Cma1843 Assistant Director, Head of Ediscovery - London, United Kingdom - Competition & Markets Authority

Competition & Markets Authority
Competition & Markets Authority
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London, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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- £73,512 - £79,408
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  • Grade 6
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • Data, Analytics and Technology Unit
    Type of role:
  • Digital
  • Intelligence
  • Investigation
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Parttime
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  • Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, ManchesterAbout the job

Job summary:

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the cutting-edge of eDiscovery.

As the Assistant Director - Head of eDiscovery you will play a pivotal role shaping the growing eDiscovery capability of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and support large and complex legal cases that make a real difference to people's lives.

The CMA is the UK's world-leading competition authority. Our purpose is to make sure competition works in consumers' favour, and businesses treat their customers fairly.

Be it taking enforcement action against drug firms accused of over-charging the NHS, investigating online ticket resale platforms over concerns they don't give customers all the information they should, or responding to Covid-19 complaints during the pandemic, what we do really matters.


The CMA benefits from a modern in-house eDiscovery capability that supports a variety of legal cases relating to all aspects of CMA work.

The eDiscovery team utilise technical expertise and high-end technology across the eDiscovery cycle.

Through combined project teams, we are continuously improving a cutting-edge eDiscovery capability for the CMA that combines both commercial and in house technologies.


Job description:


As the Head of eDiscovery you will lead the CMA's eDiscovery team, working with IT and case teams to set the standards and define the processes used across cartel, antitrust and merger cases.

You will be the lead advocate for eDiscovery technology, and will work with eDiscovery and digital forensics specialists and case teams to define best practice processes and standards that cover the full eDiscovery cycle (Capture, Ingestion, Processing, Evidence Review and Disclosure).

You will lead the implementation and adoption of cutting-edge eDiscovery tools - working with our technical specialists on the development and procurement of new tools as required.


You will also manage, coach and guide less experienced eDiscovery and Digital Forensic Officers, overseeing the delivery of their work, and deliver training programmes to maintain and further develop the eDiscovery skills across the CMA.


Responsibilities:


  • Lead CMA's eDiscovery team, working with IT and case teams to set the standards and defining the processes used across cartel, antitrust and merger cases.
  • Support the adoption of cuttingedge eDiscovery tools such as Continuous Active Learning and Natural Language Processing, working with case teams, legal and policy colleagues
  • Build relationships across the organisation at all levels to understand and deliver differing eDiscovery requirements.
  • Define the training programmes required to sustain and continuously develop eDiscovery skills across the CMA.
  • Manage eDiscovery services for complex legal cases often requiring very large evidence sets (millions of documents).
  • Manage, coach and motivate the eDiscovery specialists within the eDiscovery team

Person specification:


  • Strong eDiscovery experience, in either a regulatory body, law firm, consultancy, or eDiscovery services provider.
  • In depth knowledge in the use of eDiscovery tools, preferably the Nuix suite (Workstation, Investigate, Discover).
  • Proven ability to innovate and meet complex digital material review challenges using eDiscovery technology from both commercial and bespoke, inhouse developed tooling.
  • Experience of writing standards and policies for eDiscovery processes.
  • Experience of developing and delivering training programmes that cover the full eDiscovery lifecycle.
  • Experience of leading a team delivering complex eDiscovery work.

Behaviours:

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Managing a Quality Service
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Working Together
  • Developing Self and Others
  • Delivering at Pace

Technical skills:

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • eDiscovery

Benefits:

As well as the interesting and varied work you'll do to contribute to effective competition in the UK, and to ensure consumers get a good deal when buying goods and services, you'll also benefit from:

  • An exceptionally generous pension scheme with a significant employer contribution and range of options, including a tax-free lump sum at the point of retirement and injury, ill-health and life assurance benefits
  • 25 days leave (increasing to 30 days over five years), plus 8 public holidays and an additional day off for the King's b
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