Commercial Lawyer - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

We are pleased to announce that there is an exciting 12-month secondment opportunity now on offer for a Commercial lawyer to provide legal support on a range of matters relating to the Group. This would include dealing with the Group's suppliers, including, outsourcing arrangements, IT services, contentious supplier matters and regulatory requirements for our supply chain, as well as assisting with drafting client facing documentation, dealing with contentious client matters, assisting with product launches, and supporting the business with BAU.

For anyone wishing to broaden their legal skill sets to include any of the following, private client law, trust law, litigation, commercial contracts or white label contracts, this is a role for you.

This is a brilliant opportunity to work in a great legal team on varied and fast paced matters that are key for helping to deliver both the Groups and L&S's strategy. You will have the change to develop your skills, knowledge and experience in a supportive and collaborative environment. You will join a team of 2 others and led by the team lead. Each team member will participate fully in new initiatives, product launches, and BAU activities utilizing your legal, commercial and regulatory knowledge., You will:

• Manage relationships with important internal customers and act as their business partner, while taking guidance from senior colleagues.


• Conducts research using primary data sources and selects relevant information to enable analysis of key themes and trends.


• Takes responsibility for providing particular aspects of the organisation's legal service with guidance from senior colleagues.


• Uncovers emerging issues and/or needs and identifies potential causes, related issues, key stakeholders and barriers.


• Recommends ways to improve support for operations by changing policies, processes, standards and practices.


• Delivers prescribed outcomes for a designated area, using risk management systems to ensure the organisation is not exposed to undue risks.


• Delivers prescribed outcomes for area of responsibility by improving and/or working within an established supplier management plan.


• Identifies and evaluates complex expertise-led solutions against a range of criteria to find the ones that best meet business needs.
  
  It is a very exciting time to join LBG. Together we'll continue our market leading, groundbreaking transformation and you'll help us realise the Group's vision to become the Best Bank for Customers. Here, you'll grow as a person and develop your career.


In addition to the salary quoted, the position also offers:

• Discretionary Performance Share Award


• Generous pension contribution up to 15%


• Private health cover


• Share schemes


• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays


Together we have a key role to play in shaping the bank of the future, whilst the scale and reach of LBG means you'll continue to have opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We're committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve, and to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit. We support the principles of agile working and are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We're an equal opportunity employer and deeply value diversity within our organisation.

Please get in touch if you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you.

So if you have the skills we're looking for, we'd love to hear from you!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.