University Commercial Lawyer (Senior)

 

Department

University Secretary’s Office

Salary

£58,225 - £67,468 a year

Grade

Grade 8

Contract status

Open

Hours of work

Full-time

Based at

University of York campus (with some remote working options available)

Interview date

To be confirmed

Posted Date

02/02/2026

Apply by

26/02/2026

Job Reference

14759

Documents

• Job Description 14759.pdf
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Role Description

Department

Legal Services which includes the Information Governance and Insurance Office sits within the University Secretary’s Office and is part of Professional Services. The legal team is a small friendly team of five lawyers and a legal services co-ordinator and provides a supportive environment.

Role

This is an important role to provide legal support for the University on commercial and procurement matters. We are looking for an experienced team player who can work with senior members of the University, its procurement team, finance team and external parties. As a senior lawyer, the role holder will manage legal risk and legal costs in an economical and effective manner. The role will also include a wide variety of interesting legal work from services contracts to international HE partnerships and bespoke one off contracts and queries. It requires the role holder to be flexible and have a ’can do’ attitude to learning or taking on new types of work.

Skills, Experience & Qualification needed

• Significant experience of advising on procurements, major projects and contracts, drafting reports and legal risk.
• Expertise in contract law and sound commercial judgment.
• Ability to work independently and lead in this area with good communications engendering confidence.
• Experience of handling concurrent major contracts or projects and ability to multi-task
• Ability or experience of line-management.

Interview date: To be confirmed

For informal enquiries: please contact Julia Durham at julia.durhamyork.ac.uk

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