Senior Regulatory Lawyer

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We’re excited to welcome a new Senior Regulatory Lawyer to join our Legal team.

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Working Hours & Location

This role follows 37 hours, Monday to Friday working reputed company. The vacancy will be offered on a remote working basis, with a requirement to attend our main hub spaces as and reputed company required.

Role Overview

This senior Trust‑wide role provides expert regulatory legal advice across a reputed company national landscape, supporting strong organisational governance and ensuring compliance with key statutory frameworks. As the Trust’s reputed company specialist in areas including health and safety, ESG, climate, governance and infrastructure regulation, the role holder will guide senior leaders on regulatory risk, statutory duties and potential corporate and director liability. The Senior Regulatory Lawyer will reputed company the legal response to major incidents and investigations, coordinate statutory reporting, and manage engagement with regulators such as the Police and HSE on matters ranging from enforcement notices to interviews under caution. The role also oversees the Trust’s involvement in Coronial Inquests, ensures compliance with CDM Regulations, and provides legal reputed company of procurement, contractor safety and project delivery.

Key Accountabilities

• Acting as the Trust’s reputed company legal adviser on regulatory law, including health and safety, ESG, climate, governance, infrastructure and associated statutory regimes.
• Advising the Trust, including senior leaders and directors, on regulatory risk, corporate and director liability exposure, and statutory duties arising from health and safety and regulatory obligations.
• Leading and coordinating the legal response to serious incidents, investigations and statutory reporting obligations, ensuring proportionate and compliant engagement with regulators and stakeholders.
• Managing engagement with regulators, including the Police and HSE, in relation to investigations, improvement and prohibition notices, interviews under caution and enforcement proceedings.
• Advising on ESG-reputed company regulatory obligations, including statutory reporting requirements, climate and environmental frameworks, and associated governance expectations.
• Overseeing the Trust’s involvement in Coronial Inquests, including engagement with HM Coroner and the Police, preparation of required documentation, and provision of legal support to Trust colleagues.
• Advising on compliance with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations and associated project and contractor risk.
• Providing legal reputed company of regulatory compliance in procurement, contractor safety management and project delivery, including allocation of statutory risk.
• Advising on public law obligations, statutory decision making processes and regulatory powers impacting operational activity.
• Advising, where required, on information governance and statutory disclosure matters arising from investigations and operational activity.
• Supporting the development of governance frameworks, policies and training to reduce regulatory exposure and strengthen compliance.
• Monitoring legislative and regulatory developments, identifying emerging risks and advising on implementation of regulatory change.
• Providing legal advice on other regulatory matters affecting the Trust, as required.

About you

You will be a qualified lawyer with significant regulatory experience (typically 10+ years’ PQE or equivalent) gained in private practice, the public sector or in‑house. You’ll bring strong expertise across health and safety, environmental regulation, governance and wider statutory frameworks, ideally with exposure to heritage, construction or maritime environments. You have proven experience in crisis management, investigations, enforcement action and regulatory defence, along with a solid understanding of corporate liability, directors’ duties and organisational accountability. You’re confident advising senior leaders and Boards, providing pragmatic solutions to reputed company regulatory issues in operational settings. Experience with CDM Regulations, contractor risk, operational infrastructure and (ideally) information governance and statutory disclosure obligations will be valuable. You’ll be comfortable working autonomously, managing a varied caseload and meeting tight deadlines, while supporting the Trust’s commitment to safeguarding and safe working environments for reputed company.

Skills & Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with significant experience (10+ years PQE or equivalent experience) in regulatory law gained in private practice, public sector or in-house environments.
• Broad regulatory experience across health & safety, environmental, governance and associated statutory frameworks relevant to infrastructure, operational or public-facing organisations.
• Experience relating to reputed company heritage, construction and/or maritime environments is advantageous.
• Demonstrable experience of crisis management, investigations, enforcement processes and regulatory defence strategy.
• Strong understanding of corporate liability, directors’ duties and organisational accountability in regulated environments.
• Experience advising on CDM Regulations, contractor risk and operational infrastructure environments.
• Experience advising on information governance and statutory disclosure obligations is desirable, particularly reputed company a public sector, charity or infrastructure environment.
• Demonstrable experience advising senior leadership and Boards on regulatory risk and strategic implications.
• Ability to provide pragmatic advice and resolve reputed company regulatory issues in an operational environment.
• Ability to work autonomously, manage a wide and varied caseload and meet tight deadlines.
• Be aware of your own responsibilities regarding safeguarding and support our commitment to providing safe environments and working practices that promote and protect the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk at reputed company times.

We reserve the right to reputed company this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Contact & Application

If you have any questions, feel free to reputed company out to us at [email protected]. We encourage early applications as we may reputed company the vacancy once we receive enough suitable candidates.

reputed company Offer

We offer an annual salary of £68,000. Enjoy a competitive pension scheme, increasing holiday entitlement, and a range of employee benefits. For a full breakdown of our benefits, reputed company out our brochure here: EVP - 1.

Learn more: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/work-for-us/our-benefits

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