Legal Higher Apprenticeship

Recruiter
NG Bailey
Location
Birmingham
Salary
Competitive
Posted
24 Feb 2017
Closes
28 Feb 2017
Sectors
Apprenticeships
Contract Type
Contract
Hours
Full Time
Legal Higher Apprenticeship

NG Bailey is the UK's leading independent engineering, IT and facilities services business with a deserved reputation for excellence. Their core values of passion, integrity and excellence drive everything they do.

Their 2,800 people are at the heart of their organisation and are they are recognised as delivering some of the industry's most successful and well respected apprenticeship schemes.

NG Bailey have trained apprentices since 1934. Over 5,500 men and women have successfully completed an apprenticeship, many of whom have won national and industry awards, and have progressed to take up senior management positions in their company.

Apprenticeships are available for anyone over 16 years of age. They offer you the opportunity to earn a wage and work full time in your chosen trade area. This means you develop your skills in a real working environment from day one and are able put the skills you learn at college, directly into practice at work.

Position: Legal Higher Apprenticeship
Location: Birmingham
Job Type: Full Time, Contract
Salary: GBPCompetitive, NG Bailey pay rates exceed the Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage.

About the role:

This apprenticeship is designed to equip individuals for a career as a Solicitor. Apprentices will be working closely with NG Bailey's legal team to provide advice across a range of projects to the commercial team.

Responsibilities:

- With appropriate supervision assist the legal department in supporting the commercial function in winning projects and managing risk appropriately in contracts and across the supply chain
- With appropriate supervision, provide internal support to the businesses in litigious matters
- With appropriate supervision provide effective support to the corporate, employment, property and compliance parts of the legal department and other central functions when required
- Assist the legal department and the businesses in managing the instruction and adherence of external legal advisers in line with agreed terms and conditions and budgets
- Where necessary assist the Insurance Adviser in the formation, management and reporting of insurance claims
- Assist the legal team in ensuring compliance with internal processes and systems of good legal governance

Apprenticeship consists of:

The 6 year apprenticeship programme consists of both off the job and onsite training and assessment. Off the job training will be carried out at the training provider premises or NGB office.

While no initial legal training is involved, the role requires high academic, numeracy and presentational skills and the ability to develop a strong legal knowledge in and out of Law School / University together with the ability to quickly learn new specialist areas of law and assess the risk involved in a matter. During the apprenticeship, the apprentice is required to develop their skills incrementally and ultimately demonstrate the required academic standard, skills and qualifications to qualify as a solicitor.

The role will also require an ability to work with complex legal issues and find commercial solutions for the business in line with acceptable governance and processes under the appropriate supervision of more skilled and experienced lawyers.

The role also requires some ability to work independently and pro-actively under appropriate supervision whilst being an important part of a small team based in Birmingham, Manchester and Denton.

While the role is based in Birmingham, appropriate travel to other offices and sites to advise the businesses will be a regular part of the role.

About you:

3 A Levels at grade ABB, Grade B / 6 or above in GCSE (or equivalent) English language and maths plus 3 other subjects at grade B / 6 or above. In order to be successful on their apprenticeship programme you must be driven, dedicated, hardworking and enjoy working as part of a team.

You may have experience of the following: Legal Higher Apprenticeship, Legal Apprenticeship, Graduate Solicitor, Trainee Lawyer, Trainee Solicitor, Graduate Lawyer, Law Graduate, Apprentice, Trainee Scheme, Training Scheme, Trainee, Graduate, Apprenticeship etc.

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