Trainee Solicitor (Scotland) Glasgow, Scotland
Job description
The energy sector is constantly changing and there’s arguably never been a more important time to work in energy regulation. This is your opportunity to use your legal skills to have a profound impact on people’s lives.
You’ll be joining a stimulating yet supportive work environment, where the work is varied and intellectually challenging. You will also get to work as part of multidisciplinary project teams.
If you are looking for a role where you can not only make a difference to the world, but you can do it whilst in an environment that supports your professional development and your personal wellbeing, then this is the role for you.
Job description
Ofgem is Britain’s independent energy regulator. Our role is to protect consumers now and in the future by working to deliver a greener, fairer energy system.
The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) is responsible for providing all legal advice for Ofgem and its governing body and managing the organisation’s exposure to legal risk.
The OGC supports Ofgem’s activities through hubs focused on the following areas:
- Consumer & Competition
- Enforcement and Emerging Issues
- Delivery and Schemes
- Networks RIIO
- Networks Commercial
- Systems
As a Trainee, you will be training to become a qualified Lawyer and contribute to providing legal context to UK energy policy decisions. In this position, you will develop your expertise and provide sound, effective, risk-based legal advice with appropriate supervision and support.
Key Responsibilities
Legal advice (with appropriate supervision and support) to:
- Delivery effective, solutions-focused, high-quality, timely and succinct legal advice.
- Exercise sound legal judgement including the effective management of legal risk.
- Conduct legal analysis and research legal matters related to relevant areas.
- Review relevant documentation related to current, developing and new areas of work.
- Structure solutions for legal issues that may arise for stakeholders in the course of business.
Document production
- Drafting legal advice, and other documents to effectively manage legal risk.
Stakeholder engagement
- Build effective internal and external stakeholder engagement.
Key Stakeholder Relationships
Internal
- Office of the General Counsel
- Policy teams
- Corporate Services
External
- Licensees (Energy Companies)
- Government (DESNZ)
- Other Regulators (CMA)
This is a fixed term contract for 24 months unless extended or shorted as Ofgem deem appropriate for successful completion of the training requirements. At the end of that period, Ofgem may offer you a permanent, qualified lawyer position (should there be a position available, which is not guaranteed at this stage) and subject to satisfactory completion of training requirements and meeting standards required of a qualified lawyer position (and any further interview or assessment Ofgem deems appropriate).
To apply for this position, please submit an application via Civil Service Jobs via the following link: https://bit.ly/3NGuuGM
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract, Graduate
Contract length: 24 months
Salary: £30,950.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Flexitime
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Glasgow
Application deadline: 29/05/2023
Reference ID: 287505
