Overview

Position Title: Director General Legal

Company: Government Legal Department

Location: Sheffield, UK

Job Description

We are now recruiting for two Legal Director General roles to lead a combination of Specialist and Advisory legal teams. As a Legal Director General you will ensure that legal services of the highest quality are provided to your client departments across government, leading the co-ordination of legal work on the most significant current legal issues affecting government. Most recently this has included matters such as Covid 19 and EU Exit. The roles also have a significant people and organisational leadership element and as a member of the GLD Board and Executive Committee you will be responsible for setting direction and strategy for the Department, driving up quality and efficiency and increasing staff engagement.

Responsibilities:

  • You will respond to requests promptly, working with the wider office to make sure responses reflect the Permanent Secretary’s and Executive Team’s priorities.
  • You will proactively identify conflicts in the various schedules and resolve these quickly and diplomatically, flagging unresolvable conflicts to the Private Secretary.
  • You will manage the Permanent Secretary and Executive Team’s diaries, ensuring they are up to date and accurate. Taking care to make sure that that all commitments are reflected.
  • You will liaise with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate meetings, balancing the Permanent Secretary and Executive Team’s availability with that of attendees.

About Government Legal Department

The Government Legal Department is at the heart of UK life. From transport to the environment, health and wellbeing to the protection of human rights, the advice and guidance that we provide impacts on every single member of the population. Both high-profile and deeply interesting, the reach of our work is unparalleled, making for a unique career path in which you will be encouraged to take on the type of challenges that will further your expertise exponentially.

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