Legal Adviser
- Employer
- Ofgem
- Location
- London (Greater)
- Salary
- £43,600 - £56,650
- Closing date
- 13 Apr 2015
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- Practice area
- Competition/EU, Energy and environment, Public law
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years
- Sector
- In-house
Job Details
Legal Adviser
£43,600 - £56,650
London
Ofgem is committed to making a positive difference for energy consumers through effective regulation of the market and close working with suppliers to ensure sustainable energy for consumers and businesses in the UK.
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic legal professional. You will work as part of a team of 12 lawyers in a collaborative and collegiate environment. You will also work closely with policy colleagues within our Sustainable Division and throughout Ofgem, advising on a range of public law issues in a regulatory and competitive market context, with an emphasis on enforcement. This role offers the opportunity to make a key contribution to high profile investigations, ranging from breaches of licence conditions to consumer protection regulations. You’ll also provide advice on some key initiatives such as the roll out of smart meters. You’ll ensure that colleagues and other stakeholders benefit from a high standard of legal advice and that any areas of legal risks is quickly identified and addressed.
We expect that you will have a minimum of two years’ PQE as a solicitor or barrister and that you are qualified to practice in England and Wales. You should be able to demonstrate a track record of delivering positive results for clients in your career to date, based on excellent analytical abilities, effective use of evidence and sound legal judgement. You should already have some experience of advising in one or more of the following areas: public law; energy law; competition law; regulatory enforcement; or European law. Specific knowledge of legal regulation within the energy or utility sector, experience of litigation and advising on human rights or information law would be an advantage but aren’t essential. It’s important that you are a strong team player with good communication skills, self motivating and resilient and that you are confident managing and prioritising your own caseload.
Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which includes:
• Up to 30 days’ annual leave
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• The opportunity to join the Civil Service pension arrangements, which include a valuable range of benefits
• Flexible working hours and family friendly policies
• Subsidised gym and restaurant
• Interest free season ticket loan.
To apply, please go to: https://www5.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_capita23.asp?newms=sr
Closing date: 9am, 13th April 2015.
Ofgem is an equal opportunities employer. Protecting consumers and powering the future of the energy debate.
Company
Ofgem
Ofgem is the Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets. Protecting consumers is our first priority. We do this by promoting competition, wherever appropriate, and regulating the monopoly companies which run the gas and electricity networks. The interests of gas an electricity consumers are their interests taken as a whole, including their interests in the reduction of greenhouse gases and in the security of the supply of gas and electricity to them.
Other priorities and influences include:
- helping to secure Britain's energy supplies by promoting competitive gas and electricity markets - and regulating them so that there is adequate investment in the networks, and
- contributing to the drive to curb climate change and other work aimed at sustainable development by, for example:
- helping the gas and electricity industries to achieve environmental improvements as efficiently as possible; and
- taking account of the needs of vulnerable customers, particularly older people, those with disabilities and those on low incomes.
Ofgem is an equal opportunities employer.
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