Legal Director
- Employer
- Taylor Root
- Location
- England, London
- Closing date
- 11 Feb 2025
- Reference
- JN -012025-280937
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- Vacancy Type
- Barristers, In-House
- Experience Level
- Management/Head of Department
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Employment, General Employment
- PQE
- 7+ Years
Job Details

Principal Responsibilities
Specific Tasks and Duties
Additional Duties
- Represent the General Secretary and high level government meeting as requested.
- Deliver speeches and briefings to internal and external conferences and other events
- Provide support and advice to GS and national officers at Labour Party and TUC conferences
- Advise and co-ordinate representation of GMB policy on national issues
- Researching and preparing articles for national legal and political publications as requested
Person Specification
The holder should be qualified to practice law in England and Wales, as well as having broad legal management experience. Essential to experience of devising strategy for national public policy campaigns.
He/she will have:
- Broad experience in employment and industrial relations law
- A masters degree or equivalent leadership experience in business management with particular expertise in legal services management, accounting and business strategy
- Strong leadership, legal management and corporate governance experience
- Excellent negotiating and key influencer skills
- Ability to build strong interpersonal relationships with diverse group from government ministers through Union officials and union members.
- Experience in managing relationships with press and media, and effectively representing Union position both on and off the record.
- Good organizational and IT skills
- Experience in putting together diverse and creative campaigns, which balance achieving positive industrial outcomes with other Union goals.
- Good understanding of the aims of the trade union movement and the political process
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Company
Established in the 1980s, Taylor Root is now widely recognised as being one of the world’s leading legal recruiters. Operating out of offices in the UK, Dubai, Asia and Australia, we are ideally placed to assist law firms, banks and companies with their legal recruitment on an international basis. Taylor Root has a strong track record in the recruitment of: Heads of legal and legal advisers; Law firm associates and partners; Contract/locum lawyers; Paralegals; Company secretaries and Compliance professionals.
We regularly recruit for positions in all of the following regions: Western and Eastern Europe; The Middle East; Asia including Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, mainland China and Bangkok; Australia and New Zealand, across The Caribbean and Offshore locations. .
In areas such as Project Finance, Derivatives or Capital Markets, where an international search is appropriate, our offices aim to provide truly global coverage and deliver a comprehensive candidate shortlist.
Through hard work, a professional and ethical approach, and not being afraid to be objective, Taylor Root continues to foster excellent, long-term candidate and client relationships throughout all of its offices.
Taylor Root is a member of The SR Group. The SR Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy dedicated to raising standards in the business environments that we serve. The sectors we cover include tax, legal, human resources, marketing, professional support and executive search, dealing with a substantial number of the world's leading professional partnerships, multi-national corporations and international banking groups as well as small to medium sized developing organisations.
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5 Fleet Place
London
EC4M 7RD
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Suite 614, Liberty House
DIFC
P.O. Box 506739
Dubai, UAE
T: +9714 448 7770
1918 Hutchison House
10 Harcourt Road Central
Hong Kong
T: +852 2973 6333
Level 15, Prudential Tower
30 Cecil Street
Singapore 049712
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Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
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520 Collins Street
Melbourne
Victoria, 3000
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