Senior Lawyer

Salary: £64,492 - £67,359

Location: Central London, Portland Place / Hybrid

We are looking to welcome two senior lawyers into the NMC’s General Counsel team. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a high performing team at a time of change for the NMC.

Our vision is safe, effective and kind nursing and midwifery practice that improves everyone’s health and wellbeing. As the independent regulator of more than 826,000 nursing and midwifery professionals, we have an important role to play in making this a reality.

About the Team

The General Counsel team provides legal advice and support to the NMC to enable us to fulfil our regulatory purpose, live our values and manage legal risk ​ It is part of a large, talented legal community, which delivers legal services across multiple teams and specialisms

Our One NMC Legal Community delivers an NMC values based legal service, which facilitates the NMC to protect the public and manage legal risk. Our vision is to make a positive contribution to the NMC, lead a culture of equality diversity and inclusion and learn from challenges

We are committed to making the NMC a great place to work for legal professionals, where we are supported to grow, learn and meet our professional obligations.

About the Role

As a senior lawyer you will be supporting the NMC’s General Counsel team to manage risks arising out of corporate litigation and other forms of internal and external challenge facing the NMC.

You will be responsible for providing high quality and timely legal advice and support to the organisation on complex regulatory and corporate matters, proactively identifying solutions that will mitigate legal risks. This responsibility will also extend to supervising junior colleagues on the delivery of high quality, timely legal advice on complex regulatory and corporate matters.

As part of the NMC’s Legal Leadership Group you will play an active role in supporting the NMC’s legal knowledge management process and providing training and mentoring to aspiring lawyers and lawyers across the organisation.

Please note, we are recruiting for 1 permanent role and 1 fixed term contract for 24 months

About You

You will be a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who can demonstrate a high level of integrity, confidence, resilience and professionalism.

This opportunity will suit someone who thrives on working collaboratively with legal professionals and in-house clients to deliver advice on complex high risk matters and is keen to make a difference though their work.

Benefits

30 days annual leave - plus eight days paid bank holidays Enhanced Pension Contributions via our attractive Pension Scheme – with a basic 8% employer contribution as standard which increases up to 14% with optional added Employee Contributions Life Assurance – 4 x current salary Hybrid/Flexible working policies Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave 24 Hours Employee Assistance Programme Cycle to Work Scheme Perkbox membership Subsidised restaurant in our Portland Place office Season ticket loans To apply please visit:  https://nmc.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/7c6920e9-5e5c-4058-9651-99f08a893cf3

Closing date: 11^th December 2024

Please note, if we receive a high level of applications, we may choose to close this advert early. We encourage you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, maternity, disability, or gender identity and welcome applications from under-represented groups.