Senior Solicitor

British Medical Association; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 85.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

30 days holiday

Pension contributions up to 12%

Volunteer leave

Enhanced maternity/paternity

Group Income protection

Annual salary reviews

Onsite gym

EV and cycle to work

Employee Assistance Programme

Long service recognition

Professional subscriptions

Learning & development

Season ticket loan

Holiday buy-up

Descripción de la vacante

The British Medical Association (BMA) is seeking a Senior Solicitor to provide high-level legal advice and representation across the corporate, union, and staff. The role focuses on supporting the trade union, policy and political functions and offers a varied workload in an in-house team.

You will handle employment, contract, public, data protection, and pension matters affecting doctors, manage litigation, and guide the organisation through regulatory changes.

Formación

• Qualified lawyer or barrister with at least 7 years PQE and eligible to practise in England and Wales.
• Experience across public, employment, contract, data protection and pension law.
• Familiar with professional ethical rules governing lawyers.
• Strong relationship-building and collaborative skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; team player.

Responsabilidades

• Provide high-level legal support to corporate and union leaders and committees.
• Advise on employment, contract, public law, data protection, pension law in medical practice.
• Assess impact of legislation or court rulings on doctors' employment and medical practice.
• Advise on potential legal challenges to regulatory changes or public authority decisions.
• Litigation advice including drafting pre-action correspondence and issuing proceedings.
• Initiate High Court litigation and judicial reviews as needed.
• Commission external legal advice and manage litigation budgets.
• Advise on responses to public consultations and legislative changes.
• Assist the secretariat and advisers with legal advice and litigation.
• Manage a large and varied caseload and work under pressure.
• Risk management and providing training to colleagues.

Conocimientos

7+ years PQE

Excellent communication

Relationship building

Team player

Educación

Qualified lawyer or barrister

Descripción del empleo

Job Overview

About the BMA

The British Medical Association (BMA) is the trade union and professional body for doctors in the UK. We represent, support and negotiate on behalf of all UK doctors and medical students.

Join the BMA at a crucial time for doctors and the NHS and be part of a team working for better pay and conditions for the profession.

About the role

In this key role the Senior Solicitor will provide the BMA with effective, senior level legal advice and representation. They will collaborate closely with the BMA’s corporate and union leaders, departments and committees with a particular focus on supporting the trade union, policy and political functions of the organisation.

If you are a qualified senior solicitor or barrister (7+ years PQE), looking for a varied role tackling legal issues affecting thousands of doctors, we’d love to hear from you. You’ll be joining a hard -working and supportive in-house legal team with the opportunity to make a real difference for our members on really important issues.

As a Senior Solicitor you will:

• Provide a high level of legal support to the BMA’s corporate and trade union leaders and committees, as well as staff across the BMA.
• Provide legal advice in a range of areas including employment law, contract law, public law, data protection, pension law etc in the sphere of medical practice.
• Advise as to the effect of legislative changes or Court rulings and their potential impact on the employment of doctors and on medical practice.
• Advise as to whether the BMA may have scope to legally challenge controversial aspects of proposed regulatory changes or decisions taken by public authorities.
• Litigation advice – advising the BMA as to the prospects of success of potential legal actions, drafting pre-action correspondence, preparing, issuing and servicing legal proceedings;
• Commence High Court litigation, seeking judicial reviews of decisions taken by public authorities which are believed to be damaging to the interests of the medical profession.
• Commission external legal advice and representation for the BMA as required to progress strategic litigation and managing the same, including through scrutiny of expenditure and regular reporting within the BMA.
• Advise on responses to public consultations and proposed legislative or administrative changes that may affect the working lives of doctors.
• Assisting the BMA’s secretariat and advisers to help them achieve their objectives through the provision of legal advice and litigation.
• Manage a large and varied case load and prioritise effectively, being able to work at speed under pressure without compromising on quality of advice.
• Risk Management – including advising upon legal, reputational and commercial risks to the organisation.
• Provide legal training and development to colleagues from different departments across the BMA.

To be successful as a Senior Solicitor you'll have:

• You’ll be a qualified lawyer or barrister with at least 7 years post qualification experience with the ability to practise law in England and Wales. Post-graduate and professional qualifications are required.
• Knowledge and experience of practising in various fields of the law (such as public law, employment law, commercial law, civil/employment litigation, data protection and defamation).
• Knowledge of, and ability to comply with, the professional and ethical rules relating to a lawyers’ conduct.
• Strong relationship building and partnering skills.
• The ability to understand the medical, regulatory and employment related issues that concern the BMA.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• You’ll be a team player who will collaborate with and assist colleagues across the organisation.

Why work for us?

We offer a wide range of benefits including:

• 30 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays and a BMA company day
• Double matching pension contributions up to 12% of salary
• Additional leave entitlement for volunteering, moving house or wedding leave (after completion of probationary period)
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Group Income protection & life assurance that is seven times your annual salary
• Annual salary reviews & incremental salary increases from year one to year three
• Onsite gym and subsidised café (at BMA House in London)
• Electric Vehicle and Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme's (available after completion of probationary period)
• Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) with free confidential counselling, a helpline and specialist support available
• Long service recognition every 5 years
• Professional subscription cover where membership of a professional institution is required for your role
• BMA Law - discounted rates for employees requiring legal services such as will writing/conveyancing
• Multiple flexible benefits and discounts through our employee benefits platform
• Lots of Learning and Development/training opportunities via our internal learning hub
• Season ticket loan (up to £10,000) (after completion of probationary period)
• Additional annual leave- buy up to 5 additional holiday days per year

Anonymous recruitment

The BMA endeavours to be an inclusive employer, ensuring fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for roles. To support our aims, we use specific software to remove all personal identifying information from CVs and applications. Personal information such as name, date of birth, age and gender are anonymised and will only become visible to hiring managers if you are selected for interview.