Procurement and Commercial Solicitor

Procurement and Commercial Solicitor

London 

At RICS you'll shape your world: enjoy your work, be given responsibility and build a rewarding career. The work of our professionals touches every aspect of life, and our international standards across land, real estate, construction and infrastructure are shaping the world itself. A global force for positive change, we are building consistency and confidence that help to protect the public and safeguard the environment.

You'll play a vital role in bringing this to life - we're an influential organisation where you can really make a difference. The world faces huge challenges and we have demanding goals; we need your drive and enterprising spirit to help us achieve them. We're proud of being recognised by Best Companies with its top 3 Star accolade as a best not-for-profit organisation to work for.

We have a requirement for an in-house Commercial and Procurement Solicitor, to provide high quality legal advice to the Procurement & Commercial teams globally.  This is an exciting and role which requires an experienced, confident and highly motivated individual.  This role is based in our office in Westminster, London, paying a salary of £60K, plus a comprehensive benefits package,

Responsibilities will include:

• Provide commercially sound legal advice to the global RICS operations, to include legal structure and compliance
• Draft and amend complex contractual documentation (UK and international), including for EU funded bid proposals and supply of commercial services contracts
• Procure and manage instructions to external legal advisors (UK and international) where required
• Advise on the contractual terms of alliances/relationships with other professional bodies, to include Service Agreements, MoU and wider collaboration arrangements
• Guide and influence internal stakeholders, including Senior Management, on issues of legal risk and strategy, from a commercial legal and wider business perspective;
• Advise on commercial property and lease issues;
• Legal risk management in all areas of RICS business, working closely with Finance/Tax and the business;
• Provide support and advice in relation to international trademark portfolio;
• Supervise and support other members of the commercial legal team in order to manage workload and workflows to ensure timely delivery of legal advice and the development of internal expertise h;
• Work closely with colleagues across the business to ensure compliance with data privacy obligations (including GDPR) and Financial and Modern Slavery regulations for commercial contracts.
   

The ideal candidate will have / be:

• Proven experience in a similar role within a diverse legal environment, in house or private practice.
• Minimum 5 years PQE with a minimum of 2 years working with procurement teams.
• Previous experience of handling a complex caseload of procurement and commercial contracts.
• Ability to work accurately under pressure and deliver to tight deadlines.
• Versatility, to meet the changing priorities, and a desire to deliver an excellent service.
• Experience supervising and mentoring more junior team members, including setting of development plans and objectives to ensure engagement and high productivity levels;
• Current practicing certificate
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Good communicator - both verbally and in writing.
• Excellent IT skills including advanced Word, Excel, Microsoft Outlook and Skype for Business (or similar).

2018 marks our 150th anniversary - there couldn't be a better time to join us.

RICS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.  We encourage qualified candidates from a wide array of backgrounds to apply because we know that it's the differences in our people that make the difference to our performance.