Senior Advisory Lawyer

Challenge yourself in this wide spanning legal advisory post covering information, commercial and regulatory legal issues. Join us and make a real positive impact in protecting patient safety.

As a Senior Advisory Lawyer, you will be providing legal advice, guidance, direction, and instructions to support proportionate and risk–based decision–making in relation to information and commercial law issues. You will take a proactive approach to advise on the exercise of statutory powers, keep up to date with changes to case law and help to ensure the GDC's processes reflect best practice and the GDC's regulatory strategy.

You will also share your expertise amongst the team, providing training and guidance, reviewing work and line managing where required.

About you

The successful candidate will be a qualified and practising solicitor or barrister or ILEX qualified. You will have significant post qualification experience advising on a range of commercial law issues, with demonstrable experience of advising on the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and GDPR issues a particular advantage. In addition to your professional experience, you will have:

• Excellent legal analytical skills with the ability to analyse complex legal issues and present legally sound, risk–based and proportionate advice and instructions.
• Proven ability to identify, manage and escalate risk, within established organisational risk frameworks.
• Demonstrable ability to manage competing priorities, working flexibly with colleagues and clients to manage fluctuating workloads.
• Excellent drafting skills, including experience of translating complex legal concepts to clear, user–friendly guidance for a variety of stakeholders.
• Proven ability to create strong working relationships at all levels of the GDC and with external stakeholders, ensuring trust and confidence in the advice provided.
• Commitment to the principles of equality and diversity.

About us

Our purpose is to protect the public by regulating dental professionals in the UK. All dentists, dental nurses, dental technicians, clinical dental technicians, dental hygienists, dental therapists and orthodontic therapists must be registered with us to work in the UK. The support and experience of our dedicated and highly focused teams is invaluable. This is your chance to build on your own skills and experience and make a worthwhile contribution to our work.

Our work matters and so do our people. We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion by recruiting and strengthening our teams with team members from different backgrounds, life experiences and viewpoints. Equality and diversity are not just words, they are what makes our teams strong and able to deliver. We want to be champions of diversity and to have a sense of belonging in the workplace, where everybody has the chance to contribute and to share what is important to them.

Benefits:

To reward you for your hard work and commitment, we offer an attractive benefits package that includes a generous pension scheme, flexi–time and 25 days' annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays.

How to apply:

For a full job description, including the competencies you will be assessed on in your application, please click the apply button.

Closing date: 23:59 on 25 July 2021

Please no agencies unless instructed otherwise