Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel focuses on develop strong relationship with key stakeholders, both internal and external, and will need to be reactive to live issues as they develop.

What the role involves

• Develop strong relationship with key stakeholders, both internal and external, and will need to be reactive to live issues as they develop.
• Who sets the standards, to ensure that anything that can be measured is done so with consistency and reliability?
• Through our vital research, the National Physical Laboratory is helping support scientific and commercial innovations, international trade, environmental protection and health and.
• Advise on a wide variety of commercial and collaborative agreements.
• Provide support to the business on any legal or compliance matters including supporting colleagues/teams throughout the organisation.
• Manage relationships with a variety of stakeholders in addition to scientists including the finance, procurement, project management, strategic business development and commercial.

Additional role context

• The National Physical Laboratory’s (NPL) science helps save lives, protect the environment and enable citizens to feel safe and secure.
• For over a century, we have worked with industry to encourage innovation and translate scientific expertise into economic prosperity, skilled employment and improved quality of lif.
• As part of the legal team at NPL you will be supporting all areas of the business and will be involved in the negotiation of a wide range of commercial contracts and collaborations.