Legal Counsel

Mitie; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading facilities management company seeks a proactive junior legal counsel in Glasgow. The ideal candidate will have a professional qualification as a solicitor and experience with projects and construction law. You'll advise on contracts, support governance compliance, and manage external legal advisers. The role emphasizes strong communication and influencing skills, along with the ability to multi-task under pressure. The company offers considerable training opportunities and a benefits platform for a flexible lifestyle.

Benefits

Flexible lifestyle benefits platform

High street discounts

Cycle-to-work scheme

Enhanced pension contributions

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in projects and construction law, familiarity with standard contracts.
• A commitment to excellent client service and ability to provide concise legal advice.
• Good influencing, communication skills and ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Review business opportunities and negotiate construction contracts.
• Support business units through compliance with governance processes.
• Manage external legal advisers and develop legal training exercises.

Skills

Commercial contract negotiation

Influencing and communication skills

Ability to multi-task

Education

Professional qualification as a Solicitor in England and Wales

Tools

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Job description

Job Overview

We are looking for a proactive junior legal counsel who is keen to learn and develop real hands‑on experience in a varied work environment supporting the Projects business units with their day‑to‑day legal needs. A clear commercial approach, enthusiasm and a flexible and questioning attitude are the key requirements - as well as some commercial contract negotiation experience.

Main Duties

• Review new business opportunities, advise on and negotiate various forms of construction and related services contracts, and identify and work with the business units to develop strategies to manage and mitigate risks.
• Steer business units through compliance with Mitie’s governance and approval processes.
• Support the development of and the rollout of legal training exercises within the division.
• Collaborate with other members of the legal team to support the development and implementation of strategy and policies.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with business units, to provide timely and commercial legal support.
• Provide swift support on other legal and commercial issues as they arise, such as proposed termination of contracts, payment issues and other formal and informal dispute related matters, working closely with finance, commercial and operations directors within the business, and taking the lead on legal decisions concerning those matters.
• Assist with the development and maintenance of a reliable, and comprehensive precedent bank to enable standard documents to be prepared, adapted and produced quickly.
• Instruct and manage external legal advisers, ensuring advice received is concise, constructive and commercially appropriate.

What we are looking for

Essential

Professional qualification as a Solicitor in England and Wales (we may also consider candidates admitted in other jurisdictions (e.g. Scotland) provided they have a working knowledge of English law)

Experience in projects and construction law, including familiarity with some standard form construction contracts such as JCT, NEC and / or FIDIC, or other experience in drafting, negotiating and advising on complex commercial contracts

A commitment to excellence in client service with a pragmatic approach and the ability to give concise legal advice

Good influencing and communication skills

Ability to multi‑task, work well under pressure and to use own initiative

Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and SharePoint

Desirable

Experience of a fast‑paced in‑house legal function

Experience of instructing / managing external legal services providers

Dispute resolution experience (although this is a predominantly non‑contentious role)

Experience of utilising AI systems to increase working productivity.

General

If you meet some but not all of the above technical and experience criteria, but feel you would be a good fit with our culture and values, and are keen to learn, we would like to hear from you.

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Our market‑leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well‑known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle‑to‑work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save‑as‑you‑earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long‑term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Sophie Willson at .