p Job Description p Senior Legal Counsel - Construction br Birmingham | Hybrid Working (3 Days Office / 2 Days Home) br £60K - £77K br \n A leading organisation delivering major, long-term programmes is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join its established legal team. br \n This is a high-profile role for a commercially astute lawyer who enjoys operating at a strategic level, influencing complex procurement decisions, and partnering with senior leaders across a large organisation. You will be trusted to lead on some of the most significant commercial and contractual matters within the business while helping shape the development of the wider legal function. br The Opportunity br \n As Senior Legal Counsel, you will act as a key adviser on high-value procurements, contract management and commercial matters, supporting major programmes from procurement through to delivery and operation. br \n Working closely with executive stakeholders, procurement teams and project leaders, you will provide commercially focused legal guidance that enables successful outcomes while protecting the organisations interests. Key responsibilities will include: /p p \n /p p /p p \n /p ul \n li Leading legal support on complex, high-value procurement exercises and contract management matters. /li p \n /p li Providing expert legal advice across a broad range of commercial issues, including construction contracts, intellectual property, insurance, information governance and operational matters. /li p \n /p li Acting as a trusted adviser to senior business stakeholders and project teams. /li p \n /p li Contributing to legal training, knowledge sharing and best-practice initiatives. /li p \n /p li Managing relationships with external law firms where specialist expertise or additional capacity is required. /li p \n /p li Overseeing legal budgets, performance, delivery quality and value for money. /li /ul p \n\n /p p About You br \n You will be a qualified solicitor with significant post-qualification experience gained either in-house, private practice, or a combination of both. We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate: /p p \n /p p /p p \n /p p /p p \n /p ul \n li Extensive experience advising on high-value commercial contracts and procurement projects. /li p \n /p li Strong construction and infrastructure contracting expertise, ideally including NEC3 frameworks. /li p \n /p li Demonstrable experience managing external legal advisers and associated budgets. /li p \n /p li Excellent stakeholder management skills with the confidence to advise and influence senior leaders. /li p \n /p li A practical, commercially focused approach to legal problem solving. /li /ul p \n\n /p p Why Join? br \n This is an opportunity to play a central role in the delivery of nationally significant programmes while working alongside senior decision-makers in a highly collaborative environment. br \n Youll join a respected legal team where your expertise will have genuine impact, with exposure to complex, high-value projects, excellent career development opportunities and the chance to shape legal strategy within a major organisation. br For a confidential discussion or to express your interest, please submit your CV. br \n /p p \n /p p As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. br \n At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate /p p \n /p p /p
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