Salary
Period of appointment
Job description
Come and join us and help protect Northern Ireland’s energy and water consumers and support Government in delivering a low carbon future
The Utility Regulator is seeking to appoint a permanent Legal Advisor.
The Utility Regulator exists to protect today and tomorrow’s energy and water consumers. There has never been a better time to join us. We are recruiting for a Legal Advisor that will help us play our part in delivering Government’s commitment to delivering net zero carbon.
This is your opportunity to develop your expertise in highly sought after specialist regulation role. The role will involve some stimulating policy work in areas with a quasi-legal content: sustainability and environmental issues, financial penalties and enforcement, competition issues, freedom of information and data protection issues, complaints, disputes and appeals processes. The role will also carry more routine legal administration responsibilities to be carried out by the successful candidate on behalf of the Legal Department.
The Utility Regulator offers excellent benefits including a competitive salary and Northern Ireland Civil Service pension arrangements, within a welcoming, family-friendly and flexible working environment, which embraces the opportunities that hybrid working brings.
Closing date: 2pm, Friday 28 October
Salary: £39,969- £49,961 per annum
Pension: Northern Ireland Civil Service pension arrangements
Contract: Permanent- 37 Hours per week (flexi-time working as standard, plus other flexible working arrangements will also be actively be considered)
Holidays: 25 days (rising to 30 days), plus 12 p&p days
Essential Criteria
- A qualified solicitor or barrister, qualified to practice in Northern Ireland or England and Wales with post qualification experience*.
- Proven experience gained working in energy/regulatory law; and/or public/administrative law.
- Proven ability to analyse complex legal issues and provide clear and concise advice and solutions that resolve business problems.
- Proven ability to manage significant workloads with limited resources and deliver outputs in line with client/customer expectations and deadlines.
- Proven ability to build and maintain productive communication networks with colleagues and stakeholder organisations.
- Ability to positively demonstrate by examples, an understanding of and commitment to further workplace values that align to those of the Utility Regulator. UR Mission, Vision and Values can be found on page 4 of the guide for applicants pack.
*Note: Republic of Ireland or other common law jurisdictions may be considered. An overseas qualification is only acceptable if it is fully comparable and equivalent to the UK counterpart. You will be required to present original certificates/documentation if you are invited to the next stage of the selection process.
Assessment and Interviews are anticipated between 7 and 18 November 2022
Northern Ireland continues to have an under-representation of women across our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) industries.
The Utility Regulator is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident Employer. As people with a disability, people from ethnic minority communities and women are currently under represented in UR we would particularly welcome applications from these groups.