Legal Adviser

Location: UK - Hatfield, UK - London Job-ID: 218592 Contract type: Standard Business Unit: Legal

Life on the team

We are looking for a Legal Adviser to join our UK in-house legal team within our Legal & Contracting function.

In this role, you will provide pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice to our sales teams and support the business on a broad range of legal matters.

With a strong focus on IT outsourcing, you will play a key role in advising on bid strategies and contracting approaches, helping to drive successful commercial outcomes while effectively managing risk.

What you'll do

• Provide legal advice and guidance to the business to minimise commercial exposure
• Negotiate and draft agreements with customers and suppliers across both public and private sectors
• Advise on bid strategies, contractual frameworks, and deal structuring for complex outsourcing opportunities
• Develop and maintain internal legal standards and policies
• Take ownership of the delivery of significant business focused projects/deliverables to defined targets
• Liaise with colleagues to ensure best practice and drive continual improvement and internal training
• Make decisions which impact on the success of assigned business matters i.e. results, deadlines and budget
• Act as an ambassador for Computacenter
• Ensure compliance with information security policies and report any risks or incidents
• Build strong relationships across the business and act as a trusted legal partner
• Manage and implement projects relevant to specialist area including risk management
• Assess situations, issues and opportunities and elevate when appropriate

What you'll need

• UK qualified solicitor with 5+ years PQE (or equivalent) with in-house experience in a fast-paced sales environment
• Experience working on outsourcing agreements, preferably acting on behalf of an IT supplier to both private sector and public sector customers
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated with a willing, helpful attitude
• Proven experience in linking legal issues in a business and industry context and ensure that legal and compliance issues are taken into consideration and fully complied with
• Excellent written and oral and negotiation skills with good attention to detail
• Experience of managing key stakeholders and communicating pragmatic legal advice across the business
• Ability to work independently and also to be part of a team
• A calm professional manner, even during times of rapid change