Senior Lawyer

About the Team

We are looking to welcome two senior lawyers into the NMC's General Counsel 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.

About You

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a high performing team at a time of change for the NMC.

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.

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