Legal Counsel
SCC
We are actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone.
Role
Birmingham (SCC operate hybrid working, which comprises of a mix of office and home working)
Permanent
Salary Package: £65,000 plus large company benefits, a broad flexible benefits scheme, and 2 paid-for volunteering days a year
Hours: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm Monday – Friday
2-stage process
Why SCC?
- An inclusive workplace
- Excellent package: solid basic and company benefits
- Hybrid working & core hours in line with role requirements
- Career development and life-long learning opportunities
- Opportunity to join Europe's largest privately-owned IT Company
Role Purpose
- We are now seeking a 2yr+PQE qualified legal counsel to support a Head of Legal based in Birmingham. Reporting to the Head of Legal, this role has the scope to make a real impact within the business as we continue to grow organically and through strategic acquisitions.
- In your Legal Counsel role, you will possess a wide understanding of legal principles, enjoy working with different internal business teams and have experience in a high-performing commercial setting.
- We’re particularly interested in lawyers with significant experience in IT contracts, (particularly product/SaaS resale and managed service provider arrangements, cloud service provision, cyber security and data protection).
- This is a significant opportunity to further develop a commercial contracts career and become a key player in the legal team as it expands to accommodate business growth.
- Within a relatively short period you will need the ability to work independently within your role with regular support, oversight and guidance from the Head of Legal and to be able to implement SCC’s established risk profiles and practices without the need for detailed day to day supervision at a transactional level.
Key Responsibilities
- Draft, review, and negotiate contracts for commercial transactions, including general customer contracts, MSAs, consultancy arrangements, supplier terms and conditions, non-disclosure agreements and
- Develop and maintain standard SCC template contracts for improved business efficiency and to reflect dynamic changes in solution portfolios and methods of doing business.
- Join customer calls to answer questions about our legal and commercial risk profile, our product and service offerings, and our operational policies and practices.
- Work independently in collaboration with expanding commercial and compliance teams on various deals under end of month, quarter, and year end pressures and needing to assess when to escalate within the team or to senior management stakeholders when needed.
- Assist in various legal or cross-organisational activities or projects and liaise with the other functions in the company.
- Ad-hoc legal and compliance queries and legal support across the SCC group of technology companies.
Skills And Experience
- 5 plus years PQE. Training and qualification from a well-recognised commercial law firm and/or in-house team is highly desirable.
- Exposure to working in-house (by secondment or otherwise)
- Qualified as a UK lawyer.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and strong attention to details
- Experience working with commercial contracts for customers and clients. Exposure to intellectual property law beneficial.
- Be able to consume & communicate information to internal and external stakeholders and execute at fast speed, and work well in a fast-paced and agile environment. Strong business vs risk acumen with the ability thrive in a commercial oriented sales and customer first environment.
- You will have excellent organisational skills and an ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with a can do work ethic.
- Please note - this role requires you to have BPSS and SC security clearances.
SCC is Europe's largest privately-owned IT business, based out of the new £7m HQ office in Birmingham and we help clients succeed through IT transformation and exceptional customer experiences. We are a business where innovation is greater as we combine unique ideas, people and disciplines. We are a global company that is passionate about IT and where we look to simplify the complex.
We are an equal opportunities employer
SCC is committed to providing equal opportunities and a proactive and inclusive approach to equality and diversity in employment. No applicant or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic which are defined as sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment, trade union membership or non-membership, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race and religion or belief.
If you are selected for interview, and need any reasonable adjustments made for your interview, please let the SCC Talent Acquisition team know, at the point of scheduling.