Business Manager x 2

From healthcare to artificial intelligence, energy to national security, we provide legal advice to government departments on nation-changing subjects.

At Government Legal Department we have a vital, single-minded purpose: to help the Government govern well within the rule of law. This is complemented by our exciting vision to be an outstanding legal organisation, committed to the highest standards of service and professionalism and a brilliant place to work where we can all thrive and fulfill our potential.

Our work touches almost every aspect of public life. We are the largest provider of legal services across government, working on high profile matters.

Our respected professionals are involved in everything from regulation and litigation to advice on drafting legislation. They provide expertise to the full range of government departments. We are at the heart of delivering the governments priorities and our success depends on our people.

GLD is a non-ministerial government department headed by the Treasury Solicitor, our Permanent Secretary, and employs nearly 4000 people, including nearly 3000 legal professionals. We have offices nationwide, in Bristol, Leeds, inner and outer London and Manchester. Our lawyers can also be located within other departments and overseas.

GLD also depends on a range of cross-functional professionals to provide our corporate services. There are nearly 1000 colleagues playing an essential part in helping GLD to achieve its purpose and truly deliver much more than law.

This is an exciting time to join GLD, with cutting edge legal work on global issues and a transformation agenda which is ensuring the Department exemplifies the Modern Civil Service .

To find out more about what we do you can view our introductory film . On our website y ou can hear from team members, find out how to apply and learn about the benefits of working for GLD. You can also read more about the future vision for GLD in our GLD Strategy 2024 2027 .

About MODLA and BISTLA

Ministry of Defence Legal Advisers (MODLA)

The Ministry of Defence Legal Advisers (MODLA) has a Business Management team and four legal teams providing advice to the Ministry of Defence on a wide range of issues. The Ministry of Defence is a large and influential Ministerial Department with global reach. The Department works to protect the people of the UK, its territories, values and interests at home and overseas, through strong armed forces, to ensure the UKs security and prosperity and support its national interests.

The teams in MODLA advise across the full range of MOD business and interests. This includes advice on service justice, the service police, matters that relate to membership of the Armed Forces, operational engagement, the development of the international legal framework to meet new challenges and artificial intelligence.

MODLA is a place where:

• Our people are confident, professional and resilient.
• Our team is kind, welcoming and inclusive.
• Everyone can feel empowered and enthusiastic about their work and their career development.

The MODLA directorate is made up of around 40 lawyers and business support staff headed by Jennifer Morrish.

Business, Innovation Science and Trade Legal Advisers (BISTLA)

We provide legal support to the Department for Business Innovation Science and Trade (BIST) across the full range of its work, helping deliver the UKs trade, investment, business, economic security, and growth objectives. BIST Legal is part of the Government Legal Department (GLD) and brings together specialist legal teams covering international trade, trade defence, investment disputes, competition and consumer policy, products and regulation, employment rights, corporate and insolvency, subsidy control, intellectual property, national security and investment, and science and space matters.

As a Directorate we:

• Provide expert, practical and solution-focused legal advice.
• Advise on international trade agreements and wider international economic policy and participate in trade negotiations.
• Advise on competition, consumer, employment, corporate, insolvency, product regulation and intellectual property matters.
• Advise on investment, national security, subsidy control, industrial strategy and wider business policy issues.
• Handle trade and investment disputes, judicial reviews and other litigation for BIST.
• Advise on and support the development of policy, legislation and regulatory frameworks.
• Supports staff in meetings with ministers, stakeholders and other government departments.
• Instruct external counsel through specialist legal services frameworks.
• Runs GLDs Centre of Excellence to support lawyers across government in relation to trade law issue.

GLDs Business Management (BM) teams provide an expert service to support legal teams in the delivery of their work, using professional knowledge of the client department and the working context to ensure the team runs smoothly.

Each BM team is lead by a Head of Business Management, Christopher Dyas for MODLA and Hayley Devine for BISTLA, delivering strategic support to Directors. Acting as relationship managers with clients and GLD they have oversight of all services provided. Business managers support the Head by overseeing the operational, day-to-day running of the team.

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to undertake a fast-paced, varied and challenging role. The Business Manager (HEO) role sits within the Business Management team offering a range of interesting work where no one day is the same. It would particularly suit someone looking to embed and enhance their leadership/people management and organisational change skills while working closely with their Head of Business Management, Director, Deputy Directors and legal colleagues.

We are looking for self-motivated people with the following key attributes:

• Drive and energy - capable of driving delivery, initiating, and developing new ideas and processes and taking people along with them.
• Decision-making not afraid to make the right decisions and use evidence to come to conclusions.
• Resilience and practical disposition display a positive and can-do attitude.
• Flex able to respond and adapt to changing circumstances and manage a diverse workload with the ability to multi-task and prioritise when faced with competing deadlines.
• Ownership - operate with a high degree of personal autonomy.
• Committed to promote diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity, respecting difference and external experience.

The successful candidates will lead the day-to-day services of their team, line manage staff and be provided with interesting and challenging work, along with developmental opportunities.

Individuals are expected to participate in wider corporate activities. This provides an opportunity to work with colleagues in the broader Business Management function and across GLD to deliver corporate tasks and activities.

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