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About Ofcom

Ofcom is the regulator for the communications services that we use and rely on each day. We make sure people get the best from their broadband, home phone and mobile services, as well as keeping an eye on post, TV and radio. Ofcom has also recently taken on new responsibilities for online safety.

Our culture is clear – we live by our values: Empowerment; Excellence; Collaboration; Agility and Respect. These define how we work to deliver our purpose, now and in the future. The behaviours which support these values set the path for a fully inclusive and innovative culture at Ofcom.

We focus not only on what we do, but how we do it. We pride ourselves on being an organisation of people who genuinely care about helping others.

About the Team

The legal team is central to Ofcom. We are a friendly and diverse team, based in London and Manchester, bringing together our individual strengths and specialisms to provide first-class, proactive, and focused legal advice and support across the organisation. We help Ofcom create and implement communications policy and regulation and advise on all its key decisions. The team consists of approximately 60 qualified lawyers, ranging from associate level to senior management, with diverse backgrounds, experience and expertise.

Purpose of the Role

The associate legal advisor role covers the full spectrum of Ofcom’s work. You will work on complex and high-profile matters which are often the subject of political and public interest and debate, and which have the potential to raise new and significant points of law.

You will have the opportunity to work on projects throughout their life cycle, including helping with the early-stage policy development, advising on consultation processes, decision-making and any subsequent litigation or enforcement.

Associate legal advisors work together with more senior lawyers either as a team of lawyers working on a big project, or independently with a senior lawyer acting as a peer reviewer.

Key responsibilities

• Advising on a portfolio of legal work across diverse projects in a range of sectors, including assessing and resolving legal risk in the context of Ofcom’s overall strategy

• Developing knowledge in new areas, including advising on areas of law that are new to you and learning about new industry sectors and technologies

• Liaising with external stakeholders, including central government, other regulators and regulated industries

• Helping to conduct litigation
  

Skills, knowledge and experience

We welcome applications from newly qualified lawyers and lawyers from a range of specialisms. You do not need to have experience in a directly relevant area of law, as long as you are a qualified lawyer. We will provide you with training and professional development.

We’re interested in people who can:

• Communicate clearly and effectively in writing and orally

• Analyse new areas of the law, identify key risks and solve problems by thinking strategically and creatively

• Work as a team, and collaborate with others by building relationships with colleagues from a range of disciplines, such as policy specialists, technical experts and economists

• Handle and prioritise competing demands on their time.

Ofcom has a flexible hybrid working policy, but you should expect to be within a reasonable commuting distance from our London office or our Manchester office.

How to apply

Please send us your CV and a covering letter. The covering letter should be no more than two pages and should explain what areas of Ofcom’s work you find particularly interesting and how you would utilise your skillset to support that area of work.

Ofcom is a forward-thinking, inclusive employer and recognises the value of diversity to truly make communications work for everyone. Our vision is to ensure Ofcom is a place where our people can work hard and be themselves. We aim to recruit from the widest pool of candidates possible – no matter your social background, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, or disability. We strive to be representative of the whole of the UK and our aim is to be an employer of choice for everyone.
We champion flexible working patterns including job shares where we can. Discover more about working at Ofcom at www.careers.ofcom.org.uk
We strive to ensure all our recruitment information and processes are accessible to and useable by everyone. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please let our recruitment team know by emailing resourcing@ofcom.org.uk or by telephone on 0330 912 1378.
As a Disability Confident employer, we offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for our advertised jobs. When you apply, you can let us know if you would like your application to be considered under this scheme (sometimes known as ‘guaranteed interview scheme’). Find out more about the scheme here: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/jobs/disability-confident-scheme