Job title: General Counsel
Location: Manchester
Salary: £Six-figure salary plus benefits (full or part-time)
Recently ranked 40th in the world and 6th in Europe, The University of
Manchester is the UK’s largest single-site university with over 35,000 students and an annual income of over £684m. Boasting an excellent track record in world-class research, the University
has a rich academic heritage and can lay claim to more than 23 Nobel Prize winners. Its mission, as part of its ‘Towards Manchester 2015’ plan, is to become one of the leading universities in the world by 2015.
This appointment offers a unique opportunity to develop and implement the legal strategy for the University. This is a role of key strategic importance and will involve you working closely with the University’s Senior Executive Team. In addition to undertaking a comprehensive review of the University’s legal services, you will provide leadership for all legal activities, including contractual arrangements, litigation, legal risk and management of external legal advisers.
You should be a solicitor or barrister with demonstrable experience in operating at partner
or senior counsel level. With credibility and gravitas, your role will be to act as trusted
adviser to the key stakeholders, promoting the objectives of the University whilst delivering
strong leadership and inspiring and motivating those around you.
This appointment offers an exceptional opportunity that will enable you to be part of, and
help shape, the future of The University of Manchester. The University actively fosters a
culture of inclusion and diversity and will seek to achieve true equality of opportunity for all
members of its community.
For further details contact our exclusively retained consultant:
Jon Chance at Hays Legal on 0845 603 2744 or email uom@hays.com
All direct or third party applications will be forwarded to Hays Legal. We would expect a lawyer with the given PQE to have gained the level of experience required but this does not preclude applications from those with more or less PQE.