Legal Director

Job Title:              Legal Director
Location:              Location: UK-Based with Travel to Bristol & London
Compensation:    Competitive + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF61551

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Legal Director.

The role
As a Legal Director, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will lead the development and implementation of legal policies and procedures, development of legal structures for Babcock, delivery of legal advice, handling of legal cases and the functional leadership of legal professionals.

Day-to-day, you’ll be providing subject matter expert legal advice (including drafting terms and conditions, agreements and advising the risks of these).

• Supporting and where appropriate leading negotiations with customers and suppliers on contractual positions.
• Advising on legislation and regulatory changes and impacts (including the Defence Reform Act (DRA) / Single Source Contracting Regulations (SSCR)/ NEC)
• The development of policies, processes, and procedures, ensuring compliance with internal and external requirements and broader corporate policy framework.
• Instructing external legal resources for key opportunities and tracking associated costs to ensure budgets are maintained.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and follows an agile working pattern. The successful candidate can be based anywhere in the UK but must be prepared for regular travel to Bristol and London.

Essential experience of the Legal Director

• Business insight, demonstrating experience within a defence or engineering legal environment and be familiar with the challenges in this market.
• Strategic mindset, looking ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies, and effectively integrate long-term opportunities and challenges with day-to-day activities.
• Anticipate and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders and promote an environment of high ethical standards and cross-cultural sensitivity in working with all stakeholders.
• Ensure accountability by holding self and others accountable to meet commitments and adhere to and enforces goals, policies, and procedures.
• Have strong leadership skills and experienced in leading and developing a legal function.

Qualifications for the Legal Director

• You will have a LLB law degree and certificate to practice.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer 

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock  has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 11/02/2025

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