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We’re recruiting a Lawyer to join the BBC Commercial and Technology Legal team, based in London, on a permanent contract. We provide legal advice on UK based transactional matters and some international agreements; all focussed on helping the BBC achieve its public service mission.
Job Responsibility:
provide robust, expert, legal advice and support on a wide range of matters including sourcing new suppliers, contract lifecycle management and a varied mix of business as usual work range of business-as-usual, as well as leading straightforward regulated procurement processes and supporting senior members of the team on complex ones
show initiative to research new areas of law, applying your analysis to solve problems and provide pragmatic legal advice to support the BBC to achieve its public mission
be the sole point of contact for providing legal advice across a range of commercial and technology related agreements
work, often under pressure to meet business or statutory deadlines and enable new suppliers and projects to progress as required, managing conflicting priorities as needed
provide support to senior members of the team and external counsel on complex matters when required
build successful, effective working relationships with a range of personnel at all levels across the BBC and its commercial subsidiaries
be proactive to identify new areas of law which may impact on our team’s work and work on creative solutions to help the BBC lead the field
Requirements:
Fully qualified lawyer or legal executive with a current practising certificate, good academics and a wide range of experience of transactional commercial and technology matters, gained in-house with a national or multinational organisation and/or within a leading national or international law firm
Relevant experience and thorough understanding of regulated procurement processes for enterprise services combined with demonstrable experience of leading legal workstreams of regulated procurements
Experience of negotiating and drafting a variety of commercial agreements within the technology, enterprise and/or media industry, having excellent organisational skills to ensure conflicting deadlines are met
Experience of advising clients directly, in person, in virtual meetings and in writing, showing resilience to solve problems whilst under pressure
Demonstrable experience of building relationships across a range of people and providing continuing excellent stakeholder management
Nice to have:
Experience of corporate governance and company secretarial activities
Experience of enterprise real estate transactions, for example lease renewals or surrenders
What we offer:
flexible 35-hour working week
25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days