Senior Solicitor and Business Partner

Just Group plc
About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Solicitor and Business Partner, to join Just Group, supporting the Group General Counsel and Legal Leadership Team in achieving our strategic objectives (from a Legal perspective) by collaborating with key senior leaders and managers, ensuring a first class commercial and legal service.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide autonomous high calibre legal support and expertise to the businesses and group functions within the Just Group, with varying degrees of complexity, including but not limited to legal advice, drafting, negotiating, influencing and support in relation to complex transactional matters, business requests, contracts
• Assist with the management and timely delivery of project related activity, as appropriate
• Raise the business’s awareness of legal risk management issues (including relevant developments in the legal and regulatory framework, ensuring that adequate internal process controls are applied and reported to identify, manage and mitigate areas of legal risk)
• Provide high calibre, solution focused legal support and expertise, commensurate with experience, to all business and functional stakeholders in relation to a broad range of Just Group activities
• Manage, advise upon, draft and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements relating to the business and functions’ needs and requirements
• As appropriate, to assist with the management of external law firms (in relation to particular projects/instructions) and ensure responsive, cost effective and solution-focused advice is delivered to the business
• Assist in the development of the businesses’ legal precedent library and miscellaneous practice and guidance notes
• Work collegiately with other members of the Legal Team, promoting cooperation, trust and teamwork across the broader Legal Department

Skills and Experience

• Qualified Solicitor or Barrister
• Post-qualification legal experience in the financial services sector
• Experience providing legal advice within a number of the following areas: regulatory, life insurance, consumer insurance, data protection, IT property/mortgages, financing, securitisation, commercial contracts and distribution arrangements desirable but not essential
• Ability to remain confident and adaptable in difficult circumstances
• A problem solver and skilled communicator

Company Benefits

• A Competitive Salary, Pension Scheme and Life Assurance
• Along with 25 Days Annual Leave plus an Additional Day on us for your Birthday
• Private Medical Cover and Income Protection, just in case
• A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme – paid annually based on individual and company performance against targets
• Opportunity to progress within your career both in-role and within the company
• FREE access to the Headspace App, a 24/7 Employee Assistance Helpline and Trained Physical & Mental Health First Aiders (On-Site)
• A variety of Employee Funded Benefits available to you via our Online Benefits Portal
• Plus, several additional purchase options available for you and your loved ones

Why Just?

At Just you’ll have the opportunity to develop your career, whilst making a difference to the lives of those around you. You’ll be part of a company with a strong and distinctive culture – we’re ambitious, curious and collaborative – and every decision we make centres around being Just and delivering the best outcomes for our customers.

We’re committed to building a more sustainable business, and we’re working hard to make progress against our Net Zero targets. We’re reducing our reliance on fossil fuels in our offices, switching to more sustainable sources of energy and we’re investing more of our money in green and social assets.

Valuing diversity of thought and fostering a sense of belonging is critical to our business success, driving innovation and balanced decision making. Our work on DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) aims to deliver a brilliant employee experience underpinned by a sense of belonging, where our people feel proud to work at Just. We remain committed to our publicly disclosed HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter and Race at Work Charter targets and support a wide range of employee network and events, championing issues including intergenerational working, social mobility and neurodiversity.