Employment type: Full-time, permanent position.
Job Purpose & Scope
The Head of Legal & Company Secretary is the Society’s senior in-house legal adviser and governance leader, acting as a trusted adviser to the Board and Executive while leading the Society’s legal capability and company secretarial function.
The role provides high-quality legal advice, robust corporate governance, and effective Board and committee support, ensuring the Society operates within its legal, regulatory, and governance obligations while enabling strategic growth and change in a proportionate and well-controlled manner consistent with the Society’s risk appetite and values.
Combining hands-on legal advisory responsibilities with oversight of governance processes and key stakeholder engagement, the role supports the Society in navigating legal and regulatory change, strengthening governance maturity, and delivering strategic objectives, supported where appropriate by external advisers.
Job Description – Head of Legal & Company Secretary
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