Fixed term contract for 12 months

Part time hours - 0.6 FTE (22.5 hours a week)

Hybrid working - 1-2 days a week in Birmingham office

Salary - £36,130 to £45,413 DOE

My Higher-Education client is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic solicitor (or equivalent) to join their in-house legal services team.

The role is a generalist one and would be ideal for an experienced commercial contracts solicitor to add to their commercial skill set. Areas covered by this position may include: commercial contracts, procurement and construction projects, charity law, regulatory/compliance matters, data protection, research projects, intellectual property, safeguarding, equality issues, and student-related matters.

The nature of the work means that applicants - whether currently in-house or in private practice - may only have practised in some, but not all, of these areas of law. What's important to us is that you have a can do attitude, and are committed to developing your skills while working across the breadth of the University's activities.

The successful candidate will be required to:
* Negotiate and draft contracts in consultation with colleagues across Academic and Professional Services departments in order to fully support the teaching and research undertaken by the University.
* Identify and solve both legal and practical problems associated with the University's activities, and to be proactive in identifying methods to reduce potential risk or liability to the University.
* Provide clear and concise explanations of legal issues to non-qualified members of the University at all levels, and provide training on existing and new legal initiatives and areas of statutory compliance.
* Prepare and issue Instructions to external solicitors or Counsel in accordance with the University's protocol, which requires that all instructions to external legal advisers are issued and managed via Legal Services.
* manage their own time and caseload, balancing competing priorities and taking appropriate action to keep matters on track.

For more information, or for a confidential chat about this position, please contact Kate Jasper in our Manchester office.

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