Interim Senior Legal Counsel

Job Description

Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

What you’ll do

• Provide expert legal advice and strategic business partnering with the Vodafone Partners team and the Legal & Business Integrity Leadership Team members.
• Responsible for advising on Vodafone Partners matters including negotiating related strategic programmes, advising on early disputed matters, and liaising with other members of L&BI as well as providing a key link to other business areas.
• Provide legal advice to board directors and senior business stakeholders on complex contractual matters, ensuring contractual compliance.
• Develop strong business partner relationships with key leaders across Vodafone Investments, Legal & Business Integrity, Group External Affairs, Vodafone Local Markets, Commercial Shared Operations and Vodafone Business to enable value delivery in an effective, efficient and compliant way.
• Support transformation initiatives in order to improve operational excellence, enable growth and support Vodafone in earning customer loyalty.
• Play a proactive role in the Legal & Business Integrity Team, taking on responsibility for sponsoring change programmes and projects to drive improvements, Spirit behaviours and engagement year on year.

Who you are

• A strategic thinker with a proven ability to influence business strategy and protect reputation.
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills. Proven ability to give specialist advice to commercial colleagues in order to drive decisions and resolve immediate, complex and strategically important issues.
• Highly experienced lawyer, with in-depth commercial experience.
• Relevant technology and commercial acumen.
• Proven ability to operate efficiently, including delivering change programmes on time, within budget and for impact.
• A track record of raising relevant risks to the appropriate stakeholders in a considered way.
• Legally qualified with significant experience gained either in-house or at a leading law firm
• Strong drafting and negotiating experience, with ability to provide innovative legal solutions in a fast-moving industry
• Professional level fluency in written and spoken English

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's in it for you

Yearly bonus: 20%

Company car: company funded car of £580 per month + private fuel or cash alternative of £630 per month.

Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year

Charity days: 5 days/year

Maternity leave: 52 weeks: the first 13 weeks are fully paid, followed by 26 weeks of half pay

Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.

Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme

Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.

Together we can.