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This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.

Join us as a Legal Trainee

• Take on a key role in our Legal team and support the delivery of our legal strategy
• You’ll be helping to deliver expert, accurate legal advice, making sure that it’s readily understandable to non-lawyers and delivered within relevant timescales
• You’ll benefit from great variety in this role and the opportunity to continually develop yourself
• This role is offered as a two year fixed-term contract, though may be extended for part-time employment and we can offer a flexible working arrangement where 4-6 days per month are required in the office

What you’ll do

As a Legal Trainee, you’ll be providing legal advice to non-lawyers in collaboration with stakeholders and your legal colleagues to ensure the timely and effective delivery of all issues, projects and initiatives.

Our Legal Trainees follow a two year programme across different legal areas. This may include one six month secondment to one of the leading UK law firms on our panel.

You’ll also be:

• Supporting the delivery of continuous improvement in operating practices and processes, including identifying efficiencies, improvements and opportunities to reduce costs
• Helping to input legal advice into stakeholder’s projects in a commercial, user friendly and efficient manner
• Assisting with managing stakeholders in successfully delivering advice on a timely basis
• Helping the team to attain high performance standards with a focus on development opportunities and proactive succession planning

The skills you’ll need

We’re looking for someone who’s focussed on developing their knowledge in the legal field. You’ll have knowledge of the principal regulatory and legal framework within which the bank operates, along with an awareness of, and interest in, emerging legal and regulatory changes.

You’ll have an LLB qualification or will have completed the pre-PEAT training contract and the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice at the start of this training contract.

You’ll also need:

• Strong commercial awareness and analytical skills
• The ability to understand, and keep up to date with, emerging legal risks and issues
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to establish and maintain strong relationships
• The ability to gain the respect of external professional contacts and work to high performance targets

If you need any adjustments to support your application, such as information in alternative formats or special requirements to access our buildings, or if you’re eligible under the Disability Confident Scheme please contact us and we’ll do everything we can to help.

Location : Edinburgh • Remote

Closing Date : 2/9/2023

HOW TO APPLY

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