Com Reg Overview
We are the statutory body responsible for regulating electronic communications, postal and premium rate services in Ireland. We are a professional, multi-disciplinary organisation, operating in a dynamic telecommunications environment that is constantly evolving. Our Mission - at the heart of everything we do - is to facilitate the development of a competitive communications sector in Ireland that attracts investment, encourages innovation and empowers consumers to choose and use communications services with confidence.


The General Counsel Function
Com Reg wishes to recruit a lawyer as a Senior Legal Advisor on a full-time permanent basis, to provide expert, solution-focused legal advice on a range of regulatory, competition, and consumer issues within Com Reg's remit and specifically to undertake the responsibility for fulfilling the legal requirements of the Commission. The successful candidate will input to the development of policy and strategy across all areas within Com Reg's remit, particularly the rapidly changing and dynamic field of electronic communications, as well as all administrative and organisational issues arising in this central role. The Senior Legal Advisor will work within a multi-disciplinary environment, which includes business analysts, industry experts, engineers, accountants, economists and other lawyers.


The role and responsibilities
The primary role of the Senior Legal Advisor is to provide clear, solution-focused legal advice and to support the projects and the general functions of the Commission and in particular the General Counsel's functional area. The role will involve assimilating complex legal and factual situations and providing legal advice and assistance as required. This may involve briefing external solicitors and barristers and managing the interface with them.
The Senior Legal Advisor will:
Provide clear, concise, practical and strategic legal advice to inform and guide the Commission and its staff by identifying the key legal issues, process and procedural requirements, the available options, and the associated legal risks
Work with cross-divisional teams and provide necessary legal advice and assistance
Review key documentation and identify legal issues and potential solutions
Draft public documents including consultations and regulatory instruments including decision instruments and legislation
Provide clear, concise, practical and strategic legal advice to inform and guide the Commission and its staff as to whether any proposed regulatory measure is supported by the relevant facts and consistent with applicable law and whether the administrative process leading to the proposed measure was properly conducted
Prepare legal briefs for external lawyers, particularly in the context of litigation and managing the ongoing provision of external legal advice
Provide analysis and input on any proposed National or EU legislation impacting Com Reg
Identify requirements and advocate for new or changed legal powers for Com Reg where necessary
Contribute to organisation-level legal and regulatory policy issues
Input to Com Reg's strategic direction
Liaise with external stakeholders including legal staff and others in government departments, public bodies, national regulatory authorities, and international bodies as required
Contribute to legal best practice and competency within Com Reg
The role will be within the General Counsel's functional area of the Commission and will report to the Senior Manager in the area.


Qualifications and Experience required


Essential
Be enrolled and admitted as a Solicitor or Barrister in the State
6+ years post-qualification experience or equivalent experience and competencies, in a law firm, as a practising barrister, as in-house counsel, as a legal advisor
Experience in regulatory law, EU law, public administrative law or competition law
Proven ability to operate collaboratively at all levels within an organisation providing accurate and timely advice on a variety of legal topics


Desirable
Regulatory enforcement experience
Experience of litigation at all levels including, in particular, the High Court and defence of statutory appeals and judicial review
Experience in drafting and/or reviewing all aspects of public consultation papers, regulatory decisions, and legislation
Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
Experience of operating at a management level including briefing senior management
Specific qualifications in one or more of public administrative law, competition law, regulatory law or consumer law
Knowledge or experience of electronic communications and advisory experience in the sector and/or experience in other regulated sectors
An understanding of the policies which underpin sector-specific regulation.


Core Competencies & Skills for the Role


In addition to your technical qualifications and experience, you will bring professional competencies and skills in the following core areas:
Communicating & Influencing: Communicates clearly, confidently and respectfully. Engages, persuades and convinces others to follow a particular course of action. Ensures all relevant parties are appropriately updated and notified.
Decision Making & Judgement: Effectively builds evidence base to support the decision-making process. Assesses alternative options. Uses judgement to adapt to specific and challenging requirements of the organisation.
Drafting: Uses a logical structure to draft documents. Communicates complex and technical information clearly and concisely. Ensures key messages are understood and have the desired impact on the target audience.
Planning and Organising: Establishes and monitors priorities, systematically differentiating between urgent, important and unimportant tasks. Plans and manages activities to consistently deliver results. Meets objectives within agreed predetermined time frames and deals with urgent operational situations expeditiously.
Teamwork: Promotes and enhances team performance through working collaboratively and in cooperation with others to achieve goals. Interacts in a manner that builds respect and fosters trust.


Our Package
We are offering an attractive package:
Salary €85,376.53 - €106,737.05 * (Pay increases will be awarded annually subject to satisfactory performance)
Dublin city centre location
Blended working environment
28 days Annual Leave per year increases with service
Fully paid Maternity, Paternity and Parent's leave
Income protection scheme
Education assistance and Training Opportunities
Professional membership fee pay
Attractive pension scheme
Com Well Wellbeing Programme
Travel tax saver scheme, Access to Cycle to Work Scheme
Access to Employee Assistance Programme
Access to a members run sports and social club

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  (entry will be at the minimum point and the rate of remuneration may be adjusted from time to time in line with Government pay policy.)

Please Note (1)
We hope that our recruitment process supports applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We understand that having a diverse workforce contributes to making us stronger as an organisation. We are committed to positively supporting candidates with disabilities.


Please let us know if there is any reasonable accommodations we can make to enable you to take part in the process by creating the environment to give you the best opportunity to show your strengths and competencies. Rest assured that whatever information you disclose will only be used to enable us to provide the necessary support and will never have a bearing on the outcome of the process.


Please Note (2)
Com Reg assesses all applicants fairly based on the requirements for the role. Due to the high volume of applications we receive for positions, we are unable to provide feedback to candidates who are not shortlisted for interview. If you are short-listed for interview, and are subsequently unsuccessful, you can request verbal feedback from your recruitment