Legal Counsel

Job Purpose

The objective of this role is to assist in providing commercial legal advice services to our Canadian entities (Acsenda School of Management and Arbutus College, both based in Vancouver), particularly in relation to the following core areas: student terms and conditions (with an emphasis on compliance with consumer law); supplier contracts (with a focus on IT contracts and licences), intellectual property, data protection and marketing. Currently this support is provided by the UK Legal Team, but we are looking for a local lawyer to provide specific support to our Canadian entities.

Key Responsibilities

Picking up new work specific to our Canadian entities (covering a wide range of commercial topics) and providing appropriate legal advice to the business within the Team’s SLAs. Working with the wider UK Legal Team and local law firms to provide comprehensive legal support to our Canadian entities.

Skills, experience & qualifications required - Essential

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  Be a qualified lawyer in British Columbia (this role would suit a lawyer with 6 to 8 years experience, though applications from any experience level will be considered).
• Have demonstrable experience in advising on commercial contracts.
• Have demonstrable experience in advising on consumer matters (in particular consumer terms and conditions).
• Be comfortable answering a wide range of queries on various commercial topics from the business.
• Possess exceptional drafting, negotiation, problem-solving, team, communication and client management skills.
• Have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate complex legal concepts into a clear and understandable format both orally and in writing to a multi-disciplinary team.
• Manage their own workload and clients.
• Demonstrate a keen interest in working in-house.

Skills, experience & qualifications required - Desirable

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  Have a can do, positive attitude and be prepared to hit the ground running in a business that is continually evolving.
• Experience with company secretarial or corporate law matters will be an added advantage.
• Commercial litigation experience will be an added advantage.
• Previous in-house experience would be beneficial.
• Be interested in the Education sector, and the regulation governing Higher Education in particular. While experience in Education would be beneficial, it is not essential.

BPP Education Group are proud to be a Disability Confident employer so if you need any reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please just let us know!

BPP Education Group actively promotes equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates. BPP will select candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience. Please note that for those posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check in addition to BPP undertaking any necessary online searches. This is deemed appropriate and necessary from a safeguarding perspective, and in line with BPP’s safer recruitment practices

BPP Education Group reserves the right to amend or withdraw this advertisement at any time prior to the closing date, should we receive a high volume of applications or if business needs change.