Solicitor

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Commercial Solicitor

Job Type: Permanent

Remote Work Option: Hybrid

Category: Contracts Management

Location: Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom

The rewards package: includes a competitive salary commensurate with experience, eligibility for an annual performance related payment, private medical provision, competitive pension with employer matching arrangements, a variety of salary sacrifice schemes (e.g. pension and cycle to work) together with hybrid working arrangements (3 days office: 2 days working at home), competitive holidays and complimentary car parking with electric charging point on site.

Our client has an exciting opportunity for a Legal Professional who enjoys working in a high performing and fast-paced environment across a diverse range of legal matters .

Our client is the System Operator for Northern Ireland , are the people behind Northern Ireland’s Electricity Transmission Grid . They operate the Power System with world leading levels of variable asynchronous renewable generation, ensuring that everyone has power when they need it. But that’s not all, they are now transforming the Power System for future generations.

And that’s just the beginning of their story. They have a critical purpose. That purpose is to transform the Power System to enable our society to reduce our carbon emissions and meet our climate change and net zero ambitions.

Be part of the transformation!

The Opportunity

You will work closely with the business as part of a Small Professional In-House Legal Services team providing legal advice on a wide range of Complex Commercial, Contractual, Corporate, Procurement & Regulatory Matters as well as providing support to the business in delivering business strategy.

You will be responsible for:

Advising on procurement law requirements, connection agreements, financial security requirements, regulatory frameworks and manage any disputes.

Drafting and negotiating commercial agreements .

Instructing external legal advisors and managing relationships with such advisors with a view to maximising value for money and minimising overall risk and cost.

Analysing and interpreting legal issues and complex documents.

Identifying legal issues, solutions and efficiencies and keeping the Head of Legal Services and senior management fully informed, including in relation to key issues as they arise.

Providing effective and solutions driven legal advice, support and guidance to the business, delivering high quality services against demanding timelines presented in accessible language that can be understood by all.

Participating in legal team initiatives and meetings and proactively adding value to the legal team and business including by presenting to the business in a targeted and commercially focused manner on legal issues.

Assisting in providing company secretarial services to their Board.

Any other reasonable tasks as may be requested from time to time.

Skills and Experience:

Essential:

Qualified Lawyer with at least two years post qualification experience, preferably within the energy or infrastructure sector or the broader regulatory sector.

Proven track record of proactively organising and managing high workload and ability to effectively deal with a wide range of complex legal matters across a variety of legal fields demonstrating experience in several of the following areas: Procurement, Commercial Contracts, Regulation, Planning and Environment, Infrastructure Projects and Data Protection.

Sound commercial and legal judgment and able to provide legal advice in clear and concise terms that is accessible to the recipient.

Excellent attention to detail with a strong commercial focus and business acumen.

Team player who can support and be collegiate with others in delivering business strategy and objectives.

Results driven, highly organised and efficient with an ability to manage multiple priorities and ensure deadlines are consistently met.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Ability to quickly master complex areas of law, technical industry parameters and regulatory requirements.

A demonstrated ability to work on own initiative.

Desirable:

Experience of working in the energy sector, in a commercial semi-State body or a similar regulated environment.

Experience of working in a large complex organisation with multi-disciplinary teams in a fast paced and challenging environment.

Demonstrated interest in broad issues of climate change and energy.

This is an opportunity to lead and contribute to the advancement of a critical component of the Energy Infrastructure.

If you are seeking a challenging and impactful role within the Electricity Sector, they invite you to apply.

Our client has a duty to prevent illegal working and applicants must demonstrate they have a legal right to work in the UK. They are not providing sponsorship for this vacancy.