Legal Counsel

Mission 1: Essential - Enhance Go To Market strategy with data protection compliance regime  

• Prepare, maintain, and update data protection compliance documentation and dealing with relevant enquiries. Experience in this regard is essential. 

• Primary point of contact for consumer regulatory and privacy related enquiries, providing appropriate advice and guidance to internal business functions. 

• Conduct Privacy impact assessments as necessary for marketing campaigns and projects. 

• Deliver data protection related training across functions 

• Engage with Lead Generation suppliers conducting DPIA’s and negotiating DPAs as required 

• Experience of working on data protection related consumer disputes and interactions with consumer law regulatory authorities is an advantage. 

Mission 2:  Commercial contracts review, negotiation and management of contract lifecycle: 

• Support the Marketing team and other functions in the review and negotiation of contracts. 

• Mitigate risks and organisational exposure through the review of contracts and customer facing material. 

• Manage the contract repository, update, and review contracts for renewal as necessary. 

Mission 3:  Working with Group legal team  

• Participate in group initiatives to ensure alignment across global legal team. 

• Attend group driven meetings and projects. 

• Occasional European travel may be required in future. 

Candidate profile  

Experience and Qualifications 

Required: 

• UK University Law degree and LPC (or equivalent legal professional qualification) 

• Prior experience working in-house in a UK based commercial/ corporate legal team with good knowledge of consumer rights. QLTS/SQE qualifications will be considered. 

• Minimum 2+ years PQE is preferred - level of PQE is for guidance only. All levels of PQE will be considered  

• Experience in marketing (regulatory framework within a data protection context (PECR and UK GDPR compliance)) is essential 

• Working knowledge of data protection law within the UK 

• Good knowledge and experience in commercial contract review, negotiation and contract life cycle management 

• Ability to advise on commercial contract risks and data protection enquiries in simple and concise terms 

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills  

• Resourcefulness and strong analytical skills 

• Work collaboratively across various areas of business expertise: coordination and communication skills. Collaborative working is key! 

Not essential but would be an advantage: 

• Experience of working on consumer law matters and interactions with consumer law regulatory authorities is an advantage 

• Understanding of Pay Per Click, display, social media and email marketing campaigns desirable 

• Working knowledge of data protection law within the EU is an advantage 

• CIPP/E or CIPM certification is a bonus 

Person Specification 

• Team player and effective in a hands-on, team-oriented environment 

• Commitment and ownership, willing and prepared to go above and beyond initial job description 

• Reliability - ability to produce work of very high quality on a timely manner, ability to prioritise and handle multiple tasks within tight deadlines 

• Dealing positively with changes and transformation, even with short notice 

• Solution-oriented mindset 

 Our benefits 

• 21 days holidays (increasing to 23 days after one years’ service) plus bank holidays 

• Birthday Off (after probation) 

• Free Tea, Coffee and Hot Chocolate 

• Cycle to work scheme 

• Long Term Service Awards 

• Pension Scheme 

• Medical Insurance Cover (after probation) 

• Perk box discounts 

• Employee alarm discount programme (after probation) 

• Inhouse and External training opportunities 

ALL APPLICANTS MUST COMPLETE A DBS CHECK PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY IF SUCCESSFUL 

Join the Verisure family and Be you, Be more, Be Verisure! Apply now and begin the journey towards a fulfilling career path. 

The Company  

We Are People Who Protect People  

We are the leading provider of professionally monitored alarms for residential households and small businesses in Europe.  

Peace of mind for families and small businesses  

We believe it is a human right to feel safe and secure. We now protect more than 4 million families and small businesses. Our service includes 24/7 monitoring, expert verification and response, customer care, service and maintenance services, and professional technical support. As well as protecting against intrusion, we protect against fire, attack, theft, life-threatening emergencies and other hazards. Verisure people are dedicated and committed and provide what we believe is the best customer service in the industry.  

Leading across a broad footprint  

We are the leading provider of residential and small business monitored alarms in Europe. We operate in 16 countries across Europe and Latin America. Our business is driven by organic growth, based on our differentiated business model. We attract high quality customers. We work hard to ensure that our customers are happy. This contributes to an industry leading level of attrition and a long customer lifetime.  

A technology-enabled human services company  

Our nearly 30,000 team-mates are the foundation of our company. Our business model combines technology and human expertise to protect people. We are a human services company. More than 80% of our colleagues interact with customers every day. This connection provides the insight that inspires our innovation. These insights are a source of advantage. We leverage these insights with the significant investment we make into product and service innovation. The close customer contact also fuels the pride which drives engagement.  

30 years of experience – and many more to come  

We have been protecting what matters most since 1988. Over that time, we have expanded beyond our roots in the Nordics and Spain. We now serve most of Europe and have also established a strong presence in Latin America. In 2017, to evolve our operating model, strategic innovation, operational excellence and access to talent, we opened our new Group headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. In December 2019, we formed a strategic partnership with Arlo Technologies, a world leader in connected cameras. Verisure acquired all rights to Arlo’s European business.   

Our winning DNA  

Everything we do is driven by our DNA.  Our DNA has enabled us to grow at a double-digit pace for many years and is setting us up to continue this journey.   

• Passionate in Everything We Do: Our people have a sense of energy that is unmistakable, one that drives us to delight our customers and focus on creating impact quickly.  

• Committed to Making a Difference: When we say we will do something; we deliver with excellence. We are accountable, focused and operate with discipline.  

• Always Innovating: We believe that Innovation can be big or small; it’s a continuous state of mind that inspires us to think differently and always make things better. We are risk takers and we learn continuously.  

• Winning as a Team: Our people know that by leveraging one another’s strengths, investing in and developing our team’s capability and by collaborating well, we will win.  

• With Trust & Responsibility: Operating with integrity is core to our success. We are humble, honest and value deep mastery and expertise. We do the right thing, always.