Legal Advisers - London, United Kingdom - Office for Students

Office for Students
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3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £51,846 - £56,662
  • A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
    Job grade:
  • Grade 7
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
  • Fixed term
    Length of employment:
  • 12 month fixed term contracts for maternity cover
    Business area:



  • Type of role:

  • Legal Services
    Working pattern:
  • Fulltime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 5Contents
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Location

  • Stoke Gifford Filton Abbey Wood BRISTOL & Sanctuary Buildings 20 Great Smith Street LondonAbout the job

Job summary:


Legal Advisers

Both permanent roles and 12 month fixed term contracts for maternity cover
£51,846-£56,662 + £5,000 allowance (and London allowance of £3,566 where appropriate)

Generous Civil Service defined benefit pension

London or Bristol


Develop your legal expertise in an organisation that's shaping policy and regulation

The challenge


Make a real difference to the lives of students by bringing your legal skills to the Office for Students (OfS).

As the independent regulator of higher education in England, we ensure the best experience and the best value - for students, for taxpayers, for the economy and for the public good.

This is an opportunity to grow your legal expertise by working across our diverse and rapidly evolving organisation on a wide range of regulatory and corporate issues.


Job description:


The role
You'll lead on provision of legal advice and support for a broad range of legal matters.

As well as advising on precedent-setting matters of higher education and public law, you can expect a varied and evolving caseload, where you will advise on matters of consumer protection, charity law, human rights, data protection and information law.

Expect to work collaboratively with internal legal and policy colleagues, as well as external legal support.


Person specification:


About you


These roles would suit a qualified solicitor or barrister with a strong interest in public law and regulatory issues, and a flexible, creative approach.

Excellent written and spoken communication and presentation skills are essential, including the ability to influence and negotiate.

While your legal career to date may have been in a different sector, you will have directly transferable regulatory and/or public law experience.

We offer a supportive environment that enables you to get up to speed, but you will need experience in at least two of the following areas:

- working on litigation cases involving judicial review and/or regulatory appeals;
- the interpretation of regulatory rules such as licence conditions;
- investigation and enforcement in a regulatory context.


Benefits:


  • Alongside your salary of £51,846, Office for Students contributes £14,050 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
  • Learning and development tailored to your role
  • An environment with flexible working options
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
  • A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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Selection process details:


Working for us
The OfS regulates the higher education sector on behalf of all students.

We value diversity and the wealth of perspectives, experience and ideas that it brings to our work and we strive to embed equality of opportunity in everything we do.

In addition, our Total Reward Framework offers a range of benefits to suit your way of life.

These include comprehensive learning and development, annual leave starting at 25 days per year (plus public holidays), access to the highly regarded Civil Service pension scheme and a variety of health benefits.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment


Security:


  • People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks

Nationality requirements:

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)

  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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Working for the Civil Service:

  • The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
  • We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
  • Once this job h
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