Principal Legal Adviser
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- Employer:
- Office for Students
- Location:
- Bristol or London, with some hybrid working welcomed
- Salary:
- £75,712 + £10,000 additional allowance (and London allowance of £3,566 where relevant)
- Closing Date - Strictly:
- 5pm on Monday 2 December 2024
- Job Ref:
- GSe111433.1
Description
The OfS is the statutory regulator for higher education in England. This is an exciting time to join a rapidly transforming organisation that works to ensure that every student, whatever their background, has a fulfilling experience of higher education that enriches their lives and careers. We do so by regulating the higher education providers on our register to make sure they are delivering high quality courses and positive outcomes for their students; where they are not, we take action. The higher education sector in England is complex and diverse and the OfS’s approach to regulation recognises this. Our new strategy signals a shift from an organisation in a start-up phase to an established regulator that understands its regulatory tools and how best to use them to shape incentives across the sector we regulate.
We are now seeking a Principal Legal Adviser to lead on provision of legal advice and support for a broad range of legal matters relevant to the OfS’s functions. The nature of our work provides genuine intellectual stimulation, with the OfS’s relative youth as a regulator providing significant exposure to novel and complex legal matters which enable us to drive positive outcomes for students throughout England. You will work across the full range of the OfS’s remit to provide the organisation with robust and helpful legal advice to support effective decision making across all the tools we have at our disposal. You will also have a key role as part of the Senior Leadership team role within the legal function and will provide management oversight to a number of our legal team.
The successful candidate will have significant legal experience dealing with the application of UK public and regulatory law along with a successful track record as a leader of people. You will be able to demonstrate an ability to build, develop and deliver exceptional results through teams across an organisation. You will be highly effective at engaging and influencing with internal stakeholders at the most senior levels. You will be comfortable advising on complex risk-based decisions, often in novel circumstances, and will be able to quickly grasp the regulatory and legal frameworks under which the OfS carries out its duties. How we do things is as important to us as what we do and your approach will be underpinned by our values of Ambition, Openness, Learning and Diversity.
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For more information or an informal discussion please contact Matt Malone matt.malone@gatenbysanderson.com
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How to Apply
To apply, please submit:
- An up to date copy of your CV
- A Supporting Statement (of no more than 3 pages) that addresses the Essential/Desirable criteria in the Job Profile, using examples to demonstrate how you meet the requirements.
- Please provide your home, work, mobile and email contact details and let us know of any dates when you are not available or where you may have difficulty with the indicative timetable.
- You should also provide the names, positions, organisations and contact details for two referees, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer. We will not approach your referees without your permission.
- A completed Diversity Monitoring Form you can access this here: https://forms.office.com/e/CLKBKCxxRm