Solicitor or Legal Executive

Overview

In this role you provide high-quality legal and litigation guidance to support Yorkshire Water’s business and customers. You will manage a portfolio of litigation and oversee a team handling litigated customer debt claims, while ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory frameworks. You’ll work with stakeholders across the organisation to enable commercial decision-making and risk management. The role offers in-house exposure, opportunities to develop expertise, and a pathway within a values-driven utility. This is a hands-on position in a collaborative Legal Services team.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• annual incentive related bonus
• pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
• 25 days annual leave + 2 wellness days
• life assurance (4x pensionable salary)
• health-related and other insurance options

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee a portfolio of litigation matters from instruction to resolution, including drafting documents, instructing Counsel, and representing the business as needed
• Supervise a team supporting litigated customer debt claims, ensuring court process compliance and minimizing risk
• Provide broad legal, litigation, regulatory, and compliance advice across issues affecting the business
• Represent the business at mediations and County Court hearings and enforce judgments when required
• Deliver pragmatic, commercially focused legal guidance to stakeholders to aid informed decision-making while managing risk
• Monitor and advise on new legislation, regulations, and industry guidance to ensure ongoing compliance
• Build strong relationships with internal teams and key stakeholders as a trusted legal partner
• Support departmental objectives by driving process improvements, efficiencies, and ensuring policy compliance

Key requirements

• Qualified Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive with litigation rights
• Experience managing litigation matters and advocacy in civil cases including case management
• Excellent written and verbal communication with ability to give clear legal advice to various stakeholders
• Ability to work independently, manage a varied caseload, and prioritise demands
• Strong relationship-building skills to influence internal and external stakeholders
• High integrity, commercial awareness, and willingness to learn and adapt

• relationship-building
• commercial awareness
• proactivity
• civil litigation
• Civil Procedure Rules
• case management

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