# Junior Legal Counsel

**Company**: UK Health Security Agency
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: permanent
**Salary**: £46,310 to £52,113 a year
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The UK Health Security Agency's (UKHSA) legal team supports the organisation's mission to protect people from health threats. We are seeking a newly qualified solicitor to join this growing team as a Junior Legal Counsel.

The role offers an excellent opportunity to develop as an in-house lawyer in a uniquely varied and impactful environment. You will gain exposure to a broad mix of legal work across UKHSA's functions, including commercial and research agreements, information governance, and public law issues.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Provide legal advice primarily in life sciences, information law, and public health law

- Support the Commercial, Vaccines and Countermeasures Department (CVCD) vaccine sector industry engagement programme

- Support UKHSA's scientific teams and business development teams on contractual and regulatory matters

- Advise on data protection and freedom of information matters

- Provide legal support to outbreak management activities

- Demonstrate good communication and collaboration skills when working with internal stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams

- Manage a varied caseload and work with internal clients, government lawyers, external law firms, and counsel as required

- Contribute to the wider team by taking a proactive role in areas such as knowledge management, training, and projects

**Requirements:**

- Newly qualified solicitor with a current practising certificate and admitted to the roll of solicitors in England and Wales

- Demonstrable interest and experience in life sciences, information law, and public health law

- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage a varied caseload effectively

- Sound legal judgement, analytical ability, and an appreciation of legal risk

- A solutions-focused and commercially minded approach

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

**Benefits:**

- Salary: £46,310 to £52,113 a year, pro rata

- Permanent contract

- Flexible working opportunities, including hybrid working

- Opportunities for professional development and growth

**Location:**

- Core HQ, London (Canary Wharf)

- Hybrid working model, with a minimum of 60% of contractual working hours on-site

## Skills

### Required
- life sciences law
- information law
- public health law
- commercial agreements
- data protection
- freedom of information

### Nice to have
- experience in an in-house legal team
- understanding of the government and wider public sector context

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