Job Title
Property Lawyer
Location
Asda House
Employment Type
Full time
Contract Type
Fixed Term (Fixed Term)
Hours Per Week
37.5
Salary
Competitive salary plus benefits
Category
Professional Lawyers
Closing Date
9 January 2025
“Everything about Asda”
We are a values-led organisation. As such we encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone's input.
Our collaborative culture, the size of our business, and our belief in the empowerment of the individual means opportunities at Asda are abundant.
This position is a role with full accountability for the day-to-day support on property contracts, terminations, and contract management as well as leading process improvement projects. You would support one of the Senior Managers who is responsible for the legal advice for the Property Function.
Responsibilities
* Manage external legal team on specific outsourced projects (where relevant)
* Engage with stakeholders who input to the contracts e.g. Info Sec, Privacy, Finance
* Accountable for the legal advice for each matter assigned to the role, with support from the SM responsible for the Business Unit, including:
o Advice on how to best structure arrangements with external suppliers;
o The negotiation and drafting of the legal documentation to support those arrangements;
o Continuous improvement and best in class contract advice
o Idea generation and implementation of (where appropriate) legal self-service goals
o Maintaining MI and one version of the truth contracts repository in respect of those contracts assigned to the role.
o Supporting corporate governance for all contracts assigned to the role.
o Attending project meetings (where required)
o Leading regular project manager level calls to touch in on all contracts and/or the pipeline
o Providing input to legal processes and standard documents
o Ensuring legal advice is delivered in a timely, clear, and accessible way and gives appropriate weight to the business unit's commercial requirements and aims
o Partners with project managers and stakeholders to deliver the business unit's legal requirements.
Minimum Requirements
* Experience of providing legal advice on commercial contracts or a complementary area of law e.g. corporate, litigation, etc.
* A track record of delivering contracts to project timelines
* Ability to work cross-functionally and ensure engagement of stakeholders
* Ability to overlay legal issues in an accessible way and taking into account the commercial requirements
“Find your everything at Asda” - bringing brighter living within everyone's reach.
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Work Where it Works
Our hybrid way of working gives you the choice to work where it works. This enables you to choose where you’ll be the most effective. It offers a mix of working from home and in an office environment that works best for you and your team.
You will also get an excellent benefits package including:
* Discretionary company bonus
* £5,700 company car or car allowance
* Company pension up to 7% matched
* 10% colleague discount, free parking, and many additional rewards.
We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves.
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