Lawyer x 2 Central Legal Services

Grade B - £39,390 to £47,121 (National Framework) or £44,792 to £52,523 (London Framework - if you are London office based or homebased and live within the boundary of the M25)

There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £553 per annum for those working from home and a recruitment & retention allowance of £3,000 per annum.

Contracted Hours: Full time 37 hours per week

Contract Type: 1 x 12 Month Fixed Term Contract or Secondment Opportunity and 1 x Permanent

Location: We can offer home working or office working at our London or Leeds Offices. We can also offer hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and an office.

Closing date: Thursday 17th October 2024 at 11.59pm

This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

Are you committed to helping us regulate health and social care within England?

When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to mind? For 3000+ people at the CQC we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve. We are looking for people who are caring, demonstrate integrity and work well as part of a team to join with us and share in this sense of achievement. If you would like to help us make a positive impact to health and social care within England, then read on.

Why this could be a great role for you....

We all use health and social care services. This is an opportunity to join an organisation that has an impact on the improvement agenda for those services, so that you can make a difference to the standard of care people receive in adult social care, hospitals, mental health services, children's services, health and justice services and primary medical services.

CQC's Legal Services team is established and dynamic. The work is interesting and often high profile and/or fast paced. As a Lawyer, you will be responsible for providing robust, responsive legal advice, developing strong relationships with colleagues throughout the organisation and with external stakeholders, and using your experience and knowledge to shape legal solutions.

We are looking for 2 lawyers to join the Central Legal Services teams:

Commercial & Procurement Lawyer

Responsible for supporting CQC on its commercial activities, such as contractual matters, general commercial law and the public procurement regime. This work ranges from advising on all aspects of the public procurement process, as well as governance, drafting, negotiating, formalising and advising on a wide range of contracts, contractual interpretation, intellectual property, trademark protection, data protection, freedom of information, and company law.

Public Law Advisory Lawyer

Responsibilities include advising on a wide range of cross cutting issues. This work includes the provision of advice relating to policy creation and development, public law, CQC's general statutory functions, finance, guidance development, and consultation. The team also supports the work of Healthwatch England and the National Guardians Office.

What we can offer you...

Your health and wellbeing are important to us and are supported through generous annual leave (starting at 27 days and rising with service to 32.5 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays), a cycle to work scheme, discounted gym vouchers and access to a free employee assistance service 24 hours a day. We also understand the importance of financial health and offer membership of the NHS pension scheme, contributing about 14% of basic salary. You will also be able to access discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics, fleet cars, plus we also have an internal reward scheme which could see you earn yourself a voucher or two! All of our Homeworkers are also kitted out with everything they need to comfortably work from home.

We want to support you to succeed and be your very best, with opportunities for training and development along with the support of experienced managers and mentors.

We want to make working for CQC a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality network.

What you will bring...

You will be a qualified Solicitor, Barrister or CILEx Fellow with either 2+ years post qualification experience or newly qualified with proven substantial experience providing legal advice in a public law advisory/commercial and procurement setting.

You will have an established history of managing caseloads.

Your key skills will include:

• Teamwork, and communication to build and maintain relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• An eye for detail whilst looking at the bigger picture, the ability to analyse risk and benefit within a fast-paced environment and the ability to reassess priorities on a continual basis.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, Decision- making and reasoning.
• Adaptability and ability to advise and present complex legal information clearly and accessibly.

To access the full Job Description, please click the link below:

Commercial and Procurement Lawyer JD

Advisory Lawyer JD

For an informal discussion or further information on the role, please contact Ayo Owusuh - Legal Manager of Central Legal Services at [email protected] and Melanie Raynor - Senior Lawyer at [email protected]

Individual adjustments...

We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and facilitate reasonable adjustments as appropriate. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the team via email: [email protected]

Note for internal candidates:

As this is a secondment/fixed term opportunity it is important that you read our recruitment and selection policy relating to secondments and you must discuss your application with your line manager before applying. Your line manager will need to consider the implications of the release, agree whether you can be released for a specific time and that the secondment represents a development opportunity/meets business needs.

Note for external candidates:

CQC are currently working through an organisational transformation programme which includes the creation of a new target operating model. This role is offered as a fixed term contract as part of the transition process to that new model. For further information on this please visit https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/jobs/information-applicants

CQC is committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our people can flourish and reach their full potential. We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of: age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

Our Values

Excellence - Meeting our challenge to be a high-performing organisation

Caring - Treating everyone with dignity and respect

Integrity - Demonstrating our passion for 'doing the right thing'

Teamwork - Enabling us to be the best we can