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In April 2024, Vodafone announced the creation of a new division called Vodafone Investments which is responsible for managing Vodafone’s interests in its non-wholly owned assets with a mandate to drive value creation and prevent value leakage. The Lead Counsel is responsible for supporting the Group GC and Vodafone Investments Director across all the assets included in Vodafone Investments.
Provide expert legal advice and strategic business partnering to the Vodafone Investments Director and the Legal & Business Integrity Leadership Team members.
Lead team responsible for advising on Vodafone Investments and structuring and negotiating related strategic programmes.
Develop strong business partner relationships with key leaders across Vodafone Investments, Legal & Business Integrity, Group External Affairs, Vodafone Local Markets, Commercial Shared Operations and Vodafone Business to enable value delivery in an effective, efficient and compliant way.
Lead transformation initiatives in order to improve operational excellence, enable growth and support Vodafone in earning customer loyalty.
Play a proactive role in the Legal & Business Integrity Team, taking on responsibility for sponsoring change programmes and projects to drive improvements, Spirit behaviours and engagement year on year.
Who you are
* Legally qualified with significant experience gained either in-house or at a leading law firm
* Strong drafting and negotiating experience, with ability to provide innovative legal solutions in a fast-moving industry
* Professional level fluency in written and spoken English
* A strategic thinker with a proven ability to influence business strategy and protect reputation.
* Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills. Proven ability to give specialist advice to commercial colleagues in order to drive decisions and resolve immediate, complex and strategically important issues.
What's in it for you
We want you to feel happy and fulfilled at work, without compromising the other things in life that matter to you. There are lots of ways we support this, including hybrid working and generous parental leave. You'll also get four Spirit Days a year to focus on your personal development and wellbeing, plus a host of other great benefits too.
* Discretionary yearly bonus: 20%
* Company car: company funded car of £580 per month + private fuel or cash alternative of £630 per month.
* Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year
* Charity days: 5 days/year
* Maternity/adoption leave: 52 weeks out of which the first 13 weeks are fully paid followed by 26 weeks of half pay and 6 months - working 4 days, getting paid 5
* Paternity leave: 16 weeks fully paid
* Private medical family plan: fully paid
* Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.
* Access to: private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
* Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan
Who we are
You may have already heard of Vodafone - We're a leading Telecommunications company in Europe and Africa. But what you might not know is that we are continuously investing in new technologies to improve the lives of millions of customers, businesses and people around the world, creating a better future for everyone.
As part of our global family, whether that's Vodafone, Vodacom or _VOIS, you'll feel a sense of pride and purpose as you contribute to our culture of innovation. We pursue equality of opportunity and inclusion for all candidates through our employment policies and practices. We recognise and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workspace and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination.
Together we can.
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