Legal Counsel

• At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together .
• As a Legal Counsel, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary.

Babcock International's Land and Aviation sectors deliver critical support services to defence and civil customers worldwide. The Land division focuses on through-life engineering, asset management, and training for military and specialist vehicles, supporting operational readiness and resilience-particularly for the British Army. Meanwhile, the Aviation division provides essential air operations, including military flying training, aircraft support, and emergency services such as search and rescue and firefighting. Both sectors are underpinned by Babcock's engineering expertise and commitment to safety, performance, and mission-critical delivery.

• Day-to-day, you'll be accountable for the provision of legal support and advice to bid, commercial and procurement teams, as well as drafting and advising on complex commercial contracts and matters arising from the same, including potential and actual disputes:
• Advising on and supporting the development of internal business processes as well as supporting the implementation of and monitoring adherence to compliance programmes.
• Legal reporting in accordance with internal governance requirements.
• Creating, maintaining and updating template legal documents, taking into account changes in business, legislative and regulatory requirements.
• Supporting, When Required, Other Sectors Within The Babcock Group.
• Support and advice to internal customers on contract negotiation, management and dispute resolution.
• Delivering training to our bid, commercial and procurement colleagues.

• One to four years of post-qualified experience.
• Strong commercial and contract law knowledge essential, developed in private practice or in-house at a large organisation.
• Proficiency in drafting, reviewing, negotiating and interpreting long-term, complex contracts on a range of subjects, including contracts for the provision of goods and services, commercial and Government framework agreements for the same and various business documents (such as non-disclosure and teaming agreements) and corporate documentation.

• Experience in technology, IT (including SaaS and licencing agreements) law and the protection of Intellectual Property Rights in new and innovative solutions (both tangible and intangible) is highly desirable but, not essential.
• Knowledge of Defence and / or wider Government contracting policy and approach is beneficial.
• Knowledge of public contracting regulations would be advantageous.
• Security Clearance: The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role