Senior Legal Assistant Corporate Law & Governance

Senior Legal Assistant Corporate Law and Governance

Senior Legal Assistant Corporate Law and Governance needed to work with our Government client on an interim assignment. The Senior Legal Assistant Corporate Law and Governance will need experience of employment law and litigation, advising on replies to FOIA requests and data protection issues, procurement and contracts and be DPA and FOIA trained.

This is a challenging and fulfilling role that will require the job holder to be self-starting, very well organised, confident and energetic. They will own a number of high-profile matters. They will provide timely and effective legal advice to the senior managers and officers across the clients departments as part of a team of lawyers responsible for Employment, Governance, Information Law, Litigation, Contracts and Procurement. Advise on risk with regard managing public money and the standards of public life.
Representing the client at meetings with officers, stakeholders, Counsel, and attendance at tribunal and Court in an advisory capacity.

Senior Legal Assistant Corporate Law and Governance

Essential Skills:
*Substantial and evidenced experience of employment law and litigation, advising on replies to FOIA requests and data protection issues, procurement and contracts.
*a strong ability to think creatively and constructively,
an ability to translate complex ideas into a clear plain English
*attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
*ability to master new areas of law at speed
*resilience to work under pressure, and an ability to deliver at pace
*an ability to work collaboratively
*good self-awareness and a commitment to learning and developing

Desirable Skills:
*DPA and FOIA trained
*Project management

Senior Legal Assistant Corporate Law and Governance

Specific Tasks Include:
*Respond to overnight emails and messages
*Check Corporate Legal Group inbox (governance matters, litigation and conflict of interest)
*Emails relating to reviewing Freedom of Information (FOI) and Data Protection Act (DPA) requests where exemptions are engaged or the request relates to sensitive issues or members of staff- amend and review, redact where necessary
*Respond to reactive employment matters
*Contract review for signature (extensions, secondments, loans, variations, interims)
*Work on projects eg income generation (governance), assisting with bundles/witness statements (litigation), review of employment policies (employment), complex information requests (FOI/DPA/Information Commissioner/Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Parliamentary Questions (PQs), recognition agreement, review of terms and conditions for contracts and tenders
*Recognition agreement Collective agreements
*Recruitment Frameworks
*Gift and Hospitality Policy and Code of Conduct conflict issues
*Misrepresentation of consultation with the client
*Business as usual (BAU) FOI/DPA/complaints and reviews
*Loan and secondment templates
*Double payment and conflict
*Guidance on conflict declaration
*BAU advice re declarations of interests and conflict
*PO and ICO referrals
*PQs
*Domain registering
*Organisational restructures
*Section 6 disclosure prohibition re Inquiry
*Final issues re Helpline closure
*Email and data destruction and retention
*Conflict of interest- advice and register
*PQ procedure and protocol
*Disclaimer re: confidential info
*Policies and procedures for new correspondence unit and associated organisational changes
*Advice to Human Resources
*Disclaimers re confidential info
*CLG newsletter/updates
*Voluntary Exit settlement agreements
*Email and data retention

Rate: £365 per day
Location: London

Please email a CV for immediate consideration and a job spec.

IQ Public Sector is an equal opportunity employer committed to a policy of treating all employees and job applicants equally. It is our aim to take all reasonable steps to employ and promote on the basis of ability and qualifications without regard to race, religion, colour, sex, age, national origin, disability or sexual orientation. Our recruitment takes place based only on skills and experience of the candidates. IQ Public Sector is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.