate technical legal advice, and contribute to responses for government consultations regarding legal and employment matters. They will also assist in delivering legal training within the client.
The ideal candidate is a qualified solicitor with substantial post-qualification experience in employment and regulatory law, preferably within a trade union or regulated environment. Leadership and people management skills are crucial, along with strong advocacy, communication abilities, and a commitment to equality, diversity, and trade union values. This role offers the successful candidate significant autonomy in shaping the position to play a pivotal role in influencing education-related legal and policy decisions. The client emphasizes commitment to equal opportunities and provides excellent benefits, including 35 days of annual leave, Christmas closure days, and a defined benefit pension scheme. Flexible working arrangements are welcomed, catering to part-time or job-share applicants.
Interested applicants are invited to apply by submitting a CV and supporting statement, addressing specific questions regarding their interest in working with a trade union, supervisory experience, and legal expertise in managing complex regulatory frameworks. Applicants should provide examples of their experience with industrial action's legal aspects and significant cases or legal matters managed. The recruitment process involves providing referee details, with the assurance that referees will be contacted only after obtaining the applicants permission. The client is determined to support equal opportunities in the recruitment and employment process.