Head of Legal
- Recruiter
- Law Absolute.
- Location
-
Kent
KentKent
- Salary
- £95,000 - £110,000 plus car allowance + bonus + benefits
- Posted
- 12 Sep 2018
- Closes
- 11 Oct 2018
- Ref
- AP / 024528
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Category
- Legal
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
We are currently working with a highly successful household name in South East England who are looking for a Head of Legal to join their team on a permanent basis.
Reporting into the Finance Director you will be responsible for:
- Managing the legal function which will include recruiting to and restructuring the existing team
- Acting as the organisation's Data Protection Officer
- Advising on large scale commercial contracts
- Protecting the business against risk and advising on general compliance related matters
- Improving and raising the standard of the legal function
- Regular reporting to the executive and board
This will be a strategic role and to be considered the ideal candidate will:
- Be a qualified Solicitor
- Have strong leadership skills and be an experienced team manager
- Have GDPR experience
- Have significant experience in dealing with large scale contracts
- Have highly developed communication skills
Our client is an active supporter of flexible working both in terms of working from home and also for those who are potentially looking to work on a part-time basis.
If this opportunity sounds of potential interest please send an updated CV to apetrou@lawabsolute.com
Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.
At LAW Absolute we endeavour to respond to all applications within 48 hours. However due to the volume of applications we receive we may not be able to respond to every candidate individually.
If you have not heard from us within a 48 hour timeframe your application has not been successful and your details have not been retained. LAW Absolute acts as an employment business for temporary recruitment and as an employment agency for fixed term contract and permanent recruitment.