Counsel - Senior Manager Legal Litigation

LGBT Jobs; Sheffield; Hybride; GBP 54 000 - 66 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

30 days annual leave

Cycle to work scheme

Healthcare cash plan

Group Income Protection

Life assurance

Voluntary days and family leave

Résumé du poste

The British Business Bank is seeking a Counsel - Senior Manager Legal Litigation to join our Sheffield team on a fixed term contract up to 12 months. You will provide in-house support on contentious matters across our business activities, working closely with product teams, governance, risk and external stakeholders.

With at least five years' PQE or equivalent, you will guide litigation strategy, advise on regulatory challenges, and deliver practical, commercially aware legal advice in a

Qualifications

• Five years’ PQE or equivalent experience
• Experience advising on contentious matters within a litigation or regulatory team is important, ideally with financial services knowledge
• FOIA experience and providing legal support to business leads in-house or in private practice would be an advantage

Responsabilités

• Provide legal support to the British Business Bank on contentious matters across its activities
• Advise on litigation, regulatory challenges and dispute management
• Support governance and escalation processes with internal colleagues and external stakeholders
• Offer practical, commercially aware legal advice in an in-house financial services context

Connaissances

PQE 5+ years

In-house litigation

Regulatory compliance

Formation

Qualified solicitor

Description du poste

Counsel - Senior Manager Legal Litigation

Counsel - Senior Manager Legal Litigation

Location: Sheffield, UK

Job Type: Fixed Term

Highlighted points for this job

Location: Sheffield / Hybrid Working

Contract: Fixed Term Contract for up to 12 months

Salary: From £60,000 depending on experience

Role: Legal support to the British Business Bank on contentious matters

Qualifications: At least five years’ PQE or equivalent experience

Description

Location: Sheffield / Hybrid Working

(Expectation that you will attend an office 2 days per week)

Contract: Fixed Term Contract for up to 12 months

Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week/flexible days and/or hours (Mon-Fri)

Salary: From £60,000 depending on experience

THE ROLE

This is an opportunity to provide legal support to the British Business Bank on contentious matters arising across its business activities. Working closely with product teams, information governance, risk and colleagues across the wider Legal and Corporate Governance team, you will help the Bank respond effectively to litigation, potential legal challenges and disputes.

The role involves advising on contentious matters across the Bank, including litigation, potential legal challenges and dispute management. It also includes supporting governance and escalation processes with internal colleagues and external stakeholders, including DBT, HM Treasury and UKGI, while providing practical, commercially aware legal advice in an in-house financial services context.

Legal input and advice may be provided to Product Teams, Senior Management, Risk and Compliance, Local Growth, Policy, Strategy and Economics, Finance and Procurement as required.

We are looking for legal experience broadly equivalent to at least five years’ PQE, although applications are welcome from candidates with fewer years’ PQE who can demonstrate the required skills, experience and competencies. Experience advising on contentious matters within a litigation or regulatory team is important, ideally with financial services knowledge. FOIA experience, and experience providing legal support directly to business leads in-house or in private practice, would be an advantage.

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days holiday
• Cycle to work scheme, healthcare cash plan, Group Income Protection and life assurance
• Paid voluntary days, maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
• Benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and dining, to health and wellbeing, travel, and technology...and plenty more

About British Business Bank

The British Business Bank is an established and influential institution with a key mission of driving sustainable growth and prosperity throughout the United Kingdom. It plays a vital role in supporting access to finance for smaller businesses, facilitating their development and contributing to the transition towards a net zero economy.

Since its inception in 2014, the British Business Bank has functioned as a government-owned economic development bank, operating independently to fulfil its objectives. It collaborates with over 200 delivery partners, including high street, digital, specialist, and challenger banks, venture capital and private debt funds, as well as fintech platforms, to implement its programs effectively.

With offices in Sheffield and London, the British Business Bank currently employs approximately 550 individuals.

As an organisation that values flexibility, wellbeing and collaboration, the British Business Bank introduced a hybrid-working model in 2020. Our colleagues typically spend an average of 2 days per week working in our offices, striking a balance between the advantages of remote work and the benefits of in-person collaboration. The successful candidate for this role should be able to commute to our office (unless specified).

At the British Business Bank, we aim to represent the communities we serve, firmly believing that different perspectives make us stronger. We strongly encourage applications from individuals with varied experiences and backgrounds.

As a Disability Confident employer, we commit ourselves to having an inclusive, equitable and accessible recruitment process supporting applicants and employees, making reasonable adjustments whenever it is feasible.

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