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Rail Delivery Group
Salary Scale: £40k to £51,500 per annum
Closing date: 3 April 2024
What is the purpose of this job?
Supporting RDG in ensuring that it enters into legally and commercially sound agreements with suppliers to the rail industry and supporting the numerous functions within RDG with their legal and commercial issues.
What can I expect to do in this job?
This isn’t an exhaustive list, but things you can expect to be involved with include:
Providing accurate legal advice to colleagues across the organisation on a variety of legal issues, including general and IT specific commercial contracts, data protection (including GDPR and PECR), advertising and marketing law, and consumer protection legislation.
Working with the Procurement team on contracts, from initial invitation to tender, to contract conclusion, for a variety of goods and services such as consultancy agreements, contract variations, IT related agreements from software development to SaaS agreements, marketing and advertising agreements.
Advising the Procurement team regarding project risks and onerous terms in proposed contracts.
Managing some IP and trade mark matters.
Ensuring compliance with internal corporate governance procedures for the approval of contracts for signature.
Ensuring compliance with laws and guidelines related to the business and anticipating changes in laws and codes, maintaining an awareness of proposed legislation and regulations.
Conducting legal research as required.
Managing the Legal inbox and dealing with day-to-day legal issues as they arise.
Ad hoc training of RDG colleagues to raise legal awareness and understanding throughout the organisation.
Who will my key contacts be?
RDG Executive and Senior Leadership team.
Internal departments across RDG.
External suppliers.
External Legal advisors.
We are looking for a newly qualified lawyer, with some practical experience practising law, preferably in an in-house legal department.
Practical experience of company/commercial law, negotiation and commercial contracts.
A working knowledge of contract and corporate law, as well as compliance and regulatory matters.
The ability to evaluate and summarise legal advice and communicate this advice in a succinct and pragmatic way to different areas of the business.
Ability to prioritise and manage immediate day-to-day challenges alongside ongoing deadlines.
A natural problem solver with strong interpersonal skills.
Good organisational skills and a can-do attitude.
- 30 days annual leave
- 75% reduction on UK rail travel (for work and leisure) – more below
- Reduced international rail travel
- Interest free season ticket loan
- Contributory defined benefit pension scheme
- Give As You Earn scheme
- Subsidised private medical care
- Healthcare cash plan scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme scheme
- Flexible working
- 30 weeks full pay for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (subject to eligibility)
- Personal Development Days
- Employees may sell up to a maximum of five days’ leave. Employees can buy up to a maximum of five days’ leave. These figures will be pro rata for part-time employees
