Assistant Head of Legal Services - London, United Kingdom - Office for Students

Office for Students
Office for Students
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3 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £91,697 - £100,461- + £12,000 additional allowance (and London allowance of £3,566 where relevant)
  • A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
    Job grade:
  • SCS Pay Band 2
    Contract type:
  • Fixed term
    Length of employment:
  • Up to two years

Business area:

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Type of role:
  • Legal Services
    Working pattern:
  • Fulltime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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Location

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

Job summary:


Assistant Head of Legal Services

Fixed term:
Up to two years.

£91,697 - £100,461 + £12,000 additional allowance (and London allowance of £3,566 where relevant)

Generous Civil Service defined benefit pension

London or Bristol


Play a key senior managerial role in an organisation that's shaping policy and regulation

About the OfS


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:


About the role


We now have an exciting vacancy for a senior regulatory lawyer with team management experience to perform a leading role within OfS's legal function.

This fixed term position provides a unique opportunity for an experienced regulatory professional to gain experience of another regulated sector, at a particularly interesting time, where you will be leading on the provision of legal advice in novel areas of law and setting the precedent for a new approach to regulating higher education providers.


The role will also involve providing parental leave cover for the Deputy Head of Legal Services for a period of six months, which may include providing managerial oversight of OfS's team responsible for data protection, freedom of information and records management matters.


Person specification:


About you

  • Public law matters
  • Litigation cases involving judicial review and/or regulatory appeals
  • Consumer protection law
  • The interpretation of regulatory rules such as licence conditions or equivalent
  • Information law matters, such as data protection, freedom of information and record management; and
  • Investigation and enforcement in a regulatory context.

Benefits:


  • Alongside your salary of £91,697, Office for Students contributes £27,784 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.- This role has a minimum assignment duration of 2 years.

An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes.

The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

  • As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security:


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

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