Legal Counsel

Balfour Beatty VINCI; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure firm in Birmingham seeks a Legal Support professional to assist the Legal & Compliance team in managing project demands, mitigating legal risks, and fostering a culture of compliance. Candidates must have a law degree or demonstrated interest in law, organizational skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Office. Flexible working is available.

Benefits

Flexible working

Free parking

Travel allowance

Family friendly leave policies

Excellent pension contributions

Healthcare

Health risk assessments

Annual flu vaccinations

Qualifications

• Law degree or a non-law degree with an interest in a career in law.
• Conceptual knowledge is important.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office and learn new software quickly.
• Organized and able to prioritize work to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support legal and compliance team in managing project demands.
• Mitigate legal and compliance risks.
• Foster a culture of ethics and compliance.

Skills

Law degree or interest in law

Conceptual knowledge

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Organizational skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Sharepoint

VMR

Legal Tracker

R12

Teams

BMS

Job description

To provide support to the small Legal & Compliance team in managing demand for Project legal services, ultimately supporting the BBV JV to mitigate legal and compliance risk and to help foster a culture of ethics and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Law degree or a non-law degree with an interest in a career in law through other routes (e.g. conversion).
• Conceptual knowledge.
• Able to use Microsoft Office programmes, quickly learns how to use new software and able to teach other people (e.g. Sharepoint, VMR, Legal Tracker, R12, Teams, BMS).
• Organised, prioritises own work and delivers to deadline, escalates issues appropriately.

Please note candidates will need to have a current valid right to work in the UK to be considered for this role.

About Balfour Beatty VINCI

Balfour Beatty VINCI is working with a range of organisations to design and build 90km West Midlands stretch of HS2 - Britain\'s new high speed railway. Our work is essential to enable HS2 trains to travel between London and Birmingham as well as continue their journey up to Manchester. It\'s an incredibly exciting time to join us - we\'re at peak construction with work really ramping up on a broad range of assets including bridges, tunnels and viaducts. Plus you\'d join 9,000 people across 72 nationalities working on this exciting section of HS2 across the region.

Benefits

• Flexible working available for some roles
• Free parking
• Travel allowance for eligible candidates
• Family friendly leave policies
• Excellent pension contributions
• Healthcare
• Health risk assessments
• Access to employee assistance programmes
• Access to annual flu vaccinations

About Balfour Beatty VINCI (Company Scope)

Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long-established joint venture between two powerhouses for the delivery of critical infrastructure across rail, transport and other iconic projects in the UK and beyond. We started working together over 30 years ago to deliver the Channel Tunnel, as members of the TransManche Link consortium. In the Midlands, it is Balfour Beatty VINCI\'s role to design and build the route, ready for tracks and signalling to be installed. Our work with HS2 Balfour Beatty VINCI have been awarded a 90km section of the HS2 project from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and then on to Handsacre in Staffordshire. Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites:

• 9.3km of viaducts
• 62 overbridges
• 35 cuttings
• 56 culverts
• 62 embankments
• 2 twin bore tunnels and 2 cut and cover tunnels
• 28 underbridges and 11 underpasses