Senior Commercial Lawyer
The legal team is an integral part of the Chief Executive’s Office led by the General Counsel and Company Secretary.
The role of Senior Commercial Lawyer is highly specialised, providing business focused legal advice on Corporate and Commercial Law including Procurement Law, high value contracts, PPP and PFI projects, NEC construction contracts and complex services contracts. Advice is provided to the Board, Executive Committee, Procurement Committee, the General Counsel and Company Secretary, and at all levels across NI Water.
The Senior Commercial Lawyer is NI Water’s sole internal legal expert on complex commercial contracts (advising on NI Water’s key strategic capital and operational contracts), with a particular emphasis on Procurement Law, both contentious and non contentious. The post-holder must also possess a working knowledge of PPP and PFI contracts and NEC construction contracts.
Please refer to the Candidate Brief below for further details of role responsibilities.
Applicants MUST be able to demonstrate in their application and where necessary at interview:
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
1. Solicitor or Barrister qualified to practice in Northern Ireland, England and Wales or Republic of Ireland.
2. Minimum 5 years’ PQE in Corporate and Commercial Law with strong experience in one or more of the following areas: Procurement Law, Commercial Law including high value contracts, PPP and PFI contracts, NEC construction contracts; complex services contracts.
3. Excellent drafting and communication skills
4. Excellent negotiating skills
5. Dispute resolution experience to solve complex legal matters from a strategic and operational perspective.
DESIRABLE CRITERIA
In the event of a large number of applications, in the first instance, candidates may be short-listed on the following desirable criteria:
1. Experience of working In-House
In the second instance, candidates may be short-listed on the following, additional desirable criteria:
2. Experience of working with Non Departmental Public Bodies
In the third instance, candidates may be short-listed on the following, additional desirable criteria:
3. Experience of Corporate Governance
What is on Offer
Salary
Competitive offers a competitive remuneration package to be discussed with the applicants at or after interview.
Location
Westland, 40 Old Westland Road, Belfast, BT14 6TE.
What we Offer
- Generous annual leave and public/privilege holidays
- Flexible working and family friendly policies
- Hybrid Working (applicable to some of our roles after three months following onboarding and training)
- Occupational sick pay
- Employee assistance programmes
- Cycle to work scheme
- One of the largest corporate volunteering schemes in NI
- Award winning health and wellbeing programme which focuses on supporting four key area of employee health; Physical, Mental, Social and Financial
How to Apply
To submit your application, please click APPLY NOW.
For additional information about the role please download a Candidate Brief from the Additional Documents section below.
Closing date for submission of Applications: Monday 24th March 2025 at 10.00am