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WordsmithWordsmith is building the legal operating system for in-house teams, and we are growing fast. We believe in-house legal is becoming one of the most important functions in the AI era. Every business is moving faster, but legal work is still too often scattered across inboxes, chats, documents and disconnected systems. the company brings that work into one system. Requests come in from across the business, AI agents handle the routine, lawyers stay in control where judgement matters, and every step is captured as work happens. We are built for in-house legal, not law firms. Our goal is to help legal teams move faster, reduce unnecessary external counsel spend and become a function the business can run with. More than 500 companies, including Financial Times, Safelite, Trip.com, Canva, Starling and Sage, use the company. Backed by over $100M from Index Ventures, General Catalyst, Highland Europe and others, we are building one of the defining companies in legal AI. The roleDeployment Engineers own the technical side of getting the company live inside a customer. Once a deal is signed, you’ll connect the company to the systems our customers already run on. That means identity and SSO, Microsoft 365 and SharePoint, Google Workspace, Salesforce, document management, chat tools, and MCP connections to the wider AI and data stack. You’ll design how data and permissions flow between them, build and test the integrations, and work through each customer’s IT and security requirements until everything works in production. It’s part integration engineering, part solutions architecture, and part customer-facing problem solving. You’ll be the technical lead on every deployment you own, the person customer IT teams talk to, and the person who works out how to make it work when an integration doesn’t behave as documented. This is a technical, hands-on role. You don’t need to be a lawyer, and we’re not necessarily looking for one. We’re looking for engineers and technical consultants who understand identity, APIs and enterprise SaaS, and who enjoy making systems talk to each other. Your focus is the technical foundation the rest of the deployment runs on. You’ll work side by side with our Legal Engineers on every deployment. While you connect the company to the customer’s systems, they configure the platform itself: workflows, agents, playbooks and automations built around how the legal team works. You’ll plan the deployment together, agree what each integration needs to support, and make sure the connections you build give their configuration the data, documents and permissions it depends on. What you’ll do1. Integrations Own the integrations for each deployment, including SSO and SCIM, Microsoft 365, SharePoint and OneDrive, Google Workspace, Salesforce, document management and chat tools • Configure and connect the company to customers’ wider AI and data stack through MCP, • Build, test and harden integrations so they hold up in production, not just in a demo 1. Identity, Security & Access Set up identity and access, including SSO with Okta, Entra ID and Google, user provisioning, roles and permissions • Work through customers’ security reviews, IT questionnaires and data-handling requirements, • Make sure permissions in the company respect the permissions in the systems it connects to 1. Technical Solution Design Take the technical handover from Sales and confirm the customer’s systems landscape, constraints and integration scope • Design how data, documents and requests flow between the company and the customer’s tools, • Advise customer IT on the right architecture for their environment and where the trade-offs sit, • Work with Legal Engineers to agree what each integration needs to support the workflows, agents and playbooks they’re configuring 1. Technical Delivery & Escalation Lead the technical workstream of each deployment, from environment setup and integration build through testing to go-live • Diagnose and fix integration issues, and act as the escalation point for technical problems during rollout, • Know when a problem needs Engineering, and bring them a clear, reproducible case 1. Improve How We Integrate Turn what you learn into reusable integration patterns, setup guides and technical runbooks • Feed connector gaps, API limitations and recurring requests back to Product and Engineering What we’re looking for Hands-on experience deploying and integrating enterprise SaaS in customer environments • Strong working knowledge of identity and access, including SSO (SAML, OIDC), SCIM provisioning, Okta, Entra ID or Google Workspace, • Experience integrating with the Microsoft 365 and SharePoint, Google Workspace or Salesforce ecosystems, • Comfortable with APIs, webhooks, authentication flows and reading technical documentation. You can script or write code where it helps, • Familiarity with MCP or other ways of connecting AI systems to tools and data, or a strong appetite to learn, • Credible with customer IT and security teams. You can answer their questions and stand behind your architecture, • Methodical troubleshooter who isolates problems, reproduces them and fixes them, • Clear communicator who can explain a technical decision to a non-technical stakeholder Typical backgrounds include • Deployment, integration or implementation engineers in SaaS, • Solutions engineers or solutions architects, • Technical consultants with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace or Salesforce experience, • IT or identity engineers who have moved into customer-facing roles How we workWe’re an in-person team based in Edinburgh or London. You should expect to work from the office or visit customers as your default. We set a high bar, move quickly and give people meaningful ownership. There will not always be an established playbook, so you’ll need to bring curiosity, structure and persistence to unfamiliar situations. You’ll sit in the Transformation team, reporting to the VP of Transformation, and work closely with our Legal Engineers, alongside Legal Intelligence, Enablement, Customer Success, Support Engineering and Product. Our customer teams have clear but closely connected responsibilities: Transformation leads implementation, Support Engineering resolves technical issues, Account Management owns renewals and commercial growth, Customer Success owns adoption, customer health and value realisation, and Enablement owns onboarding, training and customer capability. Why WordsmithWordsmith is growing quickly, winning new customers and expanding within larger organisations. the company is only as useful as the systems it connects to. Every new customer brings a different stack, and Deployment Engineers are the people who make the company work inside it. You’ll work directly with ambitious in-house legal teams, see how dozens of legal functions really operate, and take that back into a product you help shape. You will work across enterprise identity, productivity and CRM platforms, and on MCP as it develops into a standard. You will own real technical outcomes from your first week and help define how we integrate as we scale. Find more English Speaking Jobs in United Kingdom on Arbeitnow #J-18808-Ljbffr

Wordsmith is building the legal operating system for in-house teams, and we are growing fast. We believe in-house legal is becoming one of the most important functions in the AI era. Every business is moving faster, but legal work is still too often scattered across inboxes, chats, documents and disconnected systems. Wordsmith brings that work into one system. Requests come in from across the business, AI agents handle the routine, lawyers stay in control where judgement matters, and every step is captured as work happens. We are built for in-house legal, not law firms. Our goal is to help legal teams move faster, reduce unnecessary external counsel spend and become a function the business can run with. More than 500 companies, including Financial Times, Safelite, Trip.com, Canva, Starling and Sage, use Wordsmith. Backed by over $100M from Index Ventures, General Catalyst, Highland Europe and others, we are building one of the defining companies in legal AI. Deployment Engineers own the technical side of getting Wordsmith live inside a customer. Once a deal is signed, you’ll connect Wordsmith to the systems our customers already run on. That means identity and SSO, Microsoft 365 and SharePoint, Google Workspace, Salesforce, document management, chat tools, and MCP connections to the wider AI and data stack. You’ll design how data and permissions flow between them, build and test the integrations, and work through each customer’s IT and security requirements until everything works in production. It’s part integration engineering, part solutions architecture, and part customer-facing problem solving. You’ll be the technical lead on every deployment you own, the person customer IT teams talk to, and the person who works out how to make it work when an integration doesn’t behave as documented. This is a technical, hands-on role. You don’t need to be a lawyer, and we’re not necessarily looking for one. We’re looking for engineers and technical consultants who understand identity, APIs and enterprise SaaS, and who enjoy making systems talk to each other. Your focus is the technical foundation the rest of the deployment runs on. You’ll work side by side with our Legal Engineers on every deployment. While you connect Wordsmith to the customer’s systems, they configure the platform itself: workflows, agents, playbooks and automations built around how the legal team works. You’ll plan the deployment together, agree what each integration needs to support, and make sure the connections you build give their configuration the data, documents and permissions it depends on. Own the integrations for each deployment, including SSO and SCIM, Microsoft 365, SharePoint and OneDrive, Google Workspace, Salesforce, document management and chat tools Configure and connect Wordsmith to customers’ wider AI and data stack through MCP Build, test and harden integrations so they hold up in production, not just in a demo Set up identity and access, including SSO with Okta, Entra ID and Google, user provisioning, roles and permissions Work through customers’ security reviews, IT questionnaires and data-handling requirements Make sure permissions in Wordsmith respect the permissions in the systems it connects to Take the technical handover from Sales and confirm the customer’s systems landscape, constraints and integration scope Design how data, documents and requests flow between Wordsmith and the customer’s tools Advise customer IT on the right architecture for their environment and where the trade-offs sit Work with Legal Engineers to agree what each integration needs to support the workflows, agents and playbooks they’re configuring Lead the technical workstream of each deployment, from environment setup and integration build through testing to go-live Diagnose and fix integration issues, and act as the escalation point for technical problems during rollout Know when a problem needs Engineering, and bring them a clear, reproducible case Turn what you learn into reusable integration patterns, setup guides and technical runbooks Feed connector gaps, API limitations and recurring requests back to Product and Engineering Hands-on experience deploying and integrating enterprise SaaS in customer environments Strong working knowledge of identity and access, including SSO (SAML, OIDC), SCIM provisioning, Okta, Entra ID or Google Workspace Experience integrating with the Microsoft 365 and SharePoint, Google Workspace or Salesforce ecosystems Comfortable with APIs, webhooks, authentication flows and reading technical documentation. You can script or write code where it helps Familiarity with MCP or other ways of connecting AI systems to tools and data, or a strong appetite to learn Credible with customer IT and security teams. You can answer their questions and stand behind your architecture Methodical troubleshooter who isolates problems, reproduces them and fixes them Clear communicator who can explain a technical decision to a non-technical stakeholder Typical backgrounds include Deployment, integration or implementation engineers in SaaS Solutions engineers or solutions architects Technical consultants with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace or Salesforce experience IT or identity engineers who have moved into customer-facing roles We’re an in-person team based in Edinburgh or London. You should expect to work from the office or visit customers as your default. We set a high bar, move quickly and give people meaningful ownership. There will not always be an established playbook, so you’ll need to bring curiosity, structure and persistence to unfamiliar situations. You’ll sit in the Transformation team, reporting to the VP of Transformation, and work closely with our Legal Engineers, alongside Legal Intelligence, Enablement, Customer Success, Support Engineering and Product. Our customer teams have clear but closely connected responsibilities: Transformation leads implementation, Support Engineering resolves technical issues, Account Management owns renewals and commercial growth, Customer Success owns adoption, customer health and value realisation, and Enablement owns onboarding, training and customer capability. Wordsmith is growing quickly, winning new customers and expanding within larger organisations. Wordsmith is only as useful as the systems it connects to. Every new customer brings a different stack, and Deployment Engineers are the people who make Wordsmith work inside it. You’ll work directly with ambitious in-house legal teams, see how dozens of legal functions really operate, and take that back into a product you help shape. You will work across enterprise identity, productivity and CRM platforms, and on MCP as it develops into a standard. You will own real technical outcomes from your first week and help define how we integrate as we scale. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Wordsmith is building the legal operating system for in-house teams, and we are growing fast. We believe in-house legal is becoming one of the most important functions in the AI era. Every business is moving faster, but legal work is still too often scattered across inboxes, chats, documents and disconnected systems. Wordsmith brings that work into one system. Requests come in from across the business, AI agents handle the routine, lawyers stay in control where judgement matters, and every step is captured as work happens. We are built for in-house legal, not law firms. Our goal is to help legal teams move faster, reduce unnecessary external counsel spend and become a function the business can run with. More than 500 companies, including Financial Times, Safelite, Trip.com, Canva, Starling and Sage, use Wordsmith. Backed by over $100M from Index Ventures, General Catalyst, Highland Europe and others, we are building one of the defining companies in legal AI. Delivery Lead’s run our most complex customer engagements, from kickoff to go-live and beyond. Some deployments are larger than others. They involve multiple legal teams across regions, several integrations, demanding IT and security requirements, and senior stakeholders with different priorities. On these engagements, you’ll own the plan and the outcome. That means scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, governance and communication, so that our Legal Engineers and Deployment Engineers can focus on the build. You’ll work side by side with both. Legal Engineers configure the platform around how the legal team works, and Deployment Engineers connect it to the customer’s systems. You’ll make sure the two work streams move together, that the customer is ready for each one, and that everyone, on our side and theirs, knows what happens next and who owns it. It’s part delivery lead, part stakeholder manager, and part problem solver. You don’t need to be a lawyer or an engineer. We’re looking for experienced project managers who have run complex enterprise technology rollouts, who are comfortable with senior stakeholders, and who keep a programme moving when it gets difficult. • Own the Engagement, • Run our most complex customer engagements end to end, from kickoff through go-live to handover, • Build and own the project plan, including scope, milestones,dependencies, owners and timelines, and hold everyone to it, • Be the customer’s main point of contact for delivery, and the person accountable for getting them live, • Lead the Delivery Team, • Coordinate Legal Engineers and Deployment Engineers so configuration and integration workstreams move in step, • Sequence the work so dependencies are resolved before they block progress, • Bring in Legal Intelligence, Support Engineering, Product and Engineering when the engagement needs them, • Stakeholders & Governance, • Run kickoffs, steering committees and status reporting with General Counsel, Legal Ops, IT and procurement, • Align stakeholders with competing priorities, and keep decisions, actions and changes documented, • Manage scope carefully, agreeing changes explicitly rather than letting them drift, • Risk & Change, • Identify delivery risk early, including resourcing, dependencies, customer readiness and timelines, and act on it, • Escalate to the VP of Transformation with clear options when an engagement needs intervention, • Help customers prepare their teams for change, working with Enablement on rollout and training, • Improve How We Deliver, • Turn what you learn into delivery templates, governance models and planning standards for complex engagements, • Share patterns and recurring blockers with the wider Transformation team and Product, • Experience running complex enterprise technology implementations or programmes, ideally SaaS and ideally legal tech, • A track record of delivering multi-workstream projects on time, with many stakeholders and dependencies, • Confident with senior stakeholders, including General Counsel, CIOs and procurement, and able to hold a room, • Technical enough to understand integrations, SSO and configuration well enough to plan them and spot risk, • Strong understanding of how in-house legal teams work, or the curiosity to learn it quickly, • Disciplined about scope, governance and documentation without being bureaucratic, • Calm under pressure, with the judgement to elevate at the right moment, • Clear, concise written and verbal communication, • Project or programme managers in enterprise SaaS, • Delivery leads from technology consultancies, • Legal Operations Professionals who have led a major technology rollout, • Implementation managers in CLM or legal tech We’re an in-person team based in Edinburgh or London. You should expect to work from the office or visit customers as your default. We set a high bar, move quickly and give people meaningful ownership. There will not always be an established playbook, so you’ll need to bring curiosity, structure and persistence to unfamiliar situations. You’ll sit in the Transformation team, reporting to the VP of Transformation, and work closely with our Legal Engineers and Deployment Engineers, alongside Legal Intelligence, Enablement, Customer Success, Support Engineering and Product. Our customer teams have clear but closely connected responsibilities: Transformation leads implementation, Support Engineering resolves technical issues, Account Management owns renewals and commercial growth, Customer Success owns adoption, customer health and value realisation, and Enablement owns onboarding, training and customer capability. Wordsmith is growing quickly, winning new customers and expanding within larger organisations. Our largest customers are some of the most complex legal functions anywhere, and how well we deliver for them shapes adoption, renewal and expansion. Project Managers are the people who make those engagements succeed. You’ll work directly with ambitious in-house legal teams, see how dozens of legal functions really operate, and take that back into a product you help shape. You will lead experienced Legal Engineers and Deployment #J-18808-Ljbffr

Location: Edinburgh (Flexible working available) Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week Salary Package: Negotiable, dependent on experience + bonus Annual Leave: 30 days (including public holidays) A well-established legal practice in central Edinburgh is seeking a Private Client Solicitor with up to 10 years PQE to join their Court team. The role offers an excellent opportunity for a solicitor experienced in general civil litigation, with a preference for those with some exposure to contentious private client work. The successful candidate will manage their own caseload and play an active role in an expanding department, within a supportive environment that encourages professional growth. • Managing a caseload focusing on civil litigation and contentious private client matters., • Providing clear, accurate, and practical legal advice to clients., • Liaising with clients, counsel, other solicitors, and professional advisers as required., • Progressing matters efficiently and proactively, ensuring high standards of client care and professionalism., • Contributing to the development and growth of civil litigation and contentious private client work within the firm., • Proven experience in civil litigation, preferably including contentious private client work., • Strong working knowledge of relevant Scottish law., • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and take responsibility for one's own caseload., • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to deal confidently and sensitively with clients., • Proficiency in computer applications such as MS Word, Internet, basic Excel, email, and case management systems., • A valid driving licence is preferred., • Competitive salary dependent on experience, with potential for bonuses., • Flexible and agile working arrangements, subject to business needs., • Comprehensive annual leave package., • Opportunities for advancement and professional growth within the firm. #J-18808-Ljbffr

We are building a new NMC with integrity, fairness, respect, equity and effectiveness at its core. This role is offered on an initial 18 month contract Join our Transformation & Technology Services team – a centre of excellence at the heart of how we improve the way the NMC works. We bring together expertise in process management, legal and operational capability, quality assurance, continuous improvement and change. We’re curious about what’s possible, including the opportunities created by new systems, tools and we work hands‑on with teams across the organisation to turn good ideas into meaningful, sustainable change. Our work reaches across the organisation, helping to make regulatory processes more timely, effective and consistent, while improving the experience of everyone involved. We combine strategic thinking with practical delivery – embedding ourselves in teams, solving complex problems and making change happen. Now, we’re looking for an exceptional leader to help shape the future of our legal services. Please view our statement on our careers page which gives further detail on how this role will help build the future vision of Legal Services at the NMC. You'll find this next to the job description section. This is a rare opportunity to shape how legal services are delivered across the NMC. As Head of Legal Services Transformation, you’ll provide strategic leadership for the design and implementation of our future legal services operating model. Working closely with the General Counsel, senior legal leaders, People and Culture and colleagues across the organisation, you’ll turn an ambitious vision for legal services into a sustainable, high‑performing reality. You’ll lead the transformation of our legal services provision – looking at structures, processes, capability and ways of working, and ensuring they are fit for both today and the future. You’ll develop evidence‑based options, shape design principles and governance, identify opportunities for greater effectiveness and help senior leaders make confident decisions about the future of the function. But this role is about much more than designing a new model. You’ll lead people through change. You’ll develop compelling approaches to engagement and change, build confidence and commitment across the legal profession, and make sure transformation is successfully adopted and sustained. You’ll work across organisational boundaries, bringing together different perspectives and creating the partnerships needed to deliver lasting impact. You’ll also work with the General Counsel as Head of Profession to build a modern approach to legal capability, continuing professional development and knowledge management – creating the conditions for lawyers and paralegals to thrive, learn and deliver consistently high‑quality legal services. It’s a role with genuine influence and visibility. You’ll advise senior leaders, work closely with the Legal Services Steering Group and help shape a legal profession that is resilient, innovative, continuously learning and equipped for the future. If you’re excited by transformation, enjoy bringing people with you and want to make a tangible difference to how a legal function operates, this is your opportunity to make your mark. You’ll be an experienced transformation leader with a strong understanding of legal and regulatory environments and a track record of delivering significant change in complex, high‑stakes settings. You’ll bring: • Extensive senior management experience leading and delivering large‑scale transformation, with a strong focus on achieving outcomes in challenging environments., • A proven ability to design and implement change using evidence, insight and subject matter expertise – and, crucially, to help people embrace and make the most of that change., • Strong expertise in legal and regulatory processes, with the credibility to work confidently with senior legal professionals and leaders., • A current practising certificate as a solicitor or barrister., • Excellent judgement and the ability to balance competing priorities, risks and perspectives to make clear, evidence‑based decisions., • The ability to build strong relationships and bring people together around a shared goal, listening to diverse perspectives and creating constructive outcomes., • Strategic vision combined with a practical, delivery‑focused mindset – you’ll be just as comfortable shaping the future as you are getting into the detail needed to make it happen., • A genuine commitment to continuous improvement, learning, innovation and inclusive ways of working. Above all, you’ll be someone who brings clarity to complexity, inspires confidence in change and is motivated by creating a legal service that is fit for the future. • 30 days annual leave, • Life Insurance – 4 x current salary, • Hybrid working, • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave, • 24 Hours Employee Assistance Programme, • Cycle to Work Scheme, • Perkbox membership, • Subsidised restaurant in our Portland Place office, • Season ticket loans The role you are applying for is a flexible role, and whilst you will be posted initially to a team, this may require movement between teams as the flow of work dictates. You will of course understand that this flexible approach enables us to provide the best possible service to our registrants and reach the outcomes to our cases quickly and within a reasonable timeframe. This will not change your terms and conditions and will be discussed with you prior to you taking up the post. We are currently working to a policy of office attendance for two days per week with the rest of the time working from home. Before submitting your application, please ensure you are able to commit to working in one of our office locations twice per week. If you are applying for a part‑time role, please pro‑rata office attendance based on the number of days you would be working. It is expected that staff new to the NMC will ordinarily be appointed to the bottom of the relevant pay band. However in exceptional circumstances, it may be possible to offer a salary above the bottom of the relevant pay band but we may request proof of current earnings. Please note that we offer an annual review of salaries and adopt a generous progressive pay approach. Further details of which are available on request. For our internal colleagues, you will be paid in accordance to our internal pay policy. We will provide reasonable adjustments to support disabled candidates throughout the recruitment process. Please let us know if you need any additional support to enable you to make an application with us. All of our roles are subject to pre‑employment checks. We are in the process of introducing a vetting policy, and it is possible that this role may become subject to DBS and further vetting checks in future. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Job-ID: 5137Category: Professional and ManagerialLocation: Edinburgh, Midlothian, United KingdomWorkplace: HybridSchedule: Full timePosted: 2026-11-06Closes: 2026-11-22Job Posting Title: Head of Research Contracts Grade and Salary: Grade 9, 59,390 - 70,878FTE and working pattern: Full-time, Open-ended (permanent) contract. Hybrid working is possible, in line with Globally Connected Hybrid working guidance. Organisation Name: Research Engagement Directorate Purpose of RoleTo direct and deliver the University's research contracting function globally, providing strategic and operational leadership to the Research Contracts team within Research Engagement. The postholder will negotiate and conclude the University's most complex and high-value commercial and collaborative agreements, including Collaborative Partnerships, EU and internationally funded consortium agreements (e.g. Horizon Europe, UKRI, Innovate UK), and other complex research collaboration agreements, and will act as the University's senior authority on Trusted Research. This senior role carries responsibility for articulating and delivering a clear vision of how the team advances the research contracts function across all campuses envisioned in the University's Strategy 2035, and for leading the team with confidence through the organisational and strategic change this entails. Strategy 2035 sees an increasingly global focus on research and innovation, and the role-holder will need to evolve a high-quality service model that meets the demand. There is a high degree of autonomy and responsibility, requiring the ability to work without supervision on technical legal matters. The University, our Directorate and TeamThe University is looking to appoint a dynamic and innovative Head of Research Contracts to provide expert legal and compliance advice and assistance with a particular focus on research and commercialisation matters. This is an exciting in-house position with a varied and challenging workload where no two days are the same. Our Strategy 2035 has ambitious plans to grow our reputation and impact, forge new collaborative relationships and partnerships, and engage across sectors on a global scale. The Research Engagement Directorate brings together three linked divisions — Research and Researcher Development, Research Contracts, and Policy Strategy & Impact. Working alongside the Business and Enterprise Directorate, the service spans the full breadth of research engagement - from supporting researchers in developing proposals and bids, to collaborating with industry on research and development, to knowledge exchange and public engagement. The Research Contracts division protects the interests of the University across its research and knowledge exchange activities and underpins delivery of the University's Strategy 2035. The team provides contractual advice across a growing and increasingly complex international research portfolio, including collaborative research, industry sponsorship, contract research, studentships, licensing, spinouts, and international partnerships. The team works collaboratively with the General Counsel and legal teams across all Heriot-Watt campuses to provide holistic legal and contract support to the University. Summary of Key Duties and ResponsibilitiesTo provide strategic and operational leadership to the Research Contracts team, including line management, supervision, induction, mentoring, and professional development. To design and evolve the Research Contracts global service model to accommodate the ambitions of Strategy 2035. To lead the negotiation and conclusion of highly complex commercial and research contracts, including Collaboration Agreements, Joint Collaborative Partnership agreements, EU and internationally funded consortium and grant agreements (e.g. Horizon Europe, UKRI, Innovate UK), confidentiality agreements, studentship and consultancy agreements, contract research, and industry sponsorship deals. To act as the University's principal point of expertise on Trusted Research and Secure Innovation, ensuring robust due diligence, export control compliance and national security considerations are embedded across international research collaborations, and deliver training where required. To act as the University's Legal Entity Authorised Representative (LEAR) and Project Legal Signatory (PLS) in all EC funded projects. To develop and articulate a clear vision for how the Research Contracts team embeds within, and actively supports delivery of, the University's Strategy 2035, embedding a culture of continuous improvement in service standards, processes and team capability, and providing the leadership required to guide the team through associated change. To draft, review and advise on software licences, patents, know-how licences and associated intellectual property documentation in conjunction with the Business & Enterprise IP Manager. To support the University’s consultancy process through negotiation and execution of academic consultancy contracts. To provide authoritative advice to senior University leadership on contractual, financial and reputational risk, intellectual property, and legal matters affecting research and knowledge exchange. To develop and maintain policies, standards, precedents and playbooks for research contracting across the University. To provide general contractual advice and support to other directorates across the University, including Business & Enterprise, Finance, and Governance & Legal Services. To liaise regularly with the General Counsel team and central Legal Services to contribute to the development of the professional legal family. To represent the University in relevant sector and professional networks, benchmarking best practice and horizon-scanning on emerging legal and regulatory issues affecting research & enterprise. To undertake any other duties as required from time to time by the Director of Research Engagement Directorate, and any other duties appropriate to the grade and seniority of the role Education, Qualifications & ExperienceThese are the criteria on which the short-listing and recruitment selection will be made: EssentialQualified solicitor or equivalent legal professional (LLB or equivalent), with extensive equivalent experience in commercial/research contracts law. Extensive, senior-level experience negotiating complex commercial and research contracts, demonstrating knowledge of commercial norms and practice within Higher Education or a comparable research-intensive environment. Demonstrable knowledge and practical experience of Trusted Research and Secure Innovation principles, export control regulation, and national security due diligence in international research collaborations. Proven track record of successfully negotiating and establishing research partnership agreements with international institutions, including jointly supervised and awarded PhD programmes. Strong knowledge and understanding of intellectual property rights and their application to research commercialisation. A clear strategic vision for embedding a legal/contracts function within institutional strategy, a demonstrable commitment to continuous service improvement, and the leadership skills to guide a team through organisational and strategic change Proven experience managing, developing and motivating a team of legal or contracts professionals. Excellent interpersonal, influencing and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex legal issues clearly to academic, professional services and senior stakeholders. Demonstrable ability to work quickly, flexibly and accurately in a dynamic, changing and pressured environment; and ability to manage own work without supervision and manage priorities. DesirableExperience working within a Scottish or wider UK research-intensive university. Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. Law Society of Scotland, Association of University Legal Practitioners, ARMA). Experience of international research funding frameworks (e.g. Horizon Europe, UKRI, Innovate UK). Experience advising on GDPR issues, MTAs, and clinical or health-related research agreements. Proficiency in undertaking further development and training in unfamiliar areas of legal work as necessary. How to ApplyApplications can be submitted up to 23:55 (UK time)on 22nd of November 2026. Please must submit via the Heriot-Watt on-line recruitment system (1) Cover letter describing their interest and suitability for the post; (2) Full CV. We welcome and will consider flexible working patterns e.g., part-time working and job share options. We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We therefore encourage you to submit your application promptly. We recognise that many candidates use AI tools during the application process and are comfortable with AI being used as a supporting aid. However, we want to hear from you, not AI. Your application should be an authentic representation of your skills, experience and achievements. Applications that appear to have been fully generated by AI may not accurately reflect your suitability for the role and are therefore discouraged. At interview, candidates will be expected to discuss and provide evidence of the experience, skills and examples included in their application. Heriot-Watt University is committed to securing equality of opportunity in employment and to the creation of an environment in which individuals are selected, trained, promoted, appraised, and otherwise treated on the sole basis of their relevant merits and abilities. Equality and diversity are all about maximising potential and creating a culture of inclusion for all. Heriot-Watt University values diversity across our university community and welcomes applications from all sectors of society, particularly from underrepresented groups. For more information, please see our website and also our award-winning work in Disability Inclusive Science Careers . Use our total rewards calculator: to see the value of benefits provided by Heriot-Watt University

Edinburgh Wordsmith Wordsmith is building the legal operations platform for in-house teams, and we're growing fast. We believe in-house legal is becoming one of the most important functions in the AI era. Every business is moving faster, but legal work is still too often scattered across inboxes, chats, documents and disconnected systems. Wordsmith brings that work into one system. Requests come in from across the business, AI agents handle the routine, lawyers stay in control where judgment matters, and every step is captured as work happens. We're built for in-house legal, not law firms. Our goal is to help legal teams move faster, reduce unnecessary external counsel spend, and become a function the business can run with. More than 500 companies, including Financial Times, Safelite, Trip.com, Canva, Starling and Sage, use Wordsmith. Backed by $100M from Index Ventures, General Catalyst, Highland Europe and others, we're building one of the defining companies in legal AI. Why this role is different We treat internal IT as a product and our employees as its users, not as tickets. If your answer to a repeated problem is to do it faster by hand, this isn't the seat — and it isn't a back-room coding role either. You'll be the engineer who builds the platform that provisions, supports and secures every Wordsmith employee, end to end. The goal is for the function to get more automated as we grow, not need more people. The Role You'll own onboarding, access, devices and offboarding as one connected system, and build the tooling — including coding agent workflows — that removes the manual steps at every stage. You'll be hands-on with the physical side of the job too, in the Edinburgh office. What you'll do Build a joiner pipeline that reads a new hire from Humaans, creates their identity in Okta, assigns app access by group rule, and triggers zero-touch laptop enrolment in Jamf — no manual steps Build a Slack assistant, backed by a coding agent, that handles requests like “I need access to X” or “my laptop is slow” and either fixes them or routes them, resolving most without a human Build a hardware vending machine for the Edinburgh office that dispenses chargers, dongles, headsets and loan laptops against an employee's identity, with stock reordered automatically Write scripts and infrastructure as code that configure devices, enforce security baselines, and produce compliance evidence on their own Build an offboarding flow that revokes access everywhere, wipes and reclaims the device, and files the record the moment someone is marked as a leaver What good looks like in the first year Zero-touch onboarding: within six months, a new hire's accounts, apps and access provision automatically from Humaans through Okta, and their laptop self-enrols — day one setup takes minutes, not hours Self-service by default: within nine months, the top twenty employee IT requests — access, kit, resets, software — are self-served through automation, chat or a vending machine, not a ticket to a person Automated joiner/mover/leaver: within twelve months, role changes and offboarding run automatically from the HRIS, with access removed same-day and hardware recovered Build over buy: you ship internal tooling and coding agent workflows that remove manual steps, so the function scales on automation, not headcount Secure and audit-ready: the fleet stays managed and SOC 2 evidence generates itself, rather than being assembled by hand before an audit Who you might be We're not hiring a traditional IT person — we're hiring someone who builds. That might mean you're: a software engineer who likes owning systems end to end and wants a broad, high-ownership remit a DevOps, SRE or platform engineer who automates infrastructure and wants to point that at people and devices a strong IT or systems person who already codes and automates rather than clicking through consoles someone from a smaller company or an MSP who has wired up tools, identity and devices and scripted the boring parts away What matters is the instinct to automate anything you have to do twice, and to build the tool rather than do the task. We'll teach the IT domain to a strong builder — we won't teach someone to be a builder. What we're looking for You write real code and automate with APIs and scripts — Python, Bash or TypeScript. This isn't optional. You think in systems: identity, access, data flows and lifecycle You're comfortable using AI coding agents to build and ship tooling fast You're happy working on-site in Edinburgh and hands-on with real hardware Bonus: Exposure to identity and device tooling such as Okta, Google Workspace or Jamf Experience with SOC 2 or security compliance Having run or automated onboarding, endpoints or internal tools before How we work This role is on-site in Edinburgh, reporting into Security — you'll be hands-on with the actual fleet, not just its dashboards. It's a high-trust environment: you own the systems you build, end to end, with light process and a bias toward shipping. This isn't a back-room coding role. You own real employee outcomes and the physical office setup alongside the software. What you can expect Real ownership over the platform that runs every Wordsmith employee, from identity to hardware Freedom to build over buy — you ship the tooling, not just work the tickets We'll teach you the IT and security domain — you bring the instinct to automate Why Wordsmith We're growing quickly, and every new hire adds more identity, access and devices to manage. Getting that right — automated, secure and audit-ready — is core to how fast and how safely we can scale as a company. If you want to build the system that runs an entire company's IT, rather than staff it, this is a strong place to do it. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Edinburgh London Wordsmith is building the legal operations platform for in-house teams, and we are growing fast. We believe in-house legal is becoming one of the most important functions in the AI era. Every business is moving faster, but legal work is still too often scattered across inboxes, chats, documents, and disconnected systems. Wordsmith brings that work into one system. Requests come in from across the business, AI agents handle the routine, lawyers stay in control where judgment matters, and every step is captured as work happens. We are built for in-house legal, not law firms. Our goal is to help legal teams move faster, reduce unnecessary external counsel spend, and become a function the business can run with. More than 500 companies, including Financial Times, Safelite, Trip.com, Canva, Starling, and Sage, use Wordsmith. Backed by $100M from Index Ventures, General Catalyst, Highland Europe, and others, we are building one of the defining companies in legal AI. Legal Solutions Engineers turn the product into real outcomes for customers. You’ll work with customers after purchase to design, configure, and implement legal workflows inside Wordsmith. This role sits close to the customer, helping them embed the platform into how their legal function actually operates. It’s part implementation, part problem solving, and part advisory. You’ll combine legal understanding with product knowledge to help customers get meaningful value from the platform. Customer Implementation Lead implementation projects for new customers Design workflows and automation tailored to each organisation Configure the platform to support real legal use cases Solution Design Work directly with legal teams and Legal Ops leaders to understand how they operate Translate legal processes into structured workflows and AI-enabled automation Advise on best practices for implementing legal technology Customer Success & Expansion Support onboarding and early adoption Help customers expand into additional workflows and use cases Partner with Account Management to identify growth opportunities Product Feedback Surface patterns, insights, and recurring requests to Product and Engineering Help shape how the product evolves based on real usage Experience in legal tech, legal operations, or process transformation Strong understanding of how in-house legal teams work Ability to manage customer projects and guide stakeholders through change Comfortable working across legal and technical domains Structured thinker - you can turn messy processes into clear systems Strong communication skills and confidence working directly with customers Typical backgrounds include: Legal Engineers Legal Operations professionals Lawyers who have moved into legal tech Implementation or solutions consultants in SaaS with a legal background We're an in-office team in Edinburgh. We work together because it helps us collaborate closely across product, engineering, and customer teams. You should expect to be in the office as your default. This is a high ownership role. You'll be trusted to run projects, work directly with customers, and drive outcomes without heavy oversight. The problems are often not fully defined. Part of the role is bringing structure and clarity to how legal work gets done. The value of legal technology comes from how it’s implemented. Legal Solutions Engineers ensure customers successfully embed Wordsmith into their workflows and see real impact. This role sits at the centre of that. Direct impact on customer outcomes and product adoption Close collaboration with Product, Engineering, and GTM teams A chance to shape how legal teams use AI in practice Competitive salary and meaningful equity #J-18808-Ljbffr

We are seeking a solicitor with experience of general civil litigation, preferably with experience of contentious private client work to join the Court team for our client based in Edinburgh city centre. The successful candidate will be able to manage their own caseload and play an active role in an expanding department. This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to develop their career within a supportive environment and to further specialise in civil litigation and contentious private client work. The successful candidate will - • have experience of dealing with civil litigation preferably including contentious private client matters, • have a strong working knowledge of the relevant Scottish law, • have experience in a client-facing role and be confident dealing with court actions and court appearances, • have excellent written and verbal communication skills, • be enthusiastic and personable - able to establish good rapport with clients, colleagues, counsel and other professional advisers, • be able to work independently An attractive salary and bonus package, commensurate with level of experience, is available. #J-18808-Ljbffr

WordsmithWordsmith is building the legal operating system for in-house teams, and we are growing fast. We believe in-house legal is becoming one of the most important functions in the AI era. Every business is moving faster, but legal work is still too often scattered across inboxes, chats, documents and disconnected systems. the company brings that work into one system. Requests come in from across the business, AI agents handle the routine, lawyers stay in control where judgement matters, and every step is captured as work happens. We are built for in-house legal, not law firms. Our goal is to help legal teams move faster, reduce unnecessary external counsel spend and become a function the business can run with. More than 500 companies, including Financial Times, Safelite, Trip.com, Canva, Starling and Sage, use the company. Backed by over $100M from Index Ventures, General Catalyst, Highland Europe and others, we are building one of the defining companies in legal AI. • Design workflows and automation tailored to each organisation, • Configure the platform to support real legal use cases, • Scope implementations for complex enterprise customers — use cases, sequencing, and where value will land first, • Translate legal processes into structured workflows and AI-enabled automation, • Advise on best practices for implementing legal technology, • Build and adapt playbooks with the customer, bringing in Legal Intelligence where clause language or negotiation positions need a lawyer’s judgement, • Build agents, skills, automations and workflows, from standard templates to complex multi-step processes, • Take on complex reports and playbooks, leaving standard ones, such as a basic NDA blueprint, to the wider customer team, • Act as the escalation point for technical issues and complex training questions from Support and Enablement, • Run deeper health checks where a setup needs technical or process review, • Help customers expand into additional workflows and use cases, • Create the template flows Enablement uses to demo and train on standard product workflows, • Provide on-site embedded support where a customer needs hands‑on technical help, • Help shape how the product evolves based on real usage, • Strong understanding of how in-house legal teams work, • Ability to manage customer projects and guide stakeholders through change, • Comfortable working across legal and technical domains, • Technical enough to build integrations, agents and automations yourself, and to judge when a problem needs Engineering, • A fixer’s instinct — comfortable diagnosing a live setup and reworking it when a customer’s needs change, • Structured thinker — you can turn messy processes into clear systems, • Strong communication skills and confidence working directly with customers, • Prior Legal Engineering experience, • Implementation or solutions consultants in SaaS (CLM / Legal Tech is a plus), • Legal Operations Professionals We’re an in‑person team based in Edinburgh or London. You should expect to work from the office or visit customers as your default. We set a high bar, move quickly and give people meaningful ownership. There will not always be an established playbook, so you’ll need to bring curiosity, structure and persistence to unfamiliar situations. You’ll sit in the Transformation team, reporting to the VP of Transformation, and work alongside Legal Intelligence, Enablement, Customer Success, Support Engineering and Product. Our customer teams have clear but closely connected responsibilities: Transformation leads implementation, Support Engineering resolves technical issues, Account Management owns renewals and commercial growth, Customer Success owns adoption, customer health and value realisation, and Enablement owns onboarding, training and customer capability. You’ll work directly with ambitious in‑house legal teams, see how dozens of legal functions really operate, and take that back into a product you help shape. It is a rare place to combine legal judgement with building things. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Join to apply for the Legal Associate (property law experience / minimum 3 PQE / experience in the renewable energy sector UK) role at EDP Job title: Legal Associate Country: United Kingdom City: Edinburgh Business Unit: EDP Renewables UK Limited EDP Renewables is a global leader in the renewable energy sector and the fourth-largest wind energy producer. With a sound development pipeline, first-class assets, and market-leading operating capacity, EDPR has undergone exceptional development in recent years and is currently present in 28 markets. Our company is part of EDP, a global energy group present in around 30 markets with a particular emphasis on renewable energies. With more than 45 years of experience, we have been consolidating a relevant presence on the world energy scene based on the commitment to be all-green by 2030, leading the energy transition. With more than 13,000 employees around the world, we are committed to using our energy and heart to drive a better tomorrow. A Legal Associate is required to support our portfolio of renewable energy projects, in line with our growth strategy, including onshore wind, battery storage and solar across the UK and Ireland. The role will involve being part of the existing UK based legal team, reporting directly to the Head of Legal for UK & Ireland. There will be a strong element of property related legal work involved as well as some other in‑house legal tasks. The role will include the following: • Providing legal advice to the UK & Ireland business unit and to colleagues in other teams and jurisdictions., • Reviewing and advising on land agreements and property rights for the current pipeline of development projects and new prospect sites (such as heads of terms, exclusivity agreements, option agreements, leases, agreements for sale, easements, servitudes, wayleaves, licences for use/works, title documents and land plans)., • Assisting the project management, origination, engineering, construction, procurement, asset management and other business unit teams with EDPR’s UK based portfolio of projects in all aspects of their development and delivery., • Assisting with project due diligence, asset and share acquisition and sale, and provision of legal advice relating to construction, project operation, route to market, regulatory, financing, corporate and commercial matters., • Identifying the need for legal input and support across the UK business unit and allocating resource accordingly., • Procuring and managing external legal counsel in specialist areas and for major transactions/projects., • Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide variety of commercial contracts (such as technical and professional service agreements, development framework agreements, materials and equipment supply contracts etc), • Providing general ad hoc legal and commercial advice and legal governance support typical of an in‑house position., • Representing the company professionally and establishing and maintaining good relationships with our external advisors, consultants, contractors and stakeholders. Employment type: Full-Time Work site: Hybrid Model Availability to Travel: May involve very occasional travel away from the home office. 1. Academic Skills: • University Degree in Law. A qualified solicitor in Scotland and/or England & Wales. 1. Professional Experience: • Minimum of 3 years’ post qualification experience at a reputable law firm or in‑house department., • Some property law experience (ideally in Scotland and / or England & Wales), • Experience of working in solar, battery storage, and wind project development or other energy technologies is beneficial but is not essential if there are other transferrable skills., • In addition to property law, some experience in one or more of the following practice areas would also be useful: energy, commercial contracts, construction, infrastructure projects, corporate law, planning, dispute resolution, and regulatory practice areas – however, training will be provided and we will consider applicants who do not have knowledge of these areas where they demonstrate an appetite to work in renewable energy. 1. Specific Knowledge: • Desirable strong awareness of the legal and commercial issues that are pertinent to the company and the UK energy market., • Microsoft Office Package 1. Languages: • English – proficient level. Excellent written English and report writing skills. 1. Skills: • Strong awareness of the legal and commercial issues that are pertinent to the company and the UK energy market., • Excellent attention to detail., • Strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to build rapport and work alongside a range of commercial and technical personnel., • A practical and pragmatic approach to providing legal advice in a fast‑paced environment., • Shows a keen understanding of the company's needs and seeks to tailor advice appropriately., • Takes responsibility for leading on legal aspects of transactions and delivery of projects., • Diligent, self‑motivated and driven., • Naturally well prepared and organised, able to deal with competing priorities to meet deadlines. Our vision is that each person combines their unique characteristics and experiences to fulfil our mission of creating new energy for the planet. We are an inclusive employer, ensuring all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. We welcome and value all people, and we are committed to fostering a sense of belonging for each person who is part of the EDP group. As a top employer we: • Empower our employees through a positive and innovative work environment that promotes collaboration and agile decision‑making., • Respect and value each person, providing a flexible, healthy, and inclusive workplace with a range of attractive benefits., • Provide a meaningful work experience and prepare our people for future challenges through different opportunities for development and internal mobility., • Our efforts have resulted in several distinctions over time, highlighting the EDP group’s strong positioning and its dedication and commitment to attracting and retaining the best talent:, • Top employer certification by Top Employers Institute, • Part of the Bloomberg Gender‑Equality Index, • Top 100 Workplaces by Houston Chronicle Discover our tips to enhance your performance during the recruitment process and apply until October 21, 2025, if you think you are the right fit for this opportunity. #J-18808-Ljbffr

The General Counsel is a key strategic leadership role and member of the Bank’s Executive Committee, who will provide independent, commercially focused legal leadership to the Board, Chief Executive, Executive Committee and colleagues. Their advice will enable the Bank’s investment strategy and provide senior legal oversight of complex investments and transactions, alongside sound advice and judgement across regulatory, finance-oriented, governance and reputational matters. The General Counsel will shape and oversee an effective Legal and Governance function. which will support investment activity, transaction execution, portfolio management, commercial contracting, regulatory requirements, Board and Committee governance and future third-party capital ambitions. The General Counsel will be a trusted advisor who provides constructive challenge, and ensures legal advice, governance frameworks, policies and ways of working are practical, proportionate and aligned to the Bank’s purpose, missions, strategic objectives and stewardship of public capital. Key Responsibilities Investments, Transactions, Commercial Advice and Third-Party Capital • Provide senior legal leadership across the full investment lifecycle, including origination, structuring, negotiation, execution, portfolio management, restructuring and exits across complex debt, equity, fund, project, infrastructure and other private-market structures., • Act as a commercially savvy adviser to the Investment function, providing clear legal judgement and appropriate challenge on material investment, transaction, regulatory, financial, contractual and commercial risks., • Oversee proportionate legal support for investment, commercial and third-party capital activity, including potential fund, co-investment, investor, mandate, financing and other capital-raising structures, through appropriate use of internal expertise, external counsel, precedents, knowledge management and quality-assurance arrangements., • Advise on significant commercial contracts, partnerships, supplier arrangements, investment-related commercial arrangements and material procurement or contractual risk Executive and Strategic Leadership • Provide a first-class company secretarial service and governance framework appropriate to, and consistent with, that required by a FCA regulated company. Work closely with the Chairman and CEO in running the Board and guiding and advising the Chairman, CEO, and the Board on their responsibilities under the rules and regulations to which the Bank is subject, both public and private sector, including corporate governance related matters., • Contribute fully as an Executive Committee member to the Bank’s strategic leadership, performance and high-performance culture, providing constructive challenge beyond the legal remit., • Act as trusted adviser to the Chief Executive, Executive Committee, Chair and Board on significant investment, legal, governance, regulatory and reputational matters., • Support strategic and commercial decision-making by balancing the Bank’s public purpose, investment objectives, commercial opportunities, legal obligations, regulatory expectations and risk appetite. Corporate, Group, Regulatory and Public Sector Governance • Lead the Legal and Governance function and ensure the effective operation of the Bank’s corporate governance framework, with Assistant Company Secretary support., • Act as principal legal and governance adviser to the Chair, Board, Board Committee Chairs, Chief Executive and Executive Committee, supporting effective decision-making, information flows, record-keeping and periodic governance effectiveness reviews., • Provide legal and governance advice on the Bank’s Group structure, including its regulated subsidiary, working with Risk, Compliance and other control functions to ensure accountabilities are clear and effectively discharged., • Advise on the Bank’s responsibilities as a publicly owned development investment bank and Non-Departmental Public Body, including its statutory framework, shareholder obligations, Accountable Officer and wider public-sector governance requirements. Leadership and Functional Management • Develop and maintain an efficient, resilient and effective Legal and Governance function, with clear priorities, service expectations, standards, systems, adviser arrangements, performance measures and succession planning., • Use technology, data and knowledge management to optimise legal and governance service delivery, improve responsiveness and support consistent, efficient ways of working., • Keep the function’s operating model under review, ensuring internal resources, secondees and external advisers remain aligned to the Bank’s priorities, risk profile and value-for-money expectations. Candidate Requirements Key Skills and Knowledge Requirements • Qualified solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent legal professional, with the standing, experience and professional credibility to provide senior legal advice in the UK, and with significant post-qualification senior legal experience., • Senior legal leadership experience within an investment, banking, asset management, development finance or similarly complex organisation, with substantial exposure to investment activity, commercial decision-making and regulated or finance-oriented environments., • Significant experience of leading or materially advising on complex financing, investment, corporate or strategic transactions, including private-market structures such as equity, debt, funds, project or infrastructure finance, with the judgement to advise across the full transaction and portfolio lifecycle, • Sound corporate governance expertise, including advising Boards, Committees, Chief Executives and senior executive teams., • Proven ability to identify and manage significant legal, investment, commercial, regulatory, financial and reputational risks, including within the UK financial-services regulatory environment., • Proven experience building, leading and developing a high-performing legal and/or governance function, including setting operating priorities, managing resources and external-adviser expenditure, and improving the quality and pace of legal service delivery., • High degree of commercial judgement, investment awareness, senior credibility and independence, with the ability to translate complex legal and regulatory matters into clear, practical advice for non-legal audiences., • Experience managing material disputes, claims, investigations, enforcement matters or other sensitive legal and reputational issues, with sound judgement about escalation, privilege and stakeholder communications., • Experience in a development bank, investment institution, asset manager or organisation investing across private markets, with exposure to commercially complex transactions and stakeholder environments., • Experience of investment management, fund structures, fundraising and/or third-party capital., • Significant company secretarial, corporate governance, FCA-regulated, public-sector or NDPB experience., • Knowledge of relevant public-law considerations, including public procurement, subsidy control and freedom of information. Leadership Capabilities The successful candidate will: • Exercise sound judgement, independence of thought and constructive challenge, particularly on complex, sensitive or high-risk matters., • Apply a pragmatic, proportionate and commercially savvy approach to legal risk, identifying the critical investment, regulatory, governance and commercial issues requiring decisions or action., • Operate with credibility at Board and Executive level while remaining accessible, collaborative and influential across the wider organisation., • Communicate clearly and confidently with legal and non-legal audiences, contributing positively to collective Executive Committee leadership and the Bank’s purpose, missions and stewardship of public capital. If you want to explore the Bank's investment process, missions and success visit 'Make an investment enquiry' page to learn more. #J-18808-Ljbffr

the company the company is building the legal operations platform for in-house teams, and we're growing fast. We believe in-house legal is becoming one of the most important functions in the AI era. Every business is moving faster, but legal work is still too often scattered across inboxes, chats, documents and disconnected systems. the company brings that work into one system. Requests come in from across the business, AI agents handle the routine, lawyers stay in control where judgment matters, and every step is captured as work happens. We're built for in-house legal, not law firms. Our goal is to help legal teams move faster, reduce unnecessary external counsel spend, and become a function the business can run with. More than 500 companies, including Financial Times, Safelite, Trip.com, Canva, Starling and Sage, use the company. Backed by $100M from Index Ventures, General Catalyst, Highland Europe and others, we're building one of the defining companies in legal AI. We treat internal IT as a product and our employees as its users, not as tickets. If your answer to a repeated problem is to do it faster by hand, this isn't the seat - and it isn't a back-room coding role either. You'll be the engineer who builds the platform that provisions, supports and secures every the company employee, end to end. The goal is for the function to get more automated as we grow, not need more people. You'll own onboarding, access, devices and offboarding as one connected system, and build the tooling — including coding agent workflows — that removes the manual steps at every stage. You'll be hands-on with the physical side of the job too, in the Edinburgh office. • Build a joiner pipeline that reads a new hire from Humaans, creates their identity in Okta, assigns app access by group rule, and triggers zero-touch laptop enrolment in Jamf - no manual steps, • Build a Slack assistant, backed by a coding agent, that handles requests like "I need access to X" or "my laptop is slow" and either fixes them or routes them, resolving most without a human, • Build a hardware vending machine for the Edinburgh office that dispenses chargers, dongles, headsets and loan laptops against an employee's identity, with stock reordered automatically, • Write scripts and infrastructure as code that configure devices, enforce security baselines, and produce compliance evidence on their own, • Build an offboarding flow that revokes access everywhere, wipes and reclaims the device, and files the record the moment someone is marked as a leaver, • Zero-touch onboarding: within six months, a new hire's accounts, apps and access provision automatically from Humaans through Okta, and their laptop self-enrols - day one setup takes minutes, not hours, • Self-service by default: within nine months, the top twenty employee IT requests - access, kit, resets, software - are self-served through automation, chat or a vending machine, not a ticket to a person, • Automated joiner/mover/leaver: within twelve months, role changes and offboarding run automatically from the HRIS, with access removed same-day and hardware recovered, • Build over buy: you ship internal tooling and coding agent workflows that remove manual steps, so the function scales on automation, not headcount, • Secure and audit-ready: the fleet stays managed and SOC 2 evidence generates itself, rather than being assembled by hand before an audit We're not hiring a traditional IT person — we're hiring someone who builds. That might mean you're: • a software engineer who likes owning systems end to end and wants a broad, high-ownership remit, • a DevOps, SRE or platform engineer who automates infrastructure and wants to point that at people and devices, • a strong IT or systems person who already codes and automates rather than clicking through consoles, • someone from a smaller company or an MSP who has wired up tools, identity and devices and scripted the boring parts away What matters is the instinct to automate anything you have to do twice, and to build the tool rather than do the task. We'll teach the IT domain to a strong builder — we won't teach someone to be a builder. • You write real code and automate with APIs and scripts — Python, Bash or TypeScript. This isn't optional., • You think in systems: identity, access, data flows and lifecycle, • You're comfortable using AI coding agents to build and ship tooling fast, • You care about security and doing things properly, not just quickly, • You're happy working on-site in Edinburgh and hands-on with real hardware, • Exposure to identity and device tooling such as Okta, Google Workspace or Jamf, • Experience with SOC 2 or security compliance, • Having run or automated onboarding, endpoints or internal tools before This role is on-site in Edinburgh, reporting into Security - you'll be hands-on with the actual fleet, not just its dashboards. It's a high-trust environment: you own the systems you build, end to end, with light process and a bias toward shipping. This isn't a back-room coding role. You own real employee outcomes and the physical office setup alongside the software. • Real ownership over the platform that runs every the company employee, from identity to hardware, • Freedom to build over buy - you ship the tooling, not just work the tickets, • We'll teach you the IT and security domain - you bring the instinct to automate We're growing quickly, and every new hire adds more identity, access and devices to manage. Getting that right — automated, secure and audit-ready — is core to how fast and how safely we can scale as a company. If you want to build the system that runs an entire company's IT, rather than staff it, this is a strong place to do it. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Edinburgh Wordsmith is building the legal operating system for in-house teams, and we are growing fast. We believe in-house legal is becoming one of the most important functions in the AI era. Every business is moving faster, but legal work is still too often scattered across inboxes, chats, documents and disconnected systems. Wordsmith brings that work into one system. Requests come in from across the business, AI agents handle the routine, lawyers stay in control where judgement matters, and every step is captured as work happens. We are built for in-house legal, not law firms. Our goal is to help legal teams move faster, reduce unnecessary external counsel spend and become a function the business can run with. More than 500 companies, including Financial Times, Safelite, Trip.com, Canva, Starling and Sage, use Wordsmith. Backed by over $100M from Index Ventures, General Catalyst, Highland Europe and others, we are building one of the defining companies in legal AI. We're hiring a Support Engineer to provide fast, thoughtful and technically rigorous help to Wordsmith customers. You’ll own technical questions and incidents from first response through to resolution. You’ll understand what the customer is trying to achieve, reproduce reported behaviour, investigate the underlying cause and explain the outcome clearly. This is more than scripted customer support. You’ll be expected to investigate application behaviour at a technical level, including reading logs and tracing issues through the product and its codebase. Where appropriate to your experience, you may also propose and submit code fixes through our normal engineering review and release process. Wordsmith supports customers globally through a follow-the-sun model. You’ll work the standard hours for your region and hand over unresolved issues clearly to colleagues in other regions. There is no routine expectation that you work another region’s hours. Own technical support requests — triage, investigate and resolve customer questions and incidents from first response to confirmed resolution. Diagnose problems thoroughly — gather the right context, reproduce reported behaviour, inspect logs and data, and trace issues through the product and codebase. Resolve technical issues — correct configuration or usage problems directly and collaborate with Engineering when a product or infrastructure change is required. Contribute code fixes where appropriate — depending on your experience, propose and submit well-tested fixes through the standard engineering review and deployment process. Communicate clearly — give customers timely and accurate updates, explain technical issues without unnecessary jargon and set honest expectations. Manage escalations — bring in Engineering, Product or other specialists when needed while retaining ownership of the case and its communication. Support global handovers — document investigation, impact, current status and next actions so colleagues in another region can continue work without losing momentum. Protect service quality — recognise high-impact incidents quickly, follow the appropriate escalation process and contribute to incident reviews. Build customer knowledge — create and maintain troubleshooting guides, known-issue documentation and help-centre content. Reduce repeat problems — identify patterns in support demand and recommend improvements to the product, documentation, tooling and customer experience. Improve support operations — help develop service levels, escalation paths, reporting and technical-support processes as the function scales. The tools you'll use Pylon is our helpdesk. Customer tickets, accounts, internal notes and escalations all live here. GitHub. A little Git and GitHub knowledge is all you need. Wordsmith itself. You'll use the product the way our customers do, which is how you'll reproduce what they report and learn how in-house legal teams work. AI tools. You'll work with AI every day and be expected to check its output rather than trust it. Curiosity about how AI behaves, including when it's wrong, matters more than experience with any one tool. The command line. Basic Bash is useful for moving around files, searching logs and running small scripts. Python or similar is a bonus. You don't need to be an expert; we'll help you build this up. How we measure succes We measure success on how quickly customers get a first response and on keeping customer satisfaction high. The people who do well here explain complex ideas simply, take ownership of an issue until it's confirmed resolved, stay calm under pressure, and document what they tested with care and precision. A week in the role Work your region's ticket queue in Pylon: triage, reproduce in Wordsmith, then resolve or expand. Investigate with logs, browser tools and the codebase to find the root cause. Explain the outcome to the customer in plain language. Write a clear handover note for the next region before you finish. Flag patterns to Product, with the customer evidence behind them. Experience in technical support, product support, software engineering, solutions engineering or another customer-facing technical role. Strong diagnostic ability — you can work methodically from symptoms to root cause rather than relying on guesswork. A working understanding of modern web applications, APIs, authentication, integrations and common browser or network issues. Experience using diagnostic information such as application logs, monitoring tools, browser developer tools and database queries. Enough familiarity with software code to navigate a codebase, follow application logic and use it to investigate reported behaviour. Clear customer communication — you can remain calm under pressure, set expectations honestly and explain complex issues at the right level of detail. Strong ownership — you remain responsible for moving an issue forward even when other teams need to contribute. Sound prioritisation — you can assess urgency and customer impact and recognise when an issue requires immediate escalation. Care and precision — you document what you tested, avoid unsupported conclusions and confirm that the customer’s problem has actually been resolved. Interest in AI systems — you’re curious about how AI-enabled products behave and comfortable investigating issues that may not always be deterministic. No legal background is required, but you should be motivated to learn how in-house legal teams work. Experience writing and debugging production software. The ability to create automated tests and submit code fixes for engineering review. Experience supporting AI-enabled or data-intensive applications. Familiarity with incident-management and observability tools. We're an in-person team based in Edinburgh. You should expect to work from the office as your default. We support customers globally using a follow-the-sun model. You’ll work the normal hours agreed for your region and create clear handovers when an issue needs to continue beyond them. Any exceptional on-call or out-of-hours arrangements would be agreed and communicated separately. We set a high bar, move quickly and give people meaningful ownership. Support is a core part of the product experience, and we expect it to be technically credible, responsive and human. You’ll work closely with Engineering, Product, Transformation and Customer Success. Customer Success owns adoption and customer health; Transformation owns implementation; Account Management owns renewals and commercial growth; and Support Engineering owns technical investigation and resolution. You’ll support a fast-growing product used for important work inside some of the world’s most ambitious organisations. Because we’re building in a new technical category, the problems are interesting. You’ll work across software behaviour, integrations, data and AI systems rather than following a script. You’ll have the opportunity to shape our support tooling and operating model, influence the product through direct customer evidence, and develop towards senior support engineering, support leadership, solutions engineering or product engineering. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Wordsmith is building the legal operating system for in-house teams, and we are growing fast. We believe in-house legal is becoming one of the most important functions in the AI era. Every business is moving faster, but legal work is still too often scattered across inboxes, chats, documents and disconnected systems. Wordsmith brings that work into one system. Requests come in from across the business, AI agents handle the routine, lawyers stay in control where judgement matters, and every step is captured as work happens. We are built for in-house legal, not law firms. Our goal is to help legal teams move faster, reduce unnecessary external counsel spend and become a function the business can run with. More than 500 companies, including Financial Times, Safelite, Trip.com, Canva, Starling and Sage, use Wordsmith. Backed by over $100M from Index Ventures, General Catalyst, Highland Europe and others, we are building one of the defining companies in legal AI. Legal Engineers turn the product into real outcomes for customers. You’ll work with customers after purchase to design, configure, and implement legal workflows inside Wordsmith. This role sits close to the customer, helping them embed the platform into how their legal function actually operates. It’s part implementation, part problem solving, and part advisory. You’ll combine legal understanding with product knowledge to help customers get meaningful value from the platform. This is a technical, hands-on role. You don’t need to be a lawyer, and we’re not necessarily looking for one. We’re looking for analytical thinkers who are comfortable with technology and ideally have deployed legal tech before - people who can understand how a legal team works, then build the system that supports it. Where the work turns on legal judgement, we already have lawyers as part of the team who can bring the legal expertise. Lead implementation projects for new customers Design workflows and automation tailored to each organisation Configure the platform to support real legal use cases Scope implementations for complex enterprise customers - use cases, sequencing, and where value will land first Work directly with legal teams and Legal Ops leaders to understand how they operate Translate legal processes into structured workflows and AI-enabled automation Advise on best practices for implementing legal technology Build and adapt playbooks with the customer, bringing in Legal Intelligence where clause language or negotiation positions need a lawyer’s judgement Build integrations and connect Wordsmith to customers’ systems, knowing when to bring in Engineering Build agents, skills, automations and workflows, from standard templates to complex multi-step processes Take on complex reports and playbooks, leaving standard ones, such as a basic NDA blueprint, to the wider customer team Reconfigure playbooks and workflows when a customer’s risk appetite or process changes Act as the escalation point for technical issues and complex training questions from Support and Enablement Run deeper health checks where a setup needs technical or process review Support onboarding and early adoption Help customers expand into additional workflows and use cases Create the template flows Enablement uses to demo and train on standard product workflows Provide on-site embedded support where a customer needs hands-on technical help Surface patterns, insights, and recurring requests to Product and Engineering Help shape how the product evolves based on real usage Experience in legal tech, legal operations, or process transformation Strong understanding of how in-house legal teams work Ability to manage customer projects and guide stakeholders through change Comfortable working across legal and technical domains Technical enough to build integrations, agents and automations yourself, and to judge when a problem needs Engineering A fixer’s instinct - comfortable diagnosing a live setup and reworking it when a customer’s needs change Structured thinker - you can turn messy processes into clear systems Strong communication skills and confidence working directly with customers Typical backgrounds include Prior Legal Engineering experience Implementation or solutions consultants in SaaS (CLM / Legal Tech is a plus) Legal Operations Professionals We’re an in-person team based in Edinburgh or London. You should expect to work from the office or visit customers as your default. We set a high bar, move quickly and give people meaningful ownership. There will not always be an established playbook, so you’ll need to bring curiosity, structure and persistence to unfamiliar situations. You’ll sit in the Transformation team, reporting to the VP of Transformation, and work alongside Legal Intelligence, Enablement, Customer Success, Support Engineering and Product. Our customer teams have clear but closely connected responsibilities: Transformation leads implementation, Support Engineering resolves technical issues, Account Management owns renewals and commercial growth, Customer Success owns adoption, customer health and value realisation, and Enablement owns onboarding, training and customer capability. Wordsmith is growing quickly, winning new customers and expanding within larger organisations. How legal work gets rebuilt around AI is still being written, and Legal Engineers are the people writing it with our customers. You’ll work directly with ambitious in-house legal teams, see how dozens of legal functions really operate, and take that back into a product you help shape. It is a rare place to combine legal judgement with building things. #J-18808-Ljbffr

The Law Society of Scotland is seeking General Counsel to join the organisation at a pivotal time. This is a new and exciting opportunity to join the Society in leading our Legal and Governance Team. The General Counsel will be responsible for leading and managing the Society’s Legal and Governance team, providing expert advice and support across the organisation. As a trusted adviser to the CEO and other stakeholders, the role will safeguard the organisation’s interests, ensures compliance with legal requirements and help the Society deliver its strategic objectives with integrity and confidence. Reporting to the CEO this role will provide strategic legal advice to a range of stakeholders as well as deliver guidance on corporate, legal, employment, and governance matters. The General Counsel will ensure organisational compliance with statutory, legal and governance requirements whilst working to evolve our governance structures. The role holder will monitor legal developments, lead on the identification and management of risks and manage disputes and litigation. The ideal candidate will be a qualified Solicitor or advocate with a current unrestricted practising certificate and will have significant senior legal and leadership experience gained in‑house or in private practice. A proven ability to advise senior leaders and Board in corporate, commercial, regulatory and governance matters with expertise in managing complex risks is essential. As a senior position within the Society the candidate will embody our core values of Respect, Openness, Progress, Inclusion, and Integrity which drive our teams to deliver the best possible service for the legal sector. What we offer our employees? We offer a comprehensive benefits package to support our colleague’s professional and personal needs. Some of these include: • A hybrid working environment., • Flexible working, to allow you to work around your lifestyle and commitments., • A competitive pension provision scheme., • Excellent family friendly benefits., • Learning and Development opportunities to enhance your skills or through programmes leading to professional or academic qualification., • Private medical insurance including dental and optical., • Various health and wellbeing benefits such as confidential counselling services, bike to work scheme, eyecare, and offers on well-known brands through our Lifestyle savings offering. The Law Society of Scotland is proud to hold a Leaders in Diversity Award in recognition of our commitment to advance fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion and engagement both within our organisation and in the Scottish legal sector. More information can be found on our Equality and Diversity page. We are always looking for new talent to join our incredible workforce. If you are looking for a new opportunity within the society, we would love to hear from you! If this opportunity sounds like the one for you, click Apply now. This vacancy will close at 11:30am on Monday 3rd November 2025. Due to the volume of applications, we are unable to provide feedback to applicants who are not selected for interviews. • Executive, • Full-time, • Legal, • Legal Services Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at The Law Society of Scotland by 2x. Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom #J-18808-Ljbffr

Wordsmith Wordsmith is building the legal operations platform for in-house teams, and we are growing fast. We believe in-house legal is becoming one of the most important functions in the AI era. Every business is moving faster, but legal work is still too often scattered across inboxes, chats, documents, and disconnected systems. Wordsmith brings that work into one system. Requests come in from across the business, AI agents handle the routine, lawyers stay in control where judgment matters, and every step is captured as work happens. We are built for in-house legal, not law firms. Our goal is to help legal teams move faster, reduce unnecessary external counsel spend, and become a function the business can run with. More than 500 companies, including Financial Times, Safelite, Trip.com, Canva, Starling, and Sage, use Wordsmith. Backed by $100M from Index Ventures, General Catalyst, Highland Europe, and others, we are building one of the defining companies in legal AI. You’ll own the operational backbone of our People function: payroll, global mobility, PEOs, commission and equity administration, HRIS, and the systems that keep everything in sync. This is a senior individual contributor role focused on clean operations, not a junior administrator position and not a People leadership seat. You'll operate the frameworks our leadership and Finance set (pay philosophy, salary bands, commission structure, equity strategy). Your job is to implement those decisions accurately and on time, with a clear audit trail, and with the judgment to stop or elevate anything that doesn't fit the framework or lacks proper approval. • Own payroll controls and monthly validation across UK payroll, PEOs, and other employment models, with clean reconciliation to Finance each month, • Run visa and mobility operations end-to-end: sponsorships, relocations, compliance, right-to-work controls, and coordination with immigration advisers., • Manage commission review, approvals, exceptions, ns and payment accuracy each cycle; reconcile commission data between sales systems, Finance, and payroll, • Own equity grant administration: approvals, documentation, vesting schedules, leaver events, exercises, cap table reconciliation and employee communications, • Build and improve people workflows in Humans, Ashby and connected systems, using automation to remove manual steps from pay reviews, promotion packs, onboarding and routine queries., • Own onboarding, probation, employment changes, transfers, parental leave, and offboarding end-to-end: coordinate access, equipment, payroll and documentation across People, IT, Finance and hiring managers, • 5+ years of People Operations or HR generalist experience in a scaling technology business or high-growth scaleup, with meaningful hands-on work in payroll, mobility, PEOs and benefits, • Track record of building and running multi-country people processes from the ground up, not just maintaining existing structures., • Confidence owning payroll controls, global mobility operations and equity administration across multiple jurisdictions, • Strong data literacy and experience with HRIS platforms, payroll systems and ATS integrations, with a bias toward automation over manual work, • Clear written communicator who can produce clean documentation and audit-ready records, • Valued Experience independently owning multi-country payroll, mobility and equity through a scale up's growth phase., • Familiarity with PEO relationships, renewals and service management, • Experience with commission administration and pooling We're an office-first team in London. You'll be based at our offices on Paul Street and expect to work in-office as your default. We work together because it helps us move faster, collaborate closely across Finance, IT and People, and stay sharp on detail. This role sits at the center of trust for the whole company. We expect high standards of accuracy, timeliness and data integrity. You'll manage sensitive information and ensure payments, visas, and equity records are handled properly. People will come to you with urgent requests and competing priorities. You need to stay organised, keep control of your workload, and know when to push back and when to elevate. This isn't a role for someone who needs a heavy process or lots of direction. We're scaling fast across product, commercial, and engineering, and People operations is foundational to that growth. Every new hire adds complexity to payroll, visas, benefits, and equity. Getting that right, automated, ed and audit-ready is what lets us move quickly without losing control. This role is a key foundational hire. You'll be building the systems and processes that scale with us from ~130 people toward 300. You'll have real ownership over how the function works, and a clear seat in how we operate. You'll report to our Head of People (or interim People leader, with a clear line to a future Head of People), work closely with Finance and leadership, and have meaningful say in how we run the function. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Want to take ownership of your caseload and build your expertise in contentious private client work? I'm working with an established Edinburgh law firm looking to recruit a Civil Litigation Solicitor to join its court team. This is a great opportunity for a Solicitor with a general litigation background who wants to develop their specialism in contentious private client matters, including disputes involving wills, estates, succession and inheritance. You'll join a supportive team where you can manage your own cases, work directly with clients and play an active role in growing the department. With flexible working, a competitive package and genuine scope for progression, this is an opportunity worth exploring. • Managing your own civil litigation caseload, with a focus on contentious private client disputes, • Advising clients on disputes involving wills, estates, succession and inheritance, alongside wider civil litigation matters, • Handling court actions, preparing legal documentation and undertaking court appearances, • Working closely with clients, Counsel and other professional Advisers, • Building strong client relationships and contributing to the continued growth of the practice, • Solicitor with experience in civil litigation, • Ideally up to 10 years' PQE, with contentious private client experience an advantage, • Confident managing a caseload independently and progressing matters with minimal supervision, • A strong communicator who can handle sensitive disputes with professionalism and empathy, • Someone proactive, commercially aware and keen to develop their expertise and career, • Competitive salary and bonus potential, depending on experience, • Flexible and agile working by agreement, • 30 days' annual leave, including public holidays, • A supportive working environment with varied, interesting work, • The opportunity to develop a contentious private client specialism and take on greater responsibility as the team grows At IDEX, we strive for an inclusion-first company culture where everyone is treated fairly and can bring their authentic selves to work. We recognise and acknowledge that diverse representation at every level of our business requires continuous and measurable effort. We are committed to driving conscious inclusion across our business and creating equitable pathways. #J-18808-Ljbffr

The General Counsel at Scottish National Investment Bank plc will lead the Legal and Governance function, delivering independent, commercially focused legal leadership to the Board, CEO and committees. You will oversee investment activity, regulatory compliance, and governance across complex transactions and public-sector requirements. As a member of the Executive Committee, you will shape strategy, provide strong risk-aware advice, and ensure practical, proportionate policies aligned with the #J-18808-Ljbffr

Nursing and Midwifery Council is seeking an Head of Legal Services Transformation to provide strategic leadership for the design and implementation of our future legal services operating model. Working closely with the General Counsel, senior legal leaders, People and Culture and colleagues across the organisation, you’ll turn an ambitious vision for legal services into a sustainable, high‑performing reality. #J-18808-Ljbffr